Bartlett managers and representatives gather for an event in Horse Valley, PA, circa 1981.
Greg continues to sit on Bartlett’s board of directors and is a trustee of the Bartlett Tree Foundation, Inc., which has provided financial assistance for select students studying arboriculture, horticulture, forestry, and related dis- ciplines at two- and four-year colleges since 1985.
He encourages tree care professionals of any age to get industry credentials and keep them current. “You have to keep learning,” Greg says. “Arboriculture is always changing. We have new techniques for tree work, new discoveries, changing regulations, equipment.” This commitment to learning extends to employers as well. "Being a competent arborist doesn’t mean you’ll have a successful business,” Greg says. “You really have to learn the business of tree care. You have to put as much focus on that as anything.” GROWING WITH THE TIMES Greg encourages tree care operators to take advantage of the technological tools available to them. This includes using soware to keep historical re- cords of tree work, map tree place- ments, conduct inventories, and man- age accounting, sales, and assets. It also means being able to electroni- cally deliver professional proposals on
says of his decision to retire. “I’ve just been blessed to see the company grow during that time.” SAFETY FIRST Referring to Bartlett’s motto “Safe- ty Above All Else,” Greg is especially proud of the company’s efforts to prior- itize safety and education. “This is a dangerous business. It only takes a momentary lapse of concen- tration to get into trouble,” Greg says. “Safety has to be a company’s num- ber one focus. If it isn’t, it never will be addressed properly. It has to be at the forefront of your training, your re- cruiting, and every day when the teams have their morning meetings.” Each of Bartlett’s 160 offices staff local safety coordinators, along with region- al safety representatives. “It is one of our biggest departments at Bartlett,” says Greg, adding that the company has developed a “tremendous amount” of training over the past 30 to 40 years. “You have a responsibility to keep your workers safe.”
Greg Daniels, left, with CEO Robert Bartlett Jr., and board member John Signorini.
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