How New Leaf Associates can help you?

Business to Business Services

The Path to Success

LEADERSHIP

• COACHING

• STRATEGIC PLANNING

• COMPANY CULTURE

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BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

•  BUDGETING

• GOAL SETTING

• SUCCESSION/TRANSITION PLANNING 

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GREEN INDUSTRY OPERATIONS

• SCHEDULING & PRODUCTION

• SYSTEMS CREATION

• QUALITY AND PRODUCTION

• BALANCING BEAUTY AND BUDGET

• BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE 

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SALES AND MARKETING

• ESTIMATING AND PRICING

• INCENTIVE PLANS

• UNIQUE SELLING PROPOSITIONS

• VALUE ADDED UPGRADES
   

Home Owners Association Products

New Leaf Associates services are focused exclusively to bring unbiased expertise and landscape service evaluation to Home Owners Associations.

• YARD REPORT CARD tool is designed to provide long-term support to our clients in the management of owner’s expectations as they relate to landscape maintenance services. It is designed to help property managers and Board of Directors alike identify and evaluate their landscape, landscape budget and landscape provider.

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• HOA RFP services include preparation of site specific specifications, and evaluation of service provider proposals and agreements. This ensures the community is able to “BALANCE BEAUTY with BUDGET"!

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• LIQUID ASSETS irrigation evaluation and SOS (SPRINKLER OPTIMIZATION SURVEY) auditing program is an effective tool to verify systems are working properly and identify opportunities to improve water use efficiency and save the community money.

GIVING BACK 

   Education, Classes and Speaking

Paying it forward to help the next generation succeed!

New Leaf Associates offers a full range of industry specific  Business and Leadership presentations, and educational curriculum and content for Green Industry, property managers, HOAs and Landscape and Irrigation contractors.

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• The 3 Essential "E’s" of Green Industry Contracting  Estimation, Execution, Evaluation

• ​Selling Irrigation service beyond single head repairs

Adding the third element to your irrigation business

• Digital Stategies, grow your company’s professional presence without additional staff

• Outsourcing professional services… beyond subcontractors.  How using virtual and online resources can fuel sales and profits.

• Beyond MMM pricing (the magic material multiplier) landscape estimating systems.   

• You cannot manage what you can not measure. Improving your tracking and metrics

• Are you feeling like Lucy in the chocolate factory? How and when to off load, and delegate tasks for growth.

• It not how much you MAKE ...it's how much you KEEP!...profit is neither bad or a byproduct!

• D & D ... delegate and disappear...leadership strategies for Green industry professionals

• Selling beyond the single head repair. How to triple your revenue in double the time

• NC Irrigation Law... What and Why… an overview of requirements and minimum standards.

• Creating systems for production efficiency… starting with the morning circus

• Landscape production incentive plans…. How to engage your field crews to improve productivity and quality

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Don"t see a topic you are looking for?  Contact us for custom presentation. 

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Why use me?    Steve's credentials

Knowledgeable, relatable, experienced.

I understand small business. I have walked in your boots! As small business owner to small business owner, my  practical background helps me help you get to the next level in your business.  I work collaboratively throughout the entire process and develop measurable results. 

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Steve has served as a regional leader in the North Carolina green industry including owning his own landscape, irrigation and landscape lighting company for 25 years, then selling to a Lawn and Landscape Top 150 company. Steve is a Trailblazer with the NALP, serves as Vice Chairman on the NC Irrigation Contractors License Board, and has been featured in several trade magazines. Steve knows a thing or two about strategic planning, goal setting and generating additional revenue with unique add-on business ideas. During the 25 years in business, Steve’s companies performed over 1,200,000 hours of landscape services and beautified over 3000 properties. He provides consulting to small and medium size landscape, irrigation and lawn care businesses. When he’s not digging in the garden, he’s hunting birds across the US with his canine friend, Cotton.

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