After considering my recent views on compost as it applies to leadership and culture I want to add another for you to ponder this weekend.
It’s extremely short and I hope you will add your thoughts to my idea.
Life is compost.
You are the composting machine.
From birth to death a myriad of learning and experiences come your way.
The end result is a rich mixture of ideas, attitudes and actions and even a bit of wisdom if the worms and bacteria are especially effective.
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Last Monday and Tuesday I hit a nerve when I described leadership as fertilizer and went on to say that the composted kind was better than that produced in a lab.
So today I went looking for good quotes about fertilizer. I only found two really good ones, especially the one from Rick Pitino
Since there aren’t more, I thought I’d invite you to make up you own. Read the posts (if you haven’t already) and share your fertilizer quotes in comments.
“Fertilizer does no good in a heap, but a little spread around works miracles all over.” –Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Failure is good. …read more

Continuing with more thoughts on yesterday’s post Leadership Is Fertilizer.
Fertilizer is produced in a lab with scientists controlling which chemicals in what amount are used and then mass produce that particular formula in a factory.
Anyone who gardens knows that there are a multitude of brands that produce different fertilizers, some considered “general purpose,” but most with specific formulas to accomplish specific goals, including forcing growth.
Experts say compost is a better choice.
Compost is natural, produced when multiple kinds of organic matter are brought together and left to decompose with the aid of a variety of organisms. The result is an incredibly …read more

To thrive in today’s world companies need to constantly innovate; innovation requires initiative; initiative is another word for leadership.
Because initiative and leadership are synonymous, leadership needs to be pushed out of the corner office and spread throughout the organization; doing so will encourage growth, creativity and innovation.
If leadership is the fertilizer then culture is the water, without which nothing will grow, and people are the seeds from which ideas come.
By spreading leadership evenly through out your company garden and watering regularly, leaving no unfertilized or dry patches in which a seed will be stunted or die, you assure yourself a …read more