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Futurescape 2021 and Winning the 30 Under 30 Award
Last week TBL headed to the Futurescape Exposition and Trade Event in London, where our General Manager Oliver was invited to speak on a panel about the future of landscape industry recruitment.
As our team has steadily been growing, it is more important than ever that we are mindful when recruiting and focusing on, not just employing fantastic staff, but also retaining them.
“It’s not enough to list the qualities you’re looking for, you also need to extoll the qualities you offer. People want to know what kind of company you are and how you are going to invest in them.” Oliver said.
Each member of the panel recounted their efforts in building a good culture and described their use of coaching techniques to grow potential. Oliver comments; “Build a culture, the company will follow. TBL have learnt that their employees learn the most through their own mistakes. It’s up to us as employers to create a safe environment where making mistakes is not punishable, and learning from mistakes is revered.”
“Recruitment is a rapidly changing game right now and there’s no denying there is a shortage of applicants. But it’s great to hear that many progressive companies are employing these person-focused, culture-driven techniques and approaches to leadership. The future for the industry is stronger because of it.”
Another highlight of the event was our chance to celebrate Alex Rockett, who won the Pro Landscaper 30 under 30 Award, which aims to ‘shine a spotlight on the future of landscaping.’
Alex has progressed through the ranks during his 7 years of working here, from skilled worker, to team leader and now he is one of our Grounds Maintenance Senior Site Supervisors.
We are so happy to celebrate this accomplishment with him and it shows the value of staying within a great company and all that you can achieve when you set your mind to it.
There were so many amazing stands and talks during the event, it was great to see so many of the companies we work with on a regular basis coming together.
We came away excited and keen to trial some new products to help our company become even better. Moasure in particular seemed a very interesting app, that could enable us to do our own surveying and we will be trialling this to see if it is a good fit for TBL.
Looking forward to returning next year, thank you Futurescape!