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Could Sustainability be Your Unique Advantage? Warren Gorowitz
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The Power of Personality assessments to hire and retain the right talent Jay Niblick
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Developing Trust-Based Relationships Frank Annino
Where is your company headed?
Ed Wright, the forward-thinking CEO of Wright Manufacturing, has been a leading innovator in the commercial landscaping equipment industry. Growing up in the business, Ed has harnessed his hands-on experience […]
Warren Gorowitz, currently serves as Director of Corporate Social Responsibility at Hunter Industries. He is responsible for providing global leadership and strategic guidance in the organization’s sustainability and social impact […]
Where is your company headed?
Jay Niblick is the CSO and Co-founder of Wizehire, a leading hiring platform helping small businesses grow with a better way to hire. Jay is a notable keynote speaker, best-selling […]
Brothers Kurt and Matt Bland grew up in an entrepreneurial household as the children of Tom and Nancy Bland in Apex, North Carolina. As founders of Bland Landscaping Company (ca. 1976), at an early age Tom and Nancy exposed Kurt and Matt to the successes and the challenges of running a family business. As young men, the boys worked in every aspect of the homegrown business from field work to estimating and financial planning. Through the late 1980’s, 1990’s and early 2000’s industry icons like Frank Ross, Kevin Kehoe, and Bruce Wilson were regular consultants for the Bland family. Exposure to these industry influencers afforded both Kurt and Matt the opportunity to explore new and forward-thinking ideas about the landscaping industry, at a time when industry maturity and consolidation was still spoken about in a future tense.
