Our people make our work (and growth) possible. So, developing our company culture has been a huge priority for Bland Landscaping company.
In our latest feature from Landscape Management, Kurt Bland talks about how that culture comes into play during mergers and acquisitions:
“Both of these were accretive and synergistic acquisitions that expanded our market share, secured needed talent and gave us excellent facility expansion options,” Bland says. “Their staff have largely stayed onboard with us and have been successful in our model. We knew what we were buying and who we were buying it from.”
Employees remain key to culture and growth, no matter how you look at it.
“We have built out a sales team, added regional recruiters, invested in more designers, promoted from within and continued to build out our entire business model as a middle-market company,” Bland says.
“The No. 1 thing that will determine our success or failure is and always will be people,” Bland says. “I’m not one who is enamored by finance or technology as primary drivers of business. Both are important, but we are in the people business. That’s the lifeblood of this organization.”
Read more in Landscape Management’s article, Bland Landscaping grows while staying true to its roots.