The First 100 Days | Landscape Onboarding System

About this episode

Joey Coleman discusses the importance of effective onboarding and employee retention strategies in the landscaping industry.

To Register for The People Intensive in Chicago Click Here: https://leanscaper.com/events/people-intensive Most landscape owners don't have an onboarding problem — they have a relationship problem they've been solving with paperwork. Joey Coleman is the author of Never Lose an Employee Again and one of the most sought-after customer experience speakers in the world. If your crew is walking in March and gone by June, this conversation is the one to listen to. Spring is the most dangerous time to rely on improvised hiring — and the decisions you make in the first 100 days determine whether your best people become your crew or your competition's. In this episode: • Why 20–70% of new hires quit before their 100-day mark, and why hourly seasonal workers skew toward the worst end of that range — plus the three specific phases where landscape teams lose people most • The Affirm Phase: what needs to happen between the job offer and day one to stop "new hire remorse" from killing your spring crew before the season starts • How to build a career path conversation that turns a summer laborer into someone who asks "could I own part of this someday?" ⏱ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 — Intro & Why…

People in this episode

Host: LeanScaper

Guest: Joey Coleman

Topics covered

• onboarding
• employee retention
• customer experience
• landscaping
• hiring practices

Keywords

• onboarding
• employee turnover
• landscape hiring
• customer experience
• career path

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Never Lose an Employee Again

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