The Garden Model™
From Vision to Action
Alfred Johnson's signature framework gives leaders a practical way to turn vision into action. Select the Field. Remove the Barriers. Cultivate the People. Harvest the Results. Replicate the Impact.
The Five Steps
A Framework Leaders Can Actually Use
Know your field.
Understand the people, needs, strengths, assets, opportunities, and environment you are called to influence.
Remove the barriers.
Identify and remove barriers preventing people, organizations, and neighborhoods from growing.
Cultivate the people.
Develop relationships. Invest in people. Build trust. Strengthen leadership. Connect resources.
Harvest the results.
Turn intentional investment into measurable results, stronger people, stronger organizations, and lasting impact.
Replicate the impact.
Develop leaders and systems capable of reproducing transformation in other people, organizations, and neighborhoods.
Select — Know your field.
Understand the people, needs, strengths, assets, opportunities, and environment you are called to influence.
Remove — Remove the barriers.
Identify and remove barriers preventing people, organizations, and neighborhoods from growing.
Cultivate — Cultivate the people.
Develop relationships. Invest in people. Build trust. Strengthen leadership. Connect resources.
Harvest — Harvest the results.
Turn intentional investment into measurable results, stronger people, stronger organizations, and lasting impact.
Replicate — Replicate the impact.
Develop leaders and systems capable of reproducing transformation in other people, organizations, and neighborhoods.
You don't transform a neighborhood from a distance.
You transform it by cultivating what is already there.