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Tags: Employee retention, induction, Karen Schmidt, Leadership and gardening, Leading is like gardening, Staff turnover, Workplace gardening, www.letsgrow.com.au

According to a Canadian paper in the science publication “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA” trees have a molecular memory of how they were raised in a nursery which they carry with them even when transplanted hundreds of kilometres away. Researchers say this “nursery effect” might explain a tree’s response to [...]

Tags: Employee retention, Gen Y, induction, Karen Schmidt, Recruitment, www.letsgrow.com.au

For a long time in the history of gardening in Australia we were far more interested in the exotic, introduced species than we were in our own home grown native plants. As a result of this obsession we have created issues in not only our private gardens but also our public gardens and general bush [...]

Tags: Career path, employee engagement, induction, Leadership skills, New employees, Outsourcing

As a gardener you have a few choices about what sort of plants to use. I’m not talking here about varieties such as annuals versus perennials. I’m talking about the stage of growth your plants are at when you purchase them and put them in the ground. Different gardeners have their own preferences. So do [...]

Tags: emerging leaders, Gen Y, generations at work, induction, New employees, Productivity

I recently had the “fun” experience of helping out with the mulching bins at the Northey Street City Farm (www.nscf.org.au). This involved shovelling soil and mulch into circular bins that were then rolled up and down a purpose built wooden track system to distribute them evenly so they can eventually break down into new soil. [...]

Tags: Employee Communication, induction, OH&S, www.nscf.org.au