Growing Weeders Into Leaders: Leadership Lessons from the Ground Level

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, t...