Thank You for a Great Cultivate'20!

Thank you for visiting our booth at Cultivate, or if you missed us, we’re glad you’re here. This page contains all of the resources and videos we had at our virtual booth, as well as valuable links for use by both candidates and clients.

The BEST Team has decades of combined experience within the Horticulture industry, cultivating relationships from section growers through to industry thought and business leaders. These partnerships allow BEST to stay current on the industry’s needs and share ideas, processes, and solutions to move our industry forward through the BEST Retained Executive Search and Business/Human Resource Advisory Services.

BEST Cultivate’20 Video

WHY BEST? We know the horticulture industry, we know your challenges because we have been there, and we have a proven process. By aligning your specific business needs with an optimized candidate profile, we have developed a proprietary process of proven executive behavioral interviewing tools and specialized assessments we call: BEST BEHAVIORS®.

As a retained executive search firm specializing in the horticultural industry, we are engaged in every aspect of the search process, starting with defining a tailor-made search strategy on through candidate onboarding. This process eliminates valuable time on your end and presents you with a shortlist of top-quality candidates primed for long-term success.

The events of this year have profoundly affected professionals, with many choosing to retire early. We are experiencing an increase in both succession and exit planning in the horticulture industry. 

Most business owners have no transition plan. It gets even more complicated when there are no family members ready or willing to take over the business. This session will look at the preparation and planning steps and value-building and transitional strategies to use when there is no family or heir apparent to take over the reins of your business. It will also address your emotional readiness and review actions you can start to take today that will make you and your business more transition ready. 

To address the coming surge of Baby Boomer retirements and business exits, we have created a timely on-demand educational session on this topic called Succession Planning When There is No Succession. The seminar will be on demand (available anytime) after July 15th at 10:00 AM EST.  Or you can view it in its entirety here:

In addition to Succession and Exit Planning, our Business and HR Advisory function focuses on (4) other key areas to suit your business needs.