AmericanHort Webinar: Coaching Your Coaches, Building Your Bench
October 21, 2026 | 2 min to read
Strong teams don’t happen by accident, and neither do great leaders. Building a strong leadership bench requires more than identifying your next manager; it means creating a culture where employees are encouraged to grow, experienced leaders know how to develop others, and emerging talent has opportunities to step into greater responsibility.
Join Sarah Polzin and members of the management team at Down to Earth Garden Center & Landscaping for a practical look at how they develop leaders from within. Drawing from their own experiences, the team will share:
- How to identify leadership potential
- Coach managers to become better coaches themselves
- Diversify the voices and perspectives involved in leadership
- Create meaningful opportunities for employees to grow
Whether you’re preparing your next supervisor, strengthening your current management team, or thinking about who will lead your business in the future, you’ll leave with ideas for intentionally growing the people already within your organization.
Sarah Polzin of Down to Earth Garden Center, located in small-town Wisconsin, has worked full time in her family business since 2019, combining her passion for creating sustainable business systems and encouraging employee growth, resulting in a thriving small business community. Sarah has worked with her husband, Ben, and his extended family, creating a multi-million-dollar operation, actively living out the philosophy of lifting others as you climb.
Included with AmericanHort membership; $49 for non-members.
The webinar is scheduled for Tuesday, November 17, 2026, 12:30-1:30 PM ET.
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