Business coach and regular contributor Fred Haskett discusses 2020’s long-term impact to your business model, bridging labor gaps, and why owners’ and managers’ jobs will only get harder in 2021.
For over 40 years Fred Haskett has been growing businesses in the “Green Industry”. After leaving Ohio State University in 1977, he first worked in a small local Garden Center for a few years until he founded a Residential Lawn Care Company in his hometown of Dover, Ohio. Fred grew GreenWorld Lawn & Landscape Management from a one man-one truck operation in 1980, into a Multi-Faceted firm with revenues of 2 million, providing Residential Lawn & Tree Care and Full Service Commercial Landscape Maintenance by 1990.
Since 1990 Fred has had the opportunity to work with some of the most outstanding organizations in the Green Industry “The J C Ehrlich Green Team” “The Brickman Group” “The Valley Crest Companies” “U S Lawns, and most recently Landscape Development, Inc. in Valencia, CA. He has served as President Vice President, Regional Manager, and Division Manager and has had P&L responsibility for Multi-State / Multi Branch operations with revenues exceeding $45 Million annually. During his career, Fred has directly managed the sales and production of over $70 million in lawn care services and $ 180 million in landscape services.
Today, Fred serves as a consultant with The Harvest Group.
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