Jeff McManus

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Jeff McManus grows things. As the Director of Landscape Services at the University of Mississippi, he grows plants….he grows people….he grows ideas.
After coming to the University in 2000, Jeff took on the challenge of managing a multi-million dollar landscaping beautification implementation project.
Through that experience, Jeff developed his approach to managing resources and developing personnel – his GROW-theory; a management and professional development approach based in the belief that all humans either strive for or have within them the elements of Greatness, Resiliency, Opportunity and Wisdom – they just need a fertile environment to GROW.
Jeff holds a Bachelor of Science in Landscape and Ornamental Horticulture from Auburn Universit
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Back to the Basics Part II: Learning for the Win

“It’s about learning… to win, you have to learn. And learning takes
precedence over winning.”

— Kobe Bryant

Last month, I shared a Kobe Bryant interview video with my Grounds and
Landscape team. The 11-minute clip was packed with practical lessons for
leaders who want their teams to perform at the highest level.

Kobe was curious — could he ever be as great as Magic, Jordan, or Bird?
Learning became his s

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“The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.” —Mark Caine, American Author”
Jeff McManus, Growing Weeders Into Leaders: Leadership Lessons from the Ground Level

“A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince

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