{"id":35229,"date":"2023-08-28T21:42:20","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T01:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=35229"},"modified":"2023-08-28T21:42:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T01:42:23","slug":"the-beekeeper-pollinating-your-organization-for-transformative-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2023\/08\/28\/the-beekeeper-pollinating-your-organization-for-transformative-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"The Beekeeper: Pollinating Your Organization for Transformative Growth\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Learning and growth are at the heart of Dr. Michael Frino\u2019s book The Beekeeper: Pollinating Your Organization for Transformative Growth\u201d (2023).<\/p>\n\n\n

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Dr. Michael Frino<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The roots of the book, which landed Frino \u201999 on the Wall Street Journal\u2019s Bestseller for Business List, can be found on Florida Southern College\u2019s campus where Frino studied for his business administration degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe biggest thing I loved about Florida Southern was the relationships I had with my professors,\u201d said Frino, who went on to earn his Ph.D. in Organizational Learning and Leadership from Barry University in 2010. \u201cDr. Larry Ross was my marketing professor and I used him as my beekeeper, as my mentor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Michael Frino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frino, who co-authored the book with Katie Desiderio, said he and Desiderio developed the idea while having lunch in Chicago. On the back of a pizza box they both began to sketch out the bones of the book, beginning with how to become a steward of professional growth for other people.<\/p>\n\n\n

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During that discussion they started talking about different ways managers can encourage people to do big things. This is where they developed the \u201cBe Mindset\u201d that permeates the book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe bee spreads growth, they\u2019re pollinators,\u201d Frino said. \u201cThey help create everything around us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frino and Desiderio spent time with beekeepers and learned what they do to create thriving hives. The pair learned about the different types of bees and how they all come together to be successful. They then took that knowledge and turned it into a business fable about a female business leader whose family vacation is transformed when she begins a growth relationship with a beekeeper. She accepts his wisdom, adapts it to her business, and shares it with her company, which starts growing and thriving more and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Beekeeper (2023).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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