When I trained for my first Ironman, I assumed the breakthroughs would come from working harder. They didn’t. My coaches spent most of their time on adjustments that felt almost too small to matter: where my stroke was inefficient, where I was burning energy on the bike, how I fueled between aid stations. None of
Some events are defined by who takes the stage. The Thought Leaders Retreat has always been defined by who is sitting in the room. This July, landscape industry CEOs, owners, senior leaders, and partners gathered at Live! by Loews in Arlington, Texas, for three days built around a simple idea: give experienced leaders the time,
The second half of the year is when next year gets decided End-of-season enhancement sales, snow contract commitments and the Q3/Q4 bidding cycles will help determine which companies make the shortlist for maintenance contracts starting in January 2027, and all of it will land in the next 120 days. Every owner and C-suite leader should
Closing an acquisition feels like the finish line. It is not. The signatures are the easy part; the real work starts the morning after, when two sets of crews, systems, and cultures have to become one company. This is where most acquisitions underperform. Not because the deal was wrong, but because nobody built a plan
