www.prolandscapermagazine.com Pro Landscaper / January 2019 80 ABOUT SEAN BUTLER Sean Butler is a landscape designer and director of Cube 1994. With a background in civil engineering, Sean has an in-depth understanding of the design, construction and maintenance of the physical and naturally built landscape. www.cube1994.com It’s that time of year, we are all hopefully returning from a restful Christmas holiday, ready to take on 2019 with a spring in our steps and a clear fresh mind. So what are your plans? Have you taken time to re-evaluate your business focus and direction? You have to take time to plan and not just fit planning time in. My own quote to my staff is: “take one step back to be able to take two steps forward”. Making new resolutions is a great way to set tasks with targets. So to get your year off to a positive start, here are eight easy resolutions to greatly benefit you and your company. NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS Happy New Year folks! Let’s begin it as we mean to go on. Sean Butler suggests eight easy steps to keep your business on track all year long Start small Make resolutions that you think you can keep. For example, congratulate your team on a job well done. 15% of people want to learn a new skill or hobby If you’re stuck trying to think of a new skill to learn, how about imparting a skill you have by teaching a colleague. Change one behaviour at a time Unhealthy behaviours develop over the course of time. An easy change to make is smiling more. Talk about it Share your experiences with staff. For example, explain how you resolved a simple problem. Don’t beat yourself up Perfection is unattainable. Ask for support Adopt an open policy, so everyone feels that they can ask for help. Try out a new sustainable eco-friendly product We’re going to work with Medite on the new timber product that’s going to revolutionise our landscape industry. Enter a competition to raise the profile of your company Try entering one of your gardens into the small project BIG IMPACT Awards. What’s stopping you, bring it on! EDUCATE

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www.prolandscapermagazine.comPro Landscaper / January 201980

ABOUT SEAN BUTLER

Sean Butler is a landscape designer and director of Cube 1994. With a background in civil engineering, Sean has an in-depth understanding of the design, construction and maintenance of the physical and naturally built landscape.www.cube1994.com

It’s that time of year, we are all hopefully returning from a restful Christmas holiday, ready to take on 2019 with a spring in our steps and a clear fresh mind.

So what are your plans? Have you taken time to re-evaluate your business focus and direction? You have to take time to plan and not just fit planning time in.

My own quote to my staff is: “take one step back to be able to take two steps forward”. Making new resolutions is a great way to set tasks with targets.

So to get your year off to a positive start, here are eight easy resolutions to greatly benefit you and your company.

NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS

Happy New Year folks! Let’s begin it as we mean

to go on. Sean Butlersuggests eight easy steps to keep your business on track all year long

Start smallMake resolutions that you think you can keep. For example, congratulate

your team on a job well done.

15% of people want to learn a new skill or hobbyIf you’re stuck trying to think of a new skill to learn, how about imparting a skill you have by teaching a colleague.

Change one behaviour at a timeUnhealthy behaviours develop over the course of time. An easy change to make is smiling more.

Talk about itShare your experiences with staff. For example, explain how you resolved a simple problem.

Don’t beat yourself upPerfection is unattainable.

Ask for supportAdopt an open policy, so everyone feels that they can ask for help.

Try out a new sustainable eco-friendly productWe’re going to work with Medite on the new timber product that’s going to revolutionise our landscape industry.

Enter a competition to raise the profile of your companyTry entering one of your gardens into the small project BIG IMPACT Awards.

What’s stopping you, bring it on!

EDUCATE

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