Leadership Is Fertilizer
by Miki SaxonTo thrive in today’s world companies need to constantly innovate; innovation requires initiative; initiative is another word for leadership.
Because initiative and leadership are synonymous, leadership needs to be pushed out of the corner office and spread throughout the organization; doing so will encourage growth, creativity and innovation.
If leadership is the fertilizer then culture is the water, without which nothing will grow, and people are the seeds from which ideas come.
By spreading leadership evenly through out your company garden and watering regularly, leaving no unfertilized or dry patches in which a seed will be stunted or die, you assure yourself a bountiful harvest that will be the envy of your competitors.
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August 17th, 2009 at 3:34 am
Miki –
I love the idea of leadership as fertilizer. This is an image that will stick, I think. Thanks for inspiration on a Monday morning.
August 17th, 2009 at 10:16 am
Thanks, Becky. I’ll be writing more on the idea as it develops.
August 19th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
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