A confidential group of non-competing owners who meet on a regular basis to help each other deal with their most pressing business issues.
You have people working for you, and you still feel isolated. You shield your team from your doubts, and a lot of energy goes into keeping up a confident front, because you’ve learned that oversharing at work often plants the seeds of future problems.
So you end up doing too much on your own, disconnected from the outside. Your friends and family don’t understand the issues you face, and you can’t really confide in your employees.
Building a network of trusted, unbiased advisors on your own can feel close to impossible. Yet other owners in your situation feel the same isolation and can offer support. The problem is finding them, and finding a way to talk to them safely. That is where a Leaders’ Peer Group comes in.
There are three Leaders’ Peer Groups: one for lawn care, one for landscape, and one for tree care. They run the same way. The difference is who is in the room.
Lawn care owners working through their most pressing issues with other owners who run the same kind of business.
Landscape owners working through their most pressing issues with other owners who run the same kind of business.
Tree care owners working through their most pressing issues with other owners who run the same kind of business.
“You probably think of yourself as a tree guy, a landscaper, or a turf guy, and you may feel owners in the other disciplines don’t understand what you deal with every day. That’s why I keep the peer groups separate. In your group, everyone around the table does what you do.”
Fred Haskett, your facilitator
Every group follows the same rhythm: 2 face-to-face meetings a year, two and a half days each, plus conference calls with the facilitator twice a month.
For leaders of high-revenue companies. The best peer groups don’t try to give you the answers. The Mastermind gives you a process to find your own, by hearing the methods owners like you have used to solve problems, and the questions you haven’t been asking.
About the MastermindThese are what make a group safe to speak in, and what keep it useful to everyone in it.
Your peers come from different companies and organizations, never your own.
There are no customer or supplier relationships between members.
The only goal in the room is to help each other as much as possible.
No personality conflicts or anything else getting in the way. Problems that come up are discussed, and if one can’t be resolved, a member may be referred to a group that fits better.
Nothing leaves the group. Nothing is shared, not even with spouses.
Members attend 2 face-to-face group meetings a year, two and a half days each, and take part in twice-monthly conference calls with the facilitator.
The lawn care, landscape, and tree care groups all run the same way.
Your group is made up of owners in similar situations from different companies, with no customer or supplier ties between you.
Face-to-face meetings of two and a half days, where members help each other deal with their burning issues and improve their business practices.
Conference calls with the facilitator throughout the year, between the in-person meetings.
10 owners who have spent years in a Leaders’ Peer Group.
Our company has been transformed since we joined the Leaders’ Peer Group 4 years ago. Every aspect of our company has seen a change for the better. I only wish we joined many years ago.
After having been involved in the Leaders’ Peer Group for over 6 years I can testify that it is one of the most valuable things I do as a business owner.
I was skeptical to join the Leaders’ Peer Group at first. Making the decision to join the group was one of the best things I could have done for myself and my company.
Fred Haskett and my peer group have become my “go to” people and my sounding boards. In a stressful, fast paced industry such as ours, it’s comforting to have such a great group to share with and lean on.
I had hesitated joining a peer group for many years and am just now realizing that was a mistake. The knowledge the other members and facilitator bring is simply incredible.
Few things give both a good return of your time and money. My involvement in a peer group has done both.
Fred has a unique ability to challenge assumptions, spark new ideas, and help our team at Turf Magic think beyond the obvious. His insights and perspective have made a lasting impact on how we approach challenges and opportunities.
In addition, they have provided pricing tools for commercial opportunities and other business planning templates. The knowledge and experience of Fred Haskett, our Peer Group leader, has been extremely valuable to my business.
I have thoroughly enjoyed working with the Leaders’ Peer Group over the past 5 plus years. Fred has helped me build systems to allow us to be more efficient and profitable. I recommend them to anyone in the landscape industry.
I have a long list of the benefits of my participation in the Leaders’ Peer Group:
- Not feeling alone at the top.
- Being able to look at best practices of the other companies.
- Help with solving problems you have not encountered before.
- Being held accountable by all members to accomplish set goals.
- The camaraderie established with the others in the group and the satisfaction you have been able to help them with their problems.
- Having a consultant like Fred Haskett who has vast experience in financial, human resource, management, and production to bounce things off of.
Fred has wide green industry experience. Over a career of 43 years, he has been both an owner and a senior leader in national, regional, and franchise organizations.
His background covers lawn care, tree care, landscape maintenance, and snow and ice services.
“None of us is as smart as all of us combined.”
The principle behind every Leaders’ Group
No. Members come from different companies and organizations, and there are no customer or supplier relationships between them.
Completely. Nothing discussed in the group leaves it, and nothing is shared, not even with spouses.
Members attend 2 face-to-face group meetings each year, two and a half days each, and take part in twice-monthly conference calls with the facilitator.
No. The best peer groups don’t try to give you the answers. You hear the methods other owners have used to solve problems, and the questions you haven’t been asking, and you decide what’s right for your business.
Problems that come up are discussed openly. If one can’t be resolved, a member may be referred to another group that fits better.
The one for your discipline: lawn care, landscape, or tree care. The groups are kept separate on purpose, so you sit with owners who do what you do. The Mastermind Group is by invitation, for leaders of high-revenue companies.
One-to-One Consulting gives you 2 scheduled video calls a month, a monthly scorecard review, and a confidential sounding board of your own.
Ask Fred about the Leaders’ Peer Groups for lawn care, landscape, and tree care, or the Mastermind Group.
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