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Nilsson's Labor Time Data Handbook
by Nilsson Associates, Green Industry Consultants
www.nilssonbooks.com (http://www.nilssonbooks.com)
For:
Landscaping Contractors
Lawn Care Service Providers
Parks & Recreation Managers
Grounds Superintendants
Real Estate Managers
Public & Private School Grounds
Hotels - Motels - Resorts Maintenance
College & University Campus Grounds Maintainers
Corporate Grounds Facility Managers
Military Base Roads & Grounds Facility Managers
Facility Managers - Parks & Grounds Maintenance
Amusement Theme Parks Upkeep
Cemetery Facilities & Grounds Maintenance
Mowers
Campus Grounds & Roads
Snow Removal & Plowing
Facility Grounds Maintenance
Sports & Parks - Recreation Turf Field Managers
Airport Facility Grounds Managers
State & National Parks
Public & Private Schools, Parks, Facilities
Sports Turf for Public & Private Parks
Campgrounds & Parks & Recreation Facilities
Budget Equipment Requirements - Park Departments
Labor Time Data Handbook - Contains over 500 field tested, time-studied labor hours data for landscaping and grounds maintenance job estimating and calculating labor time man hours for facility managers, parks and recreation departments, campus grounds, schools and university grounds. Bid with confidence, save time preparing bids, easily determine best crew size, make money on every job you get, never under or overprice a bid again, set realistic labor goals for employees. Includes labor hours for just about every job performed in landscaping and grounds maintenance by contractors and facility managers, parks, campus grounds functions and sports complex maintenance. For Green Industry Job Bidding, Pricing, Profits, Estimating Irrigation and Hardscape Jobs and for use in non-profit situations where budgeting labor hours, scheduling the work and determining total employee production man hours is desired.
These methods of collecting information was the basis for creating my Labor Time Data Handbook of Standard Work Times of man hours needed to perform the work. Included in my time study was all sorts of grounds maintenance and landscaping installation tasks and work that is normally done by landscaping and lawn care service companies. I timed things like Mowing, edging, trimming, pruning, snow plowing, ice control, tree planting, mulch, aeration, slit seeding, shrub beds, hardscapes, blowing leaves, lawn chemical applications, spring and fall cleanups, seed, installing sod, water gardening, flowers, and over 500 common job tasks to numerous to mention. I timed the different work tasks using many different types and sizes of power equipment was used during the timing trials for edger, trimmers, riding mower, walkbehind, weed eater, tractor, ztr, chainsaws, loaders, trucks, trailers, sprayers, hydroseeders, spreaders and the usual equipment of running a green industry company.
How to order
Labor Time Data Handbook
Written by Nilsson Associates
Book # A-7, Price $69.50
To order online Click Here: (http://nilssonbooks.com/job_bidding_pricing.htm#)
To order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252
More information about Nilsson's Labor Time Data Handbook ...
For Grounds Maintenance and Landscape Management & Installation Work shows How Long The Jobs Will Take based on time studies of the work under various conditions including weather, day of week, working conditions and factors that improve or decrease labor efficiency. Labor Time Data Handbook #1 Best Seller for Job Hours Estimating, by individual work task for Lawn Bids, Lawn Care Service & Commercial Landscape Business Contractors, Commercial & Residential sites of any size acreage. Also useful to Parks & Recreation Grounds Maintenance Departments, Schools, Playground Maintenance, Facility Grounds Managers For: Lawn Care & Landscape Business Maintenance Estimates, Commercial Landscaper bids for cost comparisons, Lawn Maintenance Operators who Bid: Lawns, Bid Chemical Programs, Bid Lawn Renovations & seeding, Campus Lawns & Grounds Managers and industrial cost and labor accountng applications as well as public bid labor cost and job cost expectations. The labor time data Has over 500 field tested, time-studied labor hours data for all grounds work, landscapes, lawn bids, service & landscaping and commercial grounds maintenance job estimating. Bid with more confidence, save time preparing bids using the labor hours time tables broken down by job criteria and know best crew size based on work assigned using a balanced labor crew time application that results in getting a full days work from lawn care & landscape employees, never under or overprice a bid again, set realistic labor goals for commercial grounds maintenance & landscape employees. Among many work task categories ... Includes labor hours for lawn Mowing, edging beds & walks, trimming shrubs, pruning plants & trees, snow plowing, ice control, tree planting, mulching beds, aeration, slit seeding, shrub beds, hardscapes, blowing leaves, lawn chemical applications, spring and fall cleanups, seed, flowers, and commercial lawn maintenance job tasks. Just about every job performed in a lawn mowing service landscaping business and grounds maintenance. Price and cost jobs fast using the daya by finding the lawn care, grounds maintenance or landscape job category, follow the tables for task time within the work category and developing a line-by-line job bid. When a lawn care or landscape job is finished, compare your budgeted hours gotten from the time tables with actual job time spent. Use the time tables to assign realistic daily work goals. Compile a month by month hourly work schedule for grounds maintenance work, landscape job tasks and know how many workers you need for mowing, cleanups, pruning, bed work etc. Post the labor hours to your customer records. Know the profitability of each custoemr account, see exactly where too much time was spent by work category. In the reference section capture and pinpoint job costs for lawn care, cleanups, edging, pruning, trimming, and all landscape and grounds maintenance work underway and use the outlines to recap labor costs, materials, direct costs and overhead costs. Use the landscape instalation formats as a guide to developing sequential, step by step work outlines for estimating landscape job costs and use these as a goal to plan and do the work each day that a landscape project is inderway and upon completion, compare budgeted goals or hours to actual hours the work took to completion.
Labor Time Data Table of Contents:
Introduction
How To Bid Contracts
Knowing The Scope of the Work
A Few Words About Profits
Units of Work
Service Frequency
Labor Times:
Aerification
Back Pack Spraying
Blowing
Cleanups
Dethatching
Edging
Grading
Granular Applications
Hydroseeding
Installing Flowers
Installing Pavers
Line Marking
Liquid Applications
Loading
Mowing
Mulching
Pavement Sweeping
Planting Shrubs & Trees
Pruning
Raking
Sanding & Salting
Seeding
Snow Blowing
Snow Plowing
Sodding
Staking & Guying
Stump Grinding
Trimming
Watering
Weeding
Reference Section:
Annual Sales Statistics
Calculating Equipment Costs
Employee Productivity
Fertilizer Recommendations
Mowing Height Recommendations
Grounds Maintenance Statistics
Labor Management
Landscape Construction Estimating
Non-Productive Time Cost Worksheet
Tables & Measures
MIscellaneous Formulas
Financial Formulas
How to order
Labor Time Data Handbook
Written by Nilsson Associates
Book # A-7, Price $69.50
To order online Click Here: (http://nilssonbooks.com/job_bidding_pricing.htm#)
To order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252
Other Lawn & Landscape Business Information Resources
Grounds Maintenance Manual - A complete guide to maintenance. How to sell services, bid jobs, assign crews, control the work. You'll get bid outlines, scheduling formats, cost calculations, checklists for year round services. You'll learn how to evaluate every site for profit potential, pinpoint best crew size, control costs, and know what to expect on a daily basis. Book # C-1, Price $49.50 To order Click Here: (http://nilssonbooks.com/operations.htm#Grounds Maintenance Manual) or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252
Writing The Maintenance Specifications - No more trying to find the right words to explain job bids. Contains hundreds of samples of contract language that fits any situation. Produce professional specs, avoid bidding unrealistic site requirements. What to include and exclude. Covers summer and winter work elements, and work options to look for on any site to boost sales. Book # C-2, Price $34.50
To order Click Here: (http://nilssonbooks.com/job_bidding_pricing.htm#Writing The Maintenance Speci-fications) or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252
Maintenance Estimating Kit - This kit has everything you need when you visit a site to get an estimate. Working from a model spec. it takes you step by step. Assesses the model, finds the price, prepares the model bid, writes the proposal, along with cover letter and outline of the work. Book # C-21, Price $32.50
To order Click Here: (http://nilssonbooks.com/job_bidding_pricing.htm#Maintenance Estimating Kit) or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252
Maximizing Profits In Mowing - Some people make plenty of money mowing, while others lose their shirts! Mowing is 50% of most contracts. Covers key factors for better profits, best crew size, selecting the right mowers, setting work quotas, scheduling problems. Mobilize your people to work as a team! Book # C-6, Price $24.50 To order Click Here: (http://nilssonbooks.com/operations.htm#Maximizing Profits In Mowing) or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252
Writing Your Company Policy Manual - You'll save time using this fill in the blanks format to create your own policy manual. Copy it, customize it to fill your needs. Includes owner's message to employees, sequence of info, the do's and don'ts of making promises, a benefits checklist and how to word them. Book # G-2, Price $19.50
To order Click Here: (http://nilssonbooks.com/mangement.htm#Writing Your Company Policy Manual) or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252
Keys To Motivating Employees - This book focuses on the unique challenges of motivating seasonal, temporary and key people. Discusses why some people work hard, others don't. Why a paycheck alone is a poor motivator. Tactics to use to promote team players, get better production, and create interest in a job where none exists. Book # G-4, Price $19.50 To order Click Here: (http://nilssonbooks.com/employee.htm#Keys%20To%20Motivating%20Employees) or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252
Entry Level Training - Landscapers - This book trains new hires & seasonal help and avoids you having to explain the basics over and over each season. It covers materials, commonly used tools, equipment, safety, vehicle use, hazardous substances, work practices, attire, customer relations, personal behavior, terms and definitions, and question/answer review. Book # ET-1, Price $42.50 To order Click Here: (http://nilssonbooks.com/employee.htm) or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252
Crew Leader Training - Landscapers - Overcome the difficulty of unsupervised jobs. Train your workers to accept responsibility and you'll probably increase business. This is a step-by-step approach designed for the employee with little or no supervisory experience. Covers task management, what owners need from crew leaders, how to win respect and get cooperation from peers, planning the work, getting it done! Overseeing the equipment, goal setting, Question/Answer review. Book # ET-2, Price $39.50 To order Click Here: (http://nilssonbooks.com/employee.htm) or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252
Training In Pruning And Planting - Covers everything workers need to know to properly install and prune shrubs and trees. Shows how, when, why to prune. Explains the tools, how to prevent damage, planting methods, staking and guying, mulching, transporting stock, thinning, forming, shaping, and pinching. Best times to prune flowering species. Question/Answer review. Book # ET-4, Price $34.50 To order Click Here: (http://nilssonbooks.com/employee.htm) or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252
AUDIO TAPE-Employees . . . Find Them, Keep Them - Listen & learn the secrets to finding and keeping employees. These tapes reveal untapped sources of finding prospects, what to offer, how to prevent the competition from hiring away your people, benefits, incentives, what works, what doesn't, interviewing and selection. $39.50 2 Tape Series To order Click Here: (http://nilssonbooks.com/audio_tapes.htm) or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252
How To Be A Great Boss! - Ever wonder how employees like you as a "boss"? Highly respected, well liked? How they perceive you is key to your success in today's labor market. This report examines easily misunderstood concepts of attitudes, work ethics, and self esteem that can make or break your business. You can either "turn them on" or "turn them off" by what you do and say. Book # G-5, Price $12.50 To order Click Here: (http://nilssonbooks.com/employee.htm) or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252
Subcontracting the Work - This book shows & tells everything you ever wanted to know about subcontracting your work to others and being a subcontractor to others. The ins and outs of partnering jobs, legal requirements, how to make money on others, limit your risks, protect customer contacts, forms & agreements, qualifying your partners, performance guarantees, insurance concerns, covenants not to compete, lien waivers, ... all about "owning the work" but not "doing the work" and how to profit from the growing trend in subcontracting. Book # H-4 Price $49.50 To order Click Here: (http://nilssonbooks.com/employee.htm#Subcontracting the Work) or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252
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No mattter what services you want to offer, we have the technical and managment information you need that will save you time and money getting started. Take a look at our extensive line of books, audios, videos and employee training materials in English and Spanish. Start at the Nilsson Associatres home page www.nilssonbooks.com (http://www.nilssonbooks.com) and scroll down the left side of the home page to locate the business problem you want a solution to. The index includes all these categories dealing with just about all lawn care, the best mowers, how to maximize profits in mowing, job bidding & pricing, what equipment to buy, lawns, grass, chemicals, fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, landscape company operations, irrigation, snow plowing, planting, pavement services and many others
The instruction you will receive is affordable, and highly focused training that really works! And ... The ongoing personal support from our Industry Experts is the Best Professional Management & Ownership Training Program in the Industry. With us assisting you every step of the way, your business will be up and running fast, making money, organized to win, separate itself from the competition, and on the "Path To A Rewarding Future."
How to order
Labor Time Data Handbook
Written by Nilsson Associates
Book # A-7, Price $69.50
To order online Click Here: (http://nilssonbooks.com/job_bidding_pricing.htm#)
To order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252
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New Business Startup Package (http://nilssonbooks.com/just_getting_started.htm)
Complete Operations Management System (http://nilssonbooks.com/coms_package.htm)
When it comes to pricing lawn and landscape jobs nobody has more landscape industry pricing information than Nilsson Associates, Green Industry Consultants. Nilsson's Job Price Guides covers lawn care bids, job bidding & estimating for tree care, irrigation installation & service, pavement sweeping & maintenance, snow plowing operations, landscaping and hardscaping job bids for both commercial & residential customers as well as real estate management, parks & recreation departments, municipalities, college and univeristy grounds. The prices cover; estimates & bids for grounds services, landscaping pricing estimates , estimating & bid the price seasonal work, year around commercial estimate contracts, price per square foot, best grounds maintenance & landscaping job to bid & pricing, price of lawn care, lawn mowing price, aeration pricing, lawns, commercial landscape job bid estimates, most all outdoor maintenance estimating & pricing, mulching prices, pricing chemicals, weeding & aerating pricing, fertilizer prices, prices for organic fertilizer, pricing weeds in beds, pricing pruning & trimming trees & shrubs, pricing commercial & residential snow plowing, hardscape pricing, pricing hydroseeding, irrigation service estimates for commercial & residential, pricing seeding lawns, pricing lawn sod, prices for slit seeding lawns, pricing edging lawn beds, spring cleanup prices, pricing fall cleanups, hourly price of pressure washing walks & patios, pricing trees, stump grinding prices, price for gutter cleaning, lawn dethatching price, price for shoveling snow, pricing salting, price for sanding.
For more information about Pricing Click Here for FREE Job Pricing Guidelines (http://nilssonbooks.com/free_job_guidelines.htm)
by Nilsson Associates, Green Industry Consultants
www.nilssonbooks.com (http://www.nilssonbooks.com)
For:
Landscaping Contractors
Lawn Care Service Providers
Parks & Recreation Managers
Grounds Superintendants
Real Estate Managers
Public & Private School Grounds
Hotels - Motels - Resorts Maintenance
College & University Campus Grounds Maintainers
Corporate Grounds Facility Managers
Military Base Roads & Grounds Facility Managers
Facility Managers - Parks & Grounds Maintenance
Amusement Theme Parks Upkeep
Cemetery Facilities & Grounds Maintenance
Mowers
Campus Grounds & Roads
Snow Removal & Plowing
Facility Grounds Maintenance
Sports & Parks - Recreation Turf Field Managers
Airport Facility Grounds Managers
State & National Parks
Public & Private Schools, Parks, Facilities
Sports Turf for Public & Private Parks
Campgrounds & Parks & Recreation Facilities
Budget Equipment Requirements - Park Departments
Labor Time Data Handbook - Contains over 500 field tested, time-studied labor hours data for landscaping and grounds maintenance job estimating and calculating labor time man hours for facility managers, parks and recreation departments, campus grounds, schools and university grounds. Bid with confidence, save time preparing bids, easily determine best crew size, make money on every job you get, never under or overprice a bid again, set realistic labor goals for employees. Includes labor hours for just about every job performed in landscaping and grounds maintenance by contractors and facility managers, parks, campus grounds functions and sports complex maintenance. For Green Industry Job Bidding, Pricing, Profits, Estimating Irrigation and Hardscape Jobs and for use in non-profit situations where budgeting labor hours, scheduling the work and determining total employee production man hours is desired.
These methods of collecting information was the basis for creating my Labor Time Data Handbook of Standard Work Times of man hours needed to perform the work. Included in my time study was all sorts of grounds maintenance and landscaping installation tasks and work that is normally done by landscaping and lawn care service companies. I timed things like Mowing, edging, trimming, pruning, snow plowing, ice control, tree planting, mulch, aeration, slit seeding, shrub beds, hardscapes, blowing leaves, lawn chemical applications, spring and fall cleanups, seed, installing sod, water gardening, flowers, and over 500 common job tasks to numerous to mention. I timed the different work tasks using many different types and sizes of power equipment was used during the timing trials for edger, trimmers, riding mower, walkbehind, weed eater, tractor, ztr, chainsaws, loaders, trucks, trailers, sprayers, hydroseeders, spreaders and the usual equipment of running a green industry company.
How to order
Labor Time Data Handbook
Written by Nilsson Associates
Book # A-7, Price $69.50
To order online Click Here: (http://nilssonbooks.com/job_bidding_pricing.htm#)
To order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252
More information about Nilsson's Labor Time Data Handbook ...
For Grounds Maintenance and Landscape Management & Installation Work shows How Long The Jobs Will Take based on time studies of the work under various conditions including weather, day of week, working conditions and factors that improve or decrease labor efficiency. Labor Time Data Handbook #1 Best Seller for Job Hours Estimating, by individual work task for Lawn Bids, Lawn Care Service & Commercial Landscape Business Contractors, Commercial & Residential sites of any size acreage. Also useful to Parks & Recreation Grounds Maintenance Departments, Schools, Playground Maintenance, Facility Grounds Managers For: Lawn Care & Landscape Business Maintenance Estimates, Commercial Landscaper bids for cost comparisons, Lawn Maintenance Operators who Bid: Lawns, Bid Chemical Programs, Bid Lawn Renovations & seeding, Campus Lawns & Grounds Managers and industrial cost and labor accountng applications as well as public bid labor cost and job cost expectations. The labor time data Has over 500 field tested, time-studied labor hours data for all grounds work, landscapes, lawn bids, service & landscaping and commercial grounds maintenance job estimating. Bid with more confidence, save time preparing bids using the labor hours time tables broken down by job criteria and know best crew size based on work assigned using a balanced labor crew time application that results in getting a full days work from lawn care & landscape employees, never under or overprice a bid again, set realistic labor goals for commercial grounds maintenance & landscape employees. Among many work task categories ... Includes labor hours for lawn Mowing, edging beds & walks, trimming shrubs, pruning plants & trees, snow plowing, ice control, tree planting, mulching beds, aeration, slit seeding, shrub beds, hardscapes, blowing leaves, lawn chemical applications, spring and fall cleanups, seed, flowers, and commercial lawn maintenance job tasks. Just about every job performed in a lawn mowing service landscaping business and grounds maintenance. Price and cost jobs fast using the daya by finding the lawn care, grounds maintenance or landscape job category, follow the tables for task time within the work category and developing a line-by-line job bid. When a lawn care or landscape job is finished, compare your budgeted hours gotten from the time tables with actual job time spent. Use the time tables to assign realistic daily work goals. Compile a month by month hourly work schedule for grounds maintenance work, landscape job tasks and know how many workers you need for mowing, cleanups, pruning, bed work etc. Post the labor hours to your customer records. Know the profitability of each custoemr account, see exactly where too much time was spent by work category. In the reference section capture and pinpoint job costs for lawn care, cleanups, edging, pruning, trimming, and all landscape and grounds maintenance work underway and use the outlines to recap labor costs, materials, direct costs and overhead costs. Use the landscape instalation formats as a guide to developing sequential, step by step work outlines for estimating landscape job costs and use these as a goal to plan and do the work each day that a landscape project is inderway and upon completion, compare budgeted goals or hours to actual hours the work took to completion.
Labor Time Data Table of Contents:
Introduction
How To Bid Contracts
Knowing The Scope of the Work
A Few Words About Profits
Units of Work
Service Frequency
Labor Times:
Aerification
Back Pack Spraying
Blowing
Cleanups
Dethatching
Edging
Grading
Granular Applications
Hydroseeding
Installing Flowers
Installing Pavers
Line Marking
Liquid Applications
Loading
Mowing
Mulching
Pavement Sweeping
Planting Shrubs & Trees
Pruning
Raking
Sanding & Salting
Seeding
Snow Blowing
Snow Plowing
Sodding
Staking & Guying
Stump Grinding
Trimming
Watering
Weeding
Reference Section:
Annual Sales Statistics
Calculating Equipment Costs
Employee Productivity
Fertilizer Recommendations
Mowing Height Recommendations
Grounds Maintenance Statistics
Labor Management
Landscape Construction Estimating
Non-Productive Time Cost Worksheet
Tables & Measures
MIscellaneous Formulas
Financial Formulas
How to order
Labor Time Data Handbook
Written by Nilsson Associates
Book # A-7, Price $69.50
To order online Click Here: (http://nilssonbooks.com/job_bidding_pricing.htm#)
To order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252
Other Lawn & Landscape Business Information Resources
Grounds Maintenance Manual - A complete guide to maintenance. How to sell services, bid jobs, assign crews, control the work. You'll get bid outlines, scheduling formats, cost calculations, checklists for year round services. You'll learn how to evaluate every site for profit potential, pinpoint best crew size, control costs, and know what to expect on a daily basis. Book # C-1, Price $49.50 To order Click Here: (http://nilssonbooks.com/operations.htm#Grounds Maintenance Manual) or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252
Writing The Maintenance Specifications - No more trying to find the right words to explain job bids. Contains hundreds of samples of contract language that fits any situation. Produce professional specs, avoid bidding unrealistic site requirements. What to include and exclude. Covers summer and winter work elements, and work options to look for on any site to boost sales. Book # C-2, Price $34.50
To order Click Here: (http://nilssonbooks.com/job_bidding_pricing.htm#Writing The Maintenance Speci-fications) or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252
Maintenance Estimating Kit - This kit has everything you need when you visit a site to get an estimate. Working from a model spec. it takes you step by step. Assesses the model, finds the price, prepares the model bid, writes the proposal, along with cover letter and outline of the work. Book # C-21, Price $32.50
To order Click Here: (http://nilssonbooks.com/job_bidding_pricing.htm#Maintenance Estimating Kit) or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252
Maximizing Profits In Mowing - Some people make plenty of money mowing, while others lose their shirts! Mowing is 50% of most contracts. Covers key factors for better profits, best crew size, selecting the right mowers, setting work quotas, scheduling problems. Mobilize your people to work as a team! Book # C-6, Price $24.50 To order Click Here: (http://nilssonbooks.com/operations.htm#Maximizing Profits In Mowing) or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252
Writing Your Company Policy Manual - You'll save time using this fill in the blanks format to create your own policy manual. Copy it, customize it to fill your needs. Includes owner's message to employees, sequence of info, the do's and don'ts of making promises, a benefits checklist and how to word them. Book # G-2, Price $19.50
To order Click Here: (http://nilssonbooks.com/mangement.htm#Writing Your Company Policy Manual) or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252
Keys To Motivating Employees - This book focuses on the unique challenges of motivating seasonal, temporary and key people. Discusses why some people work hard, others don't. Why a paycheck alone is a poor motivator. Tactics to use to promote team players, get better production, and create interest in a job where none exists. Book # G-4, Price $19.50 To order Click Here: (http://nilssonbooks.com/employee.htm#Keys%20To%20Motivating%20Employees) or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252
Entry Level Training - Landscapers - This book trains new hires & seasonal help and avoids you having to explain the basics over and over each season. It covers materials, commonly used tools, equipment, safety, vehicle use, hazardous substances, work practices, attire, customer relations, personal behavior, terms and definitions, and question/answer review. Book # ET-1, Price $42.50 To order Click Here: (http://nilssonbooks.com/employee.htm) or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252
Crew Leader Training - Landscapers - Overcome the difficulty of unsupervised jobs. Train your workers to accept responsibility and you'll probably increase business. This is a step-by-step approach designed for the employee with little or no supervisory experience. Covers task management, what owners need from crew leaders, how to win respect and get cooperation from peers, planning the work, getting it done! Overseeing the equipment, goal setting, Question/Answer review. Book # ET-2, Price $39.50 To order Click Here: (http://nilssonbooks.com/employee.htm) or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252
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How To Be A Great Boss! - Ever wonder how employees like you as a "boss"? Highly respected, well liked? How they perceive you is key to your success in today's labor market. This report examines easily misunderstood concepts of attitudes, work ethics, and self esteem that can make or break your business. You can either "turn them on" or "turn them off" by what you do and say. Book # G-5, Price $12.50 To order Click Here: (http://nilssonbooks.com/employee.htm) or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252
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