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Do you have an employee suggestion system? Email
Tuesday, February 23, 2016 07:00 AM

 

Everyemployee suggestion boxone in a green industry business knows that one thing you always have is a steady supply of problems. Some are easy to solve, others are not. One blazing flash of the obvious is to ask for suggestions from those closest to the problem – fellow team members.
 
Vast research has shown that employees’ suggestions save or make companies and organizations billions of dollars each year. IBM launched ThinkPlace in 2005, a website where employees around the world are encouraged to suggest innovations. Through thousands of ideas, IBM saved or made millions of dollars.

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Irrigation System in a Box gives teachers hands-on skills Email
Tuesday, February 23, 2016 06:00 AM

Green Mountain HSTwenty-eight high school teachers from the four corners of Colorado gathered in January for a skill-building session in irrigation basics. Teachers were given an Irrigation System in a Box containing all the components needed to build a complete system on a six-foot tabletop.

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Repurposing is winter work for JKJ Lawn Sprinkler Email
Tuesday, February 23, 2016 05:00 AM

Joe DiBlasiJKJ Lawn Sprinkler founder/owner Joe DiBlasi said, “I saw a flag” when he looked at an informational sign his son Joey made by cutting off part of a cast-off picket fence. “I’m always thinking about what to do to repurpose wood,” says DiBlasi and yard art themed around the Colorado and US flags were the result.

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Despite millennial growth in the workplace, Boomers are the ones spending on their homes Email
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Tuesday, February 23, 2016 03:00 AM

 

Baby BoomersWith all the talk about targeting millennials for the workforce, landscape company owners shouldn’t lose sight of other demographics when marketing their services. Baby Boomers are still considered the best prospective customers, according to recent research.

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Emergency procedures initiative will address H-2B application delays Email
Monday, February 22, 2016 01:00 PM


H-2B myths vs. facts

Last Friday, the US Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration's (ETA) Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) announced an emergency procedures initiative to address the backlog of H-2B applications:

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