how to use your time productively
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Jennifer Lemcke, COO at Weed Man USA, is in charge of operations for one of the largest lawn care franchises in the world. She outlines how LCOs and landscapers can manage their days effectively and productively.TRANSCRIPT
How to Use your Time Productively
Jennifer Lemcke
Time Management
Time management is the act or process of planning and exercising conscious control over the amount of time spent on specific activities, especially to increase effectiveness, efficiency or productivity.
Time Management & Growing Your Business
• Stay Focused
• Stay Organized - Schedule
• Disconnect when needed
• Engage with the right people
• Disengage from the wrong people
• Develop a Business Plan – Short Term / Long Term
• Develop Personal/Family Goals
• Systemize your business
• Measure Results
• Attack Every Day with Meaning
Who Is Jennifer Lemcke?
• Mother
• Wife
• Daughter / Employee
• Chief Operating Officer
• Employer / Coach
• Friend
My Experience• 1990 First Job – University of Ottawa
• 1992 Joins Weed Man - Franchise in Hull, QC
• 1993 Joins Weed Man – Franchise in Ottawa, ON
• 1997 Leads a team to help standardize all of the systems and processes including all training material
• 1998 Leads the WEMMS Computer conversion across Canada and the US (Implementation & Training)
• 2000 Joins Weed Man - Scarborough, ON
• 2000 Vice President of Turf Holdings Inc.
• 2005 Chief Operating Officer of Turf Holdings Inc.
Getting to a Million Dollar Business and Beyond
• Understanding where you are in the business cycle
– Infancy Stage
– Adolescence Stage
– Mature Stage
Getting to a Million Dollar Business and Beyond
• Understanding what your business needs in these cycles
– Infancy Stage
– Adolescence Stage
– Mature Stage
Getting to a Million Dollar Business and Beyond
• Infancy Stage• Business planning
• Stay focused on growth
• Retention: customer service
• Eliminate waste
• Develop systems for consistency
Getting to a Million Dollar Business and Beyond
• Adolescent Stage• Business planning
• Systemizing your business – Sample Checklist
• Hiring the right people
• Employees aligned with company goals
• Organization charts
• Focus on training
• Measuring Results
• Coaching / Leading the right behavior
Getting to a Million Dollar Business and Beyond
Getting to a Million Dollar Business and Beyond
Getting to a Million Dollar Business and Beyond
• Mature Stage• Business planning
• Long range planning (10 year plans)
• Continue to develop systems– Support growth
– Dashboards
– KPI – Key Performance Indicators
• Stay people focused» Develop Leaders
Getting to a Million Dollar Business and Beyond
Getting to a Million Dollar Business and Beyond
Getting to a Million Dollar Business and Beyond
What does this have to do with time management?
• Time Investment
– Hiring the right people
– Training people
– Measuring people
– Coaching people
– Inspire people
Time Investment• Delivers Time
– Allows you to focus on being strategic
– Creates an opportunity for growth
– People want to be part of a winning team/business
– Allows you to develop personal goals
– Allows you to help others achieve their personal goals
How to get there?• Stay Focused
• Stay Organized - Schedule
• Disconnect when needed
• Engage with the right people
• Disengage from the wrong people
• Develop a Business Plan – Short Term / Long Term
• Develop Personal/Family Goals
• Systemize your business
• Measure Results
• Attack Every Day with Meaning
THANK YOU!
QUESTION & ANSWERS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Jennifer Lemcke
905-579-4000 Ext: 115