Kim Arnel from https://www.peopleandkapability.com.au/ has a really good grasp on how to treat employees and how to hire employees. She spent more than an hour with me to help us understand how to do it right.

Lawncare businesses come in two basic forms. One is self employed and focused on the tecnical expertise while the other is about applying best business practices. We will see a revolution business skills amongst those who might otherwise have struggled, but employing staff is still very daunting for so many of us. Clint Adams from Lawn Hub discusses this topic in depth today

Steven has invested in a franchise, but he also is heavily invested in marketing directly to find local work

Steven and I cover a bunch of topics around his history farming and business skills he has learnt in life and applied in his franchise.

Steven lives just out of Auckland NZ and has been in business for 25 years. settle in for this four parter as we find some gold nuggets from Steven's breadth of experience.

I've captured BJ for a sneaky update on Lawn and Land Equip Expo And captured his singing

I wanted Chris to explain why he opted for Jim's when he already had made a start as an independant. Specifically which systems in Jim's were really attractive.

Chris has been in the industry as an employee and started working on his own independant business before making the decision to join the Jim's Mowing network.

Damian Bush and I continue the discussion on tools that do what they are intended for or tools that are asked to do things they were never intended for