Keeping Your Team Motivated as Summer Arrives
Greetings!
Long days. Deadlines. Demanding customers.
It can be really tough to keep your team motivated, especially as we go into the heat of summer.
Even the best leaders need a little help coaxing top performance from their teams. Here are some ideas you can use each day to increase motivation:
1) Share your sincere appreciation: "I appreciate your efforts." "You did a good job on ..." "Thanks, keep up the __ ."
2) Eat lunch with the team. Less formal time together will help you find out genuine employee concerns so that you can fix things that are not working well. It's a great way for everyone to get to know each other too.
3) Make sure everyone gets some positive recognition. Praise accomplishments in front of peers. Be sure to share encouragement with everyone. Don't play favorites.
4) Share the big picture. Talk about what results the customer needs. Hold company meetings. Share what's new. Tell the good and the bad.
5) Provide upgraded tools. Boost safety, productivity and morale. Don't disregard requests when equipment is broken or worn.
Need more ideas for landscape employee motivation? Check out this FREE handbook written just for contractors.
The Team at MPR Supply
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Earn points by purchasing Toro products, Irritrol and Unique Lighting products and accessories and more.
Spend your rewards on gift cards to feed your crew, have fun on the weekend, or put the money towards your next purchase of Toro parts or equipment. The Contractor's Choice program has been replaced by The Toro One Rewards Program and you must register to receive credit for 2019 purchases.
Sign up today to start earning great rewards!
The new ESP-ME3 builds on the station modularity and easy programming of the ESP-Me WiFi ready controller and adds flow sensor compatibility for accessible, reliable system control.
Powerful Accessories Smart weather adjustments and flow monitoring available through the LNK WiFi module and a wired flow sensor. The flow sensor provides real-time alerts of system conditions, allowing you to react to system problems quickly.
Simple to Use Reduced dial positions and a back-lit screen make programming easy to understand and explain.
Flexible Installation Indoor or outdoor use and expandable up to 22 stations.
Click here to get all of the details on this great new product.
What should you do when a valve won't activate from the controller?
Is the problem the controller, the wiring or the valve?
How can you diagnose the problem without digging?
Regency Wire answers these questions and more in their free training video for irrigation professionals. There's a reason why this video has over 150K+ views. It has GREAT advice.
Check it out and be sure to share it with your team!
Long days. Deadlines. Demanding customers.
It can be really tough to keep your team motivated, especially as we go into the heat of summer. Even the best leaders need a little help coaxing top performance from their teams. Here are some ideas you can use each day to increase motivation:
1) Share your sincere appreciation: "I appreciate your efforts." "You did a good job on ..." "Thanks, keep up the __ ."
2) Eat lunch with the team. Less formal time together will help you find out genuine employee concerns so that you can fix things that are not working well. It's a great way for everyone to get to know each other too.
3) Make sure everyone gets some positive recognition. Praise accomplishments in front of peers. Be sure to share encouragement with everyone. Don't play favorites.
4) Share the big picture. Talk about what results the customer needs. Hold company meetings. Share what's new. Tell the good and the bad.
5) Provide upgraded tools. Boost safety, productivity and morale. Don't disregard requests when equipment is broken or worn.
Need more ideas for landscape employee motivation? Check out this FREE handbook written just for contractors.
The Team at MPR Supply
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Today's consumers want fingertip control, and Atlantic has got them covered. Keep water clean and clear from any mobile device with the Triton Ionizer, a safe simple device that mineralizes water and controls attached organics. Check conductivity and adjust mineralization levels with the WiFi powered app. Controlling pumps is just as easy with the TidalWave Variable Speed Controller. Turn on, turn off and vary the output of TT-Series Pumps, from 25% up to full flow, via WiFi. Simply plug a TT-Series pump into the TWVSC and control multiple pumps with a single device, or control a single pump from multiple devices.
Access even more control with the InfiColor Module and App for Atlantic Color Changing Lighting. Select one, two or three zones, in any combination, then create custom colors, combine them in sequences, set transitions and program on/off times, all from your phone.
The Atlantic family of Smart Products - the future is now!
*All Atlantic Apps are available on the App Store and Google Play.
Register Now for the Toro ONE Rewards Program
Now there's a new Toro rewards program created just for Landscape contractors: The ONE Rewards Program. Earn points by purchasing Toro products, Irritrol and Unique Lighting products and accessories and more.
Spend your rewards on gift cards to feed your crew, have fun on the weekend, or put the money towards your next purchase of Toro parts or equipment. The Contractor's Choice program has been replaced by The Toro One Rewards Program and you must register to receive credit for 2019 purchases.
Sign up today to start earning great rewards!
Rain Bird's New ESP-ME3: The Most Advanced Residential Controller Yet
The new ESP-ME3 builds on the station modularity and easy programming of the ESP-Me WiFi ready controller and adds flow sensor compatibility for accessible, reliable system control. Powerful Accessories Smart weather adjustments and flow monitoring available through the LNK WiFi module and a wired flow sensor. The flow sensor provides real-time alerts of system conditions, allowing you to react to system problems quickly.
Simple to Use Reduced dial positions and a back-lit screen make programming easy to understand and explain.
Flexible Installation Indoor or outdoor use and expandable up to 22 stations.
Click here to get all of the details on this great new product.
How to Troubleshoot an Irrigation Valve That Won't Activate
What should you do when a valve won't activate from the controller?
Is the problem the controller, the wiring or the valve?
How can you diagnose the problem without digging?
Regency Wire answers these questions and more in their free training video for irrigation professionals. There's a reason why this video has over 150K+ views. It has GREAT advice.
Check it out and be sure to share it with your team!