Posted on September 28th, 2011, by Karen

Just like a garden can tell you a lot about the people who live in a house, I can tell the state of your employee engagement by the state of your office plants. To me, they are a marker of what is going on, what gets attention and what doesn’t. Here’s what I mean . [...]
Tags: employee engagement, Employee morale, Leadership skills, Organisational culture
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Posted on September 21st, 2011, by Karen

I have just finished reading a brand new book called “50 plants that changed the course of history” by Bill Laws. It was fascinating to learn how some of the most common of plants could have such a revolutionary affect on society. Without them we would not be living the lives we have today . [...]
Tags: Leadership and management, Reputation, Role models
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Posted on September 14th, 2011, by Karen

On the weekend I went to www.nscf.org.au but not for my usual volunteering activities. This time I went as a student attending one of their short courses. It was on small space container gardening. Here is a picture of one of the containers we planted. It’s designed to have plants cascading down the sides as [...]
Tags: Leadership and management, learning and development, www.nscf.org.au
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Posted on September 7th, 2011, by Karen

So, it’s early Spring here in Brisbane and some of the plants are confused because they have already been blooming for a while and it isn’t time yet. The same thing probably happens where you live too. What’s going on? Well, it’s perfectly naturally really. Some plants are just early bloomers, the same as some [...]
Tags: Change management, employee engagement, Karen Schmidt, www.letsgrow.com.au
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