In the organization-as-garden metaphor, the role of an organizational leader is commonly compared to the role of the gardener, such that insights for the leadership of an organization are drawn from insights from gardening. The task of the gardener in a garden can be compared with the task of a leader in an organization in several aspects. Both need to study the environment of their area of responsibility, lay out the specific purpose of it, prepare a conducive place for growth, get the right plants/people in to be able to fulfill the purpose, and tend to the individual plants/people to help them grow and bear fruits. However, additional insights can be gained from considering the role of a single plant in the garden, and applying those insights to the role of a leader in an organization, because every leader can also be considered just a plant in God’s worldwide garden. Naturally, the central theme of a garden is the growth of its plants. The gardener’s main concern is when does each plant grow, how fast does it grow, in which soil does grow, how much water and how much sun does it need, what does it grow, what stimulates its growth, what hinders its growth, how does the growth of neighboring plants affect each other, and so on.
Posted on: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 17:29:31 +0000
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