Plants are different, so are we: Plant Photography

We’re all different by design. I was going around my compound and since it's the rainy season, a few plants have grow and I've shared some of them in previous blogs. Today it's not just about plant photography, it's about what they inspired me to think about. I'll share the photos as I write what I've learned from nature.

I didn't do anything to make them grow, they did it all by themselves. But there are plants that cannot grow by themselves, they would need you to keep caring for them, watering them, fertilizing and providing the right sunlight. They're different, just like we people are. Nature is good at showing us human nature just by they way it makes things.

Some people can handle all types of problems and come out on the other side not fazed. They do that with little to no support and no good background or upbringing, they can still figure things out. Many of us are the exact opposite. We need multiple directions and clear guidelines from people with experience. I'm not saying that makes us less, because I'm part of that group anyways.

Just a little bit of routine change can make us stop working altogether. It's not easy handling the pressure of change.

There is a logical and psychological reason to all of this. It is much deeper than the regular issues with work ethic or attitude. Many choose to ignore this and this is the worst thing about the situation. The people who know how to manage well recognize this. They don’t use a single ruler to measure every employee. They separate boundary setters from boundary pushers. It is the understanding of these distinctions that changes the current situation.

A large portion of management fails all because of those wild assumptions people make about team members. They think of people as a single and uniform wall, with the members being the blocks, all the same. They believe that people will react in the same way to the same thing, and this is totally wrong. It is common to have people separated into different work categories. Some are even best left alone to do their work. I'll admit that I'm the exact opposite. I need consistent checking in and coaching in order to stay on track.

No matter the role you take on, designing systems or guiding a group, you need to stop the misconception that different personalities will give the same results when interacting with the same systems.

You need to learn what someone needs to get the job done and ensure they have that resource. It cannot be what is convenient for you, what you think will work or what you gave someone in the past. It has to be what is functional for that particular person.

This is what nature taught me and I'll be treating people differently.

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