Gardening provides some good analogies for training practices. A gardener simply creates conditions that are conducive for plants to grow: if those conditions are maintained, then growth occurs. Think about how you onboard and train your new hires...after "planting" in the right spot (also key point) are you watering? Fertilizing? Identifiying and preventing problems with soil, weather, size? Too often in Staffing we have little or no time to dedicate to training, and the act