TrueWinds Consulting

10/30/2026

Create a Plan for 2027: Stop Guessing…Start Growing…"

Five Steps to Building a Business That Performs... ...Without Depending on You for Every Decision

As 2026 winds down and 2027 approaches, one question every lawn care, landscaping, and tree care business owner should ask is:

Are we building a better business—or simply preparing for another busy year?

Make 2027 the Year Your Plan Actually Works

10/23/2026

Fridays With Fred......"Your Business Has Outgrown You……Has Your Role?"
Before You Plan for the Business, look in a Mirror...
...Know Yourself

Every year, business owners –Should- sit down to plan the future.

But there is one part of the business that frequently escapes the planning process: The owner.

Before you decide what the business needs to do differently next year, there is a more personal question worth answering: What do YOU need to do differently?

Read this week’s article to learn more!

10/09/2026

Fridays With Fred......"Your Business Is a System…."

…Find the Bottleneck Before You Fix the Wrong Problem

Most lawn care, landscaping, and tree care companies don’t have a shortage of activity.

They have a shortage of flow...

Start asking:
“What is preventing our system from working better?”

Find that answer, and you may discover that the fastest path to greater growth and profitability isn’t doing more…
…It’s getting everything you already do to flow better

Read this week’s article to learn more!
https://truewindsconsulting.com/2026/10/09/your-business-is-a-system-2/

Contact Fred> [email protected] To Learn More About Systems Thinking...

10/02/2026

Fridays With Fred......"Delegation Without Abdication..."

Part 2: The Six Steps to Getting It Right
One of the fastest ways to destroy confidence in delegation is to do it poorly.

An owner hands an employee a responsibility, gives them a 30-second explanation, walks away, and assumes they understand…

…Three days later, the result isn’t what the owner expected.

The owner thinks:

“See? This is why I have to do everything myself.”

If the six steps are clear and followed, you’ve done more than assign the work…

…You’ve created the conditions for someone else to succeed

Good delegation doesn’t eliminate accountability…

… It makes accountability possible

Read this week’s article to learn more!
https://truewindsconsulting.com/2026/10/02/delegation-without-abdication/

Contact Fred> [email protected] To Learn More About the Process of Delegation...

09/25/2026

Fridays With Fred......"If You Have to Do Everything, You Don’t Have a Team..."

Part 1: Delegation Starts… … With Letting Go
There is a point in the growth of almost every lawn care, landscaping, and tree care company when the owner becomes one of the biggest obstacles to continued growth.

Not because the owner isn’t working hard… …Usually, it’s exactly the opposite …The owner has become the operating system

Most owners know they should delegate more. The problem isn’t knowledge….It’s behavior.

Read this week’s article to learn more!
https://truewindsconsulting.com/2026/09/25/if-you-have-to-do-everything-you-dont-have-a-team/

“Schedule a Meeting with Fred”
https://calendly.com/truewindsfred/breakthrough-session?month=2026-09

09/18/2026

Fridays With Fred......"The PLAN before the PLAN..."

Four things every lawn care, landscape, and tree care owner should know… …Before doing your “Annual Planning” for next year!

As a lawn care, landscape, or tree care company grows, the operation becomes more complex.

More employees
More crews
More clients
More equipment
More managers
More decisions

Before long, instead of you running the business, the business is running you.
That’s why annual business planning matters. But before you gather the management team, start building budgets, and establish goals for 2027, there’s an important step: You have to Prepare to Plan

Annual planning shouldn’t produce another binder or list of good intentions. It should create a roadmap your people can execute—and a business that becomes less dependent on you to make everything happen.

Read this week’s article to learn more!!
https://truewindsconsulting.com/2026/09/18/the-plan-before-the-plan/

Reach Out to Fred for a Tool Kit to Create an Actionable Annual Business Plan... E-Mail [email protected]

09/11/2026

WE WILL NEVER FORGET...

09/06/2026