Phil has experience of successfully growing a significant gardening business over a period of thirty years into what is currently a million pound concern.<\/p>\n
In Phil’s words, \u201dI really enjoy the role with Ed\u2019s. It reminds me of when I was striving to develop my own business. At the time, there wasn\u2019t the opportunity of joining a successful gardening franchise business that would help set you up and support you through the early years. I really was making it up as I went along! It’s really enjoyable meeting the Ed\u2019s Operators who all have a burning desire to move their businesses forward. They have a great brand and support system with Ed\u2019s. There is really nothing stopping the Operators from reaching for the stars. For my part, if I can share any of my experience with them to help them through the challenges they will face, I\u2019m more than happy to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Format…<\/h1>\n
Phil started off his workshop with an overview of his own journey to success. This was appreciated as some of our newer Ed\u2019s Operators hadn\u2019t met him before. He then moved on to split the attendees into working groups to discuss and feed back on specific topics, such as \u2018how to recruit and keep the best people\u2019 to other performance-enhancing subjects. In this session, Phil moved between the groups when they were discussing their topics and then facilitated the feedback sessions.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Even Baloo was paying lots of attention to the proceedings!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n With all the formal discussing done, we moved on to the informal socialising part of the session, which was equally as valuable. Over pizzas and drinks, the Ed\u2019s Operators were able to catch up with each other and also have specific chats with Phil on a one to one basis.<\/p>\n As with all our training sessions, we asked our Operators for some constructive feedback. We got some very positive reviews: –<\/p>\n \u2022 Steve\u2019s review – Steve<\/a> has been an Ed\u2019s Operator in Hersham<\/a> for more than ten years, told us, \u201cI thoroughly enjoy listening to Phil. He really knows his stuff and has done so well with his business. There are always good ideas to take away and implement in my own gardening business. The social aspect is great too; we\u2019re very lucky to have such a good group of Ed\u2019s Operators. It never really feels like work.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2022 Marcus\u2019 review – Marcus<\/a> joined Ed\u2019s last year to run his business in Streatham<\/a> told us, \u201cI was very impressed with that training session. I am ambitious about where I want to go with my Ed\u2019s business and that\u2019s exactly the kind of training session that fuels my drive to take my business as far as I possibly can. The focus is very much on the practical and tactical and that is hugely helpful. Phil is really inspiring.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2022 Mark\u2019s review – Mark<\/a> , who has very recently joined us to run his Ed\u2019s business in Ramsgate<\/a>, said, \u201cTraining sessions such as these remind me of why I was so sure Ed\u2019s was the right franchise for me. I could never get access to this kind of stuff if I were going it alone. The pitch is just right. Phil is very informative but fun and never patronising. I wish my training sessions in my previous corporate life had been half as valuable as this!\u201d<\/p>\n So, how did we do? All in all a great training session and at just the right time of year to fire up and focus our Ed’s Operators<\/a> on what they want to achieve in the season ahead.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/eds-garden-business-franchise\/images\/w_640,h_480,c_scale\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1586347317\/FullSizeRender_1\/FullSizeRender_1.jpg?_i=AA\" "\\"Eds")
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The Reviews…<\/h1>\n
The Conclusion…<\/h1>\n
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