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Growing weeders into leaders : leadership lessons from the ground level / Jeff McManus, foreword by Robert C. Khayat, Chancellor Emeritus. The University of Mississippi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McManus, Jeff, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Landscaping industry--Management.
- Landscaping industry.
- Landscaping industry--Employees--Training.
- Universities and colleges--Environmental aspects--United States.
- Universities and colleges.
- College campuses--Environmental aspects--United States.
- College campuses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxix, 88 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Morgan James Publishing, 2017.
- Summary:
- One of America's most accomplished landscaping professionals reveals his methods for cultivating greatness. Nowadays, greatness tends to be measured by shortest or longest times, highest heights, medals won, honors given. But as Aristotle taught us, greatness is what we can do every day, without recognition or reward, for the satisfaction that comes from meeting the challenge, creating a team, and overcoming the odds. Under Jeff McManus's leadership as Director of Landscape Services, the Ole Miss campus has won professional awards-and been cited by Newsweek and Princeton Review as America's "most beautiful campus." In Growing Weeders into Leaders, he relates the principles behind his team's success. It is an entertaining and thoughtful look into the hearts and the workday lives of ordinary people who tapped into their inner greatness in pursuit of a vision. Creating one of America's most beautiful college campuses at the University of Mississippi did not happen overnight and, inside these pages, McManus describes the joys, the defeats, the brilliant problem-solving and the best laid plans that are proven worthless... until the bigger picture appears. This is the bigger picture as viewed from the ground level-taking you through the practical applications of empowering people to experience not only what it means to grow outstanding landscapes, but also to grow greatness in themselves and encourage it in others. "A straightforward approach to problem-solving and methods to grow individuals into a team." -Susanne Woodell, CGM Historic Gardens Manager, Biltmore
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- Table Of Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1
- The Story of Thomas
- Cultivating Failure
- Rick Quits
- Broken
- Chapter 2
- Cultivating Greatness
- Vision Has to Have Meaning
- Make Your Vision Stick
- Growth from Within
- Purpose
- Chapter 3
- Cultivating a Culture
- Show You Care
- Keep on Plowing
- Think Like an Investor
- Find Hidden Leaders
- Take Inventory
- Share Core Values
- Work Smarter, Not Harder
- Details Matter
- Create Picture-Perfect Moments
- Be the Best of the Best
- Chapter 4
- Low-Hanging Fruit
- Identify Quick Wins
- Opportunity
- Be Resourceful
- Remove Obstacles
- Do It Right for Long-term Success 45
- Communicate
- Take Pride in the Workplace
- Chapter 5
- Cultivating Greatness through Training
- Why Landscape University?
- Results of Training
- Chapter 6
- Everyone Is a Leader
- Titles Don't Make You a Leader
- Why Develop Leaders?
- Plant Seeds of Leadership
- Environment Matters
- Set Employees Up for Success
- Mentoring
- Don't Be Intimidated
- Chapter 7
- Growing Leaders, not Weeders
- What You Have Is Contagious
- Monday Morning Meeting
- Field Trips
- Speakers
- Conferences and Trade Shows
- Personal Goals
- Walk Alongside Your Team
- Laugh Olympics
- Check Out the Library
- Chapter 8
- Weeding by Example
- Practice What You Preach
- Cultivate Respect
- The Golden Rule
- Attitude
- Sign Your Work
- Chapter 9
- Celebrating the Harvests
- Clarify the Win
- Celebrate Big Wins
- Celebrate Personal Wins
- The Product
- Chapter 10
- Growing the Legacy of Leadership
- Time Is Limited
- Create a Creed
- Landscape Creed
- About the Author
- APPENDIX
- OUR WEEDING LEADERS
- Denise Hill
- Lloyd "Mac" McManus
- David Jumper
- Gerald Barron
- Nathan Lazinsky.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781683503323
- 1683503325
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