Organisations, like gardens come in all shapes and sizes but the methods of keeping them healthy and productive are exactly the same. I like to divide workplace gardens into 5 different sizes, depending the number of employees, and compare them to a similar sized garden.   * A micro business with one or two employees [...]

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Each plant has a role to play but it’s only when you put them together do they create a beautiful and functioning garden. Here is a short video on why the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Tweet

Tags: employee engagement, Garden paths, Karen Schmidt, Leadership and gardening, Leadership skills, Leading is like gardening, Workplace gardening, www.letsgrow.com.au

Did you know there is a magic formula in the structure of trees? It was discovered just over 500 years ago by Leonardo da Vinci, who noticed a pattern in the trees around him. When he measured the total cross sectional area of a tree’s branch and twigs at any height, he found they added [...]

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