The Beekeeper E-Book

Katie P. Desiderio

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Fachliteratur
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 164

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2023

Beschreibung

A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER Put yourself at the center of your team's learning and growth In The Beekeeper, a team of renowned management and leadership professionals deliver an insightful and engaging exploration of what it means to place oneself at the core of learning and growth for the members of your organization. The story is told through the eyes of Catherine, the 43-year-old founder and owner of a rapidly growing business. You'll follow her as she transforms the way she leads and inspires others, revolutionizing the culture at her company by learning from the people around her. The authors lead you through practical strategies and techniques you can implement immediately to achieve extraordinary results in your life and in your business. You'll learn about: * Taking a central and active role in the growth and maturation of your employees and leadership team members * The author's "Art of Learning to Be Proximal," a strategy for placing yourself at the core of your company's growth * Methods for ensuring your team is putting people first and living your company's mission and values An indispensable guide for founders, entrepreneurs, managers, and executives at growing companies, The Beekeeper will also earn a place on the bookshelves of company board members looking for ways to best contribute to their firm's ongoing success.

Leseprobe

Table of Contents

Cover

Praise for

The Beekeeper

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

CHAPTER 1:

Be

fore

CHAPTER 2:

Be

Fulfilled

CHAPTER 3:

Be

Transformational

CHAPTER 4:

Be

Present

CHAPTER 5:

Be

Curious

CHAPTER 6:

Be

Nourished

CHAPTER 7:

Be

Vulnerable

CHAPTER 8:

Be

Messy

CHAPTER 9:

Be

Patient

CHAPTER 10:

Be

Calm

CHAPTER 11:

Be

Challenging

CHAPTER 12:

Be

Energizing

CHAPTER 13:

Be

Growth‐Minded

CHAPTER 14:

Be

Appreciative

CHAPTER 15:

Be

Proximal

CHAPTER 16:

Be

coming a

Be

Keeper

A Leadership Guide to Creating a Thriving Hive

Off to Vacation

The Bee on the Wall's Perspective

Pollinating an Organizational Hive

Shaping the Hive

The Journey of a Be Keeper

Pollinating Your World

Acknowledgments

Author Bios

Index

End User License Agreement

Guide

Cover Page

Praise for The Beekeeper

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Table of Contents

Begin Reading

A Leadership Guide to Creating a Thriving Hive

Acknowledgments

Author Bios

Index

Wiley End User License Agreement

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Praise for The Beekeeper

“Why is it that some organizations thrive while so many others struggle? Why is it that some in an organization buzz with incredible energy, radiate passion, and are ready to change the world, while others disengage and count down the minutes until Friday afternoon? Whether you're working to build human capital or shift organizational culture in a sustainable way, The Beekeeper will inspire your leadership team to challenge the status quo while taking care of those in your hive.”

—Thomas C. Murray

Director of Innovation, Future Ready Schools®

Best‐selling author of Learning Transformed and Personal & Authentic

“Written in the parable style of authors like Patrick Lencioni, The Beekeeper provides readers with a new way to look at the role as a leader. Catherine, the main character and CEO of a fledgling company, visits a highly functioning farm, which only works because of the healthy beehive at the center of the farm. By understanding the different ways all members of the beehive function, she is able to renew and restore her leadership and her company. One of the most innovative parts of this book is the narration at the end of the book by a bee that is “on the wall” back at the office. This bee provides a narration about how key workers at the company interpret Catherine's words and use them to transform themselves and their role in the company. The book is highly readable and provides any CEO with new ways to look at their job and how to communicate with others to be the best they can be.”

—Dr. Bryon Grigsby

President and professor of English

Moravian University

“A rich and well‐crafted story that metaphorically—and literally—reveals to us what bees have known all along about effective leadership. Every leader and would‐be leader will benefit from the lessons learned from the Beekeeper!”

—Dr. David M. Kopp

Vice provost, Extended Learning & Graduate Studies

Barry University

“The Beekeeper is a powerful reminder that each of us is engaged in a perpetual state of be(e)coming. The gifts of this beautiful story are the possibilities for personal and professional growth evident in each moment. An invitation to embrace what happens when we allow moments of serendipity to seep in; when we create space and allow others to be nourished and nurtured alongside us. The beekeeper's parable and its lessons are powerful, profound, and pragmatic. Here we find great treasure in ourselves and all the special creatures in our world – the winged and the two‐legged alike.”

—Laura Kellers Queen, EdD

Founder and CEO

29Bison

“I started reading The Beekeeper from the prospective of finding balance in my personal and professional life. As the pages turn quickly, so does the mind, to the ability to use the life lessons on display here, to apply practically to any team or organization that is looking to improve culture, performance, and ultimately defining ‘success’ on their own terms.

The Beekeeper is a tremendous life lesson on balance, finding your passion, and building a team and culture. The answers are not in complicated Ivy league textbooks; in contrast, they exist everywhere on H. Ives Family Farms.”

—Anthony J. DaRe

CEO, BSI Corporate Benefits LLC

“If you care about organizational culture, this is a must read! I picked up this book and realized 109 pages later that I hadn't moved. It's a compelling story told through a leadership lens that's persuasive and inspiring. I eagerly await the next book by Desiderio & Frino.

—Dr. Nicole Loyd

Executive vice president for University Life

COO, Moravian University

“This enticing introspection of a woman optimizing and transforming her business's culture while juggling the daily complexities of family life provides powerful life lessons manifested by the simplicity of changing one's daily perspective, their lens.”

—Lib Obeid

Author, motivational speaker senior consultant, Financial Services and Risk Management

Ernst & Young

“Energizing and soul‐nourishing and elevated my thinking toward greater purpose and professional goals.”

—Steph Vaughan

Owner, SOLDIERFIT

“Amazing read. I can't wait to start recommending this book.”

—Ony Momah

Physician assistant, orthopedic surgery OAA

Founder and CEO #SWEATMindset

“A great read and lessons learned. A wonderful reminder that transformation begins where we least expect it, which is outside of the workplace. Live life with your eyes wide open and you will find your beehive. The message is simple: Go pollinate the world.”

—Dan Carusi

Cofounder and CEO

Red Paint Consulting

“The Beekeeper is a modern, yet timeless tale of nature revealing powerful organizational lessons we all can apply to become more effective in our personal and professional lives. This quick and powerful story will be one you revisit again and again as you become the beekeeper of your own business and watch it thrive through applying these simple and practical principles.”

—April O'Leary

President, O'Leary Publishing

“The Beekeeper will inspire all who read its transformational tale to lead with a Be mindset, become the very best version of themselves, and Be extraordinary for the people they serve. This leadership guide transcends titles and industries and galvanizes the leader in all of us to remain true to our purpose, follow our passions, pollinate our world, and nurture the Beekeepers that surround us every day.”

—Drew Hinkel

Director, human resources

East Penn School District

“The Beekeeper is a must read for anyone looking for a refreshing leadership pick‐me‐up or an academic text providing valuable insights. It's a quick read with an easy‐to‐relate‐to fable format. It's not just a feel‐good story, it provides specific illustrations to the reader with a practical paradigm for how to BE a more‐effective leader of a team. Katie and Mike have produced a functional bestseller.”

—Dr. Larry Ross

Professor Emeritus

Florida Southern University

“As a leader, I recognize it is important to self‐reflect and make sure I'm being the source for positivity and growth. This book reminded me I need to focus on that, while being vulnerable at the same time. It also made me realize my strengths as well. I'm good at giving credit where credit is due and recognizing my team for their achievements. I strive to be the Be Keeper of my family and team! I loved the book and think it would be helpful to many entrepreneurs!”

—Kristie Tapper

Certified sports nutrition consultant, personal trainer

“As an educational leader who thrives on uplifting and building capacity in those around me, I am elated to have the opportunity to use this wonderful fable to empower both my school community and own family. As we emerge from the global pandemic, to get results, schools must shift mindsets, embrace organizational change, and BE transformational. The Beekeeper is a heartfelt story that is sure to inspire you to BE the best version of yourself in whatever seat from which you lead. This book will help you to choose a lens of how to BE, enabling everything around you to flourish as a Be keeper.”

—Tara

Elementary principal in East Penn, SD

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Library of Congress Cataloging‐in‐Publication Data

Names: Desiderio, Katie P., author. | Frino, Michael G., author.

Title: The beekeeper : pollinating your organization for transformative growth / Katie P. Desiderio and Michael G. Frino.

Description: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2023]

Identifiers: LCCN 2022054076 (print) | LCCN 2022054077 (ebook) | ISBN 9781394165261 (hardback) | ISBN 9781394165964 (adobe pdf) | ISBN 9781394165278 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Leadership. | Corporate culture. | Organizational effectiveness. | Organizational change.

Classification: LCC HD57.7 .D49345 2023 (print) | LCC HD57.7 (ebook) | DDC 658.4/092—dc23/eng/20221116 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022054076

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022054077

COVER ART & DESIGN: PAUL MCCARTHY

The Beekeeper was born on the back of a pizza box on May 2, at 8:01 p.m. in a suburb of Chicago. Katie and Michael met in graduate school while obtaining their doctorate in Organizational Learning and Leadership and have been research partners since 2011. Little did they know that 18 days later, it was UN World Bee Day, which was established in 2018 to protect and preserve our great pollinators who provide growth for all of us!

CHAPTER 1Before

They say that big events happen in threes. For Henry Ives, this could not be truer. As he sat at the kitchen table of his childhood home, in suburban Chicago, he was reflecting on his parents’ warmth, grit, and character. These traits had been instilled in him throughout his life.

Life event number one had occurred only six months earlier. The family had known that Henry's mom was in poor health. His children had lovingly called her Grandma, and she had been a good one. Henry and his wife, Catherine, had prepared their children, Levi (8) and Helen (6), for Grandma's passing. Catherine's sister and her husband had also prepared Beau, who was only 5 years old. They all had the opportunity to grow up with Grandma and were grateful for that.

They had not been prepared when Beau's parents left this wonderful world when they were in a motor vehicle accident. Henry and Catherine had promised that they would be Beau's guardians should anything happen, and now Beau was part of their family.

Now Mom had passed away. Henry had just finished cleaning out his family house for the new owners. They wanted to keep the kitchen table and chairs, and that was the only thing left in the house. Spread across the kitchen table were family pictures, letters, and assorted documents Henry had found in a box. One last box, one last piece of family history in the home he had grown up in.

He stared at the larger 8.5 × 11 sealed manila envelope on the table. Unbeknownst to Henry, opening this envelope would change the course of his life.

As Henry slit open the flap on the envelope, his curiosity was piqued. He pulled out a folded, handwritten note on a piece of paper, yellowed with age. It was from his father, who had passed away 20 years ago. It was dated May 20, 1964. Henry was only 12 years old then.

Henry,

I hope this note finds you as I imagine; a wonderful human being that is kind and nurturing. A while back I bought a piece of land in Iowa. It was an investment I could not resist. It was too beautiful to pass up. Here is the deed to the property, which I put in your name. The seeds here are for you. You can plant them wherever you want, but these seeds will help make the environment around you a resource that encourages purpose and happiness for others.

—Love Dad

The envelope contained a deed, a map, and a bunch of seeds wrapped in plastic wrap and masking tape, with black marker descriptions printed across the tape. He read the names on the masking tape: sunflowers, clover, black‐eyed Susans, lavender, mint, elderberry, snapdragons, zinnias, and dandelions. The deed indicated that the property was about 2,000 acres, roughly 3 square miles, purchased May 20, 1954, for $5,600.

He smiled and chuckled, thinking this was more stuff to deal with, but that reminded him of all the loss, and he held back tears. He knew his father had wonderful intentions.

He opened up the map and looked for the property. It was in the middle of nowhere in Iowa, but not far from a main highway and with a stream running through a large lake. He put the seeds back in the envelope, folded up the map, and set the envelope aside. This was life event two!

As he drove away from Chicago, Henry looked in the rearview mirror at his childhood home, watching it become a distant dot. He needed to get back home to Minnesota, as he had just sold his marketing firm and was finalizing the deal. He promised to stay on as CEO to help with the transition for the next few years. His company was thriving, and the people who worked for his firm were the reason the company was able to grow so fast.

When Henry returned home, he shared with his wife the news of their recently acquired property. His wife seemed excited and equally curious. She smiled and said, “Maybe we could move there someday and raise our kids on a farm.” Henry chuckled, but his mind was turning, and a lightbulb went off – the idea was not terrible. What would he do after he transitioned the company? He needed something new to keep his mind busy.

A few weeks later, Henry told his wife he was going to check out that property in Iowa. It was going to be about a seven‐hour drive. Along the drive, he was possibility‐focused – he was curious and intrapreneurial.

When he arrived, he parked his bright red pickup and pulled out the map of the property. The aerial view showed that the property was shaped like a teardrop. Markings indicated that the land was a combination of brush, dirt, and native trees. He got out and looked around. He could not tell where the property began or ended, but there was a path that led into the property and it looked like his truck could handle it, so he hopped back up in the cab and put it in drive.

On the property was a large lake, spanning 10 acres, and several tributaries that fed the lake; it was so beautiful. The streams were not stagnant, nor was the lake. Henry could hear moving water, which meant there was a larger body of water somewhere upstream fueling this zenful sound.

Henry drove about 1.5 miles straight to the center of the farm. He got out of the pickup and began walking around. He found some larger stones and marked out a circle 3 feet in diameter. This spot would one day be the heart of growth. He wanted the property to be colorful, so he reached into his pocket and pulled out the plastic‐wrapped seeds.