Executive Retreat - A Client Exclusive

500 Canal Street,New Orleans LA 70130

10 January, 2022

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Be Inspired by our featured speakers and a city of limitless offerings. Welcome to the inaugural Executive Retreat. An inspiring Client-Exclusive event where you will hear new ideas and out-of-the-box thinking, meet like-minded peers, connect with old friends, and get mentally prepared for taking your business to a new level in 2022. The “Retreat” will be a mix of fun social activities, world class presentations, and ample networking with the leaders in our industry. Monday January 10th. 3pm - 5pm - Tour of the famous Preservation Hall with a private performance by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, with drinks and appetizers! This is a completely unique experience! Evening - On your own to go to dinner - with old and new friends - at one of New Orleans' world class restaurants. Make your reservations early! Tuesday, January 11th 8 to 9am - Networking Breakfast 9am to 12 noon - Presentation and Conversation with Jeffrey Scott and Mike Haynes, owner of the The Loving Companies. Mike Haynes grew his business to 80M over twenty years and will share a behind the scenes look into what it takes to build a “fast growth” company. It’s not luck, rather it is a combo of smart decisions and hard work. Mike leads from his head and his heart, giving back profits to his employees and donating profits to many charities. So his motivation is not about the money, rather it is what can be done with the money. You don’t want to miss this. The “presentation and conversation” will end with an exercise to make sure you ’take home specific ideas’ along with your inspiration. 12 to 1pm - Networking Lunch. 1pm to 4pm - "Out of the Box” presentations and conversations from two of your peers. Matt Hiner from Hiner Outdoor Living, Colorado Springs will share his out-of-the-box approach to recruiting and marketing with his use of videos on social madia; he employs a full time videographer on staff. Matt is fully booked with employees and customers, turning both away due to his success with this novel approach. Marcus Kerske from Gardens of Babylon, Nashville, TN will share his out of the box approach to staffing using international full time remote employees from around the world, who handle myriad front and back office jobs from accounting and finance to phone receptionist and more. His company is scaling fast and highly profitable in part due to this out of the box approach. 5pm to 6pm - A light, fun reception to say farewell. This Executive Retreat will include both structured and unstructured networking, to help you maximize your value and sharing with high caliber peers. Seconds in command that you bring will sit at tables with their peers, to encourage networking and learning. Monday and Tuesday evening, you are on your own to have dinner. Take advantage of the excellent restaurants here, and make reservations 4-8 weeks early to get into the best places. Event Details: For those that are from out of town and need accommodation, we have contracted a group rate at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel. Book your group rate for Jeffrey Scott Group Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) Hotel direction: 15 miles W Easy Uber or Lyft to hotel Estimated taxi fare: $36 (one way) Parking Valet Parking available for all hotel guests. Overnight Guest Rate: $46 + tax | Daily Parking Rate: $24+tax Jeffrey Scott, MBA, is the leading authority on growth and profit maximization in the landscape industry.  He grew his landscape company into a successful $15 million multi-discipline enterprise, and he's now devoted to helping others achieve profound success.  His clients on average see a 27% profit improvement in their first year alone. He has consulted with over two hundred landscape companies and facilitates the largest global peer group of landscape business owners in the world.  Jeffrey is the founder of the Destination Company® culture program, which has been adopted by hundreds  of landscape firms across the continent, allowing companies to attract and retain the best employees and build their competitive advantage.  He has worked with national brands such as Caterpillar, Case equipment, Spring Green, Greenius and LMN software. As a sought-after keynote speaker and author of 3 books, he is invited back year over year to present at the top industry events. Jeffrey is the only business expert in the green industry that has consulted world-wide, in the US, Canada and Europe, and who has also been elected to the Million Dollar Consulting® Hall-of-Fame. He has published hundreds of articles in all the major industry publications and over 10,000 people read his weekly newsletter, Growth Tips. Personally he enjoys hiking with his dog every morning, mountain biking, racing fast cars, traveling around the globe with his wife, and supporting worthwhile charities, for example, those that focus on growing the green industry workforce, helping high school students build sustainable communities in the third world, and Doctors Without Borders.