Way To Grow!: Cultivating the Weeds, Daisies, and Orchids in Your Organization

by Linda Galindo

Book Overview

Effectively allocating time and coaching to employees can be one of the biggest challenges faced by leaders today. Way To Grow! will help you determine who needs your time and why This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0986099775
• ISBN13: 9780986099779
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Surrogate Press
• Length: 76 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Gardening your way to success as a leader

Way to Grow is a fun book with a refreshing approach to learning how you can better cultivate the people in your organization to higher levels of success. Not only will it assist them in their growth but also you, in your development as a manager and a leader in your organization. It describes in simple metaphors the different types of people you work with and helps to lay out some simple, yet profound, methods of more effectively managing and leading your staff. Way to Grow will give you key pointers that will help you see how you can turn your organization into a beautiful garden of growing team members while also helping turn you as a manager into a more effective leader and gardener in your organization. A fun and easy read with practical things for you to use and reference in your role as a leader!

Knowing the "Way to Grow"!

A quick, yet insightful look that identifies who is in your "bouquet" and who you want to join your garden. This book is a great guide for managers and employees alike. The metaphor of Weeds, Daisies and Orchids is easy to remember and apply in real-world situations, whether in a place of employment or any team work situation. Using the wisdom from this guide will help make any team grow to its full potential.

Situational "gardening"

"Way to Grow" challenges the oft heard phrase "we must treat all employees the same." Nonsense. We must treat employees fairly, but different management and supervisory styles and methods are needed to match up with what each employee needs. "Way To Grow"'s light hearted, easy to read style makes this book a helpful read for new supervisors and front line managers. It introduces "situational leadership" in a way that is easily understood and applied. The book is also helpful for seasoned leaders who are baffled by the continuing, circular issues they have with their staff. The case studies will have you nodding in recognition of each situation.

Don't be an Orchid

This is a very quick read with helpful business application. The take home message is really simple and easy to remember. Employees in the work force can be categorized as Weeds, Daisies, and Orchids. Which one will you hire? This book will give you tips on identifying, training, and hiring employees. I have applied these concepts in coaching and interviewing. This is a must read for management of all levels.

Great Wisdom in a Small Package

Contrary to most of the business self-help material out there, the principles Ms. Galindo espouses in this fairly short missive are actually applicable in the real everyday business world. Those wishing to memorize the 7 habits of highly successful pretenders should look elsewhere. Even though much of this hits you with a "Well, duh!" reaction when you first read it, just ask yourself why you're not really doing it if it's all that easy. Having worked at these principles for over three years in my own business, I can tell you it is about as far from "duh" as you're ever going to get. Read it three times. Then start living it.