Welcome to The Grow Show podcast, brought to you by The Grow Group. Led by your host, Marty Grunder, The Grow Show shares ideas, tips, tactics, and insights that will help you grow your landscaping business. 

For our very first episode, I have a very special guest. Roger Phelps is the Corporate Communications Manager at Stihl, and handles everything social media, corporate PR, event marketing, and strategic partnerships for the company. Roger began his career in the Navy, and has been enthralling our team with stories of leadership for years as a speaker at events.

You’ll hear his unusual path from the Navy to event planner to Corporate Communications, some mistakes Roger made early on in his leadership journey, insider stories about the amazing company culture at Stihl, and his ideas about what makes a great leader, and what any individual can do to improve the way they work with others.

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The Grow Show podcast is powered by Stihl, and brought to you by The Grow Group - a leading coaching and education firm for landscape professionals. Your host is Marty Grunder, president and CEO of The Grow Group and Grunder Landscaping Co., one of the most successful design-build operations of its kind in the Midwest. The company has earned more than 50 local and national design awards and is a two-time winner of the Better Business Bureau’s Eclipse Integrity Award. Marty Grunder has been named ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ by both Ernst & Young and the US Small Business Administration. He is the author of The 9 Super Simple Steps to Entrepreneurial Success, has coached tens of hundreds of landscaping professionals and companies, and is a sought-after speaker in the industry.

Resources:

Roger Phelps LinkedIn

Stihl USA

Stihl for Professionals

NALP

National Collegiate Landscape Competition

GROW! Conference Feb 2024

The Grow Group

Grunder Landscaping

Marty Grunder LinkedIn