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business bests M&P Landscaping Inc. St. Louis, Missouri Best Employees Recruiting & the BY JENNY AGEE-ALDRIDGE Higher pay is not always the solution. t doesn't matter how many years you've been in business or how savvy your business plan is unless you have skilled, dependable em- ployees to carry out those plans and properly represent your company. Good workers are the backbone of any successful company. Unfor- tunately for owners and managers in landscape businesses, hiring and retaining quality employees is one of the most challenging aspects of running a company – even in a down economy. "There are few things that can guarantee success for a growing company more than having great em- ployees," says Bill Cook, owner/president of Human Resource Associates, a management-consulting fi rm September 2012 / TOTAL LANDSCAPE CARE 51 Retaining