Ali Anani
I was looking at a stressed tree
I noticed how vulnerable the tree was to insects and parasites
Stressed people suffer. Are they analogous to trees in that stressed people are more prone to diseases? If so, what may we learn from stressed trees and grass?
Soon, I discovered the wealth of information that we may extract from stressed trees and grass.
In fact, management may draw lot of lessons
I was fortunate that my search led me to the excellent presentation by Paul Pugliese. It directed me to many conclusions I draw in this presentation
Turf Grass Organizational-Equivalent
No weeds
No insects
No diseases
No watering
No trimming
Green year-round
No unneeded staff or toxic staff
No harmful employees No sickening
organization No false decisions such
as false incentives No downsizing Productive year-round
Turf Grass Organizational-Equivalent
Perfection is impossible, so how to handle deviations?
Analogously, how to handle organizational imperfections?
Top Five Problems Of Turf Grass Equivalent Organizational Problems
1. People (70%)
2. Fungal Diseases (15%)
3. Weeds (10%)
4. Insects (5%)
5. Nematodes (<1%)
1. People2. Toxic employees who
assume the role of fungi3. Employees who act like
harmful weeds4. Employees who
specialize in carrying rumors and bad news
5. Employees who are hard to classify
See Anani and Bas de Baarfor more information
Turf Grass Lawn Identity Organizational Identity
If the client doesn’t even know what kind of lawn they have, there’ a good chance they caused the problem!
Many organizations create their problems because they do not identify their personality and what business they are in
Turf Grass Steps Organizational Steps
Prepare soil properly Identify their proper field and prepare it accordingly
Turf Grass Steps Organizational Steps
Prepare soil properly-insofar, application amount application timing and desired growth rate/quality
Identify their proper field and prepare it accordingly. Marketing should identify fertile soils to prepare them for the business and to ensure their readiness to accept the offered services or products
Turf Grass Fertility Considerations Organizational Considerations
To try and push growth on drought-stressed grass
To try and push growth on drought-stressed grass
Use High Quality Seeds Organizational Considerations
To try and push growth on drought-stressed grass
Poor employees give poor performance
The poor selection of staff is costly. See this great calculator to visualize the cost of staff waste
Mowing Your Organization
Organizations
Mow at the recommended cutting height and only when the grass is dry.
Mow your offers and employees to a suitable level to renew the organization and protect it from drought of demand
Mow your offers and employees to a suitable level to renew the organization and protect it from drought of demand
Turf GrassOrganizations
Frequent watering is the
number one cause of disease
problems in home lawns
Remember that
Only when the organization is stressed water it. If not, organizational disease will spread.
Avoid “watering” addiction for employees
Turf GrassOrganizations
Soil compaction is a major
root stress, water stress, and
nutrient stress to turf grass.
Stressed grasses are more
likely to get insect or disease problems.
Stressed employees are more likely to get diseases. Absenteeism, high drug invoices and frequent doctor visits are testimonial of the cost of stress. Avoid compacting employees in small areas
Turf GrassOrganizations
Thatch can suffocate roots
and can lead to shallow rooting over time
Do not suffocate the organization by covering its problems. Such practices will eat up the potential of the organization and may lead to its “kill”. Staff will be stressed and less immune to diseases
The previous discussion revealed how poor work planning stress employees. Stress expresses itself as emotional stress, physical stress, behavioral stress and others
Stressed trees are far more attacked by insects, fungus, drought and thermal stress than healthy trees
So, are employees- stress them and get high rate of turn-over and absenteeism. Employees do show clay-like behavior, as Anani demonstrated
The lowest level of performance determines the overall performance of the organization
Stress lowers the weakest level much more readily than it does with the high level performers
Avoid this costly practice