Upon returning from a sabbatical, Josepha Haden wrote about some skills and leadership lessons she picked up from tending to her garden. 👨🌾
Two clear and simple lessons: Plant today what you need tomorrow and give them space to grow, or create space later. 🌿
At the end of the day though you are leading and managing flawed human beings:
“The plants are not picture perfect… and shouldn’t that be true for those we lead, too? That perfection shouldn’t be measured on what we wish someone could do, but rather on what they were built to do.”
