Sunflowers

Have you ever heard the term “they’re such a sunflower”, it’s used to describe a person who presents a lovely view of themselves to their bosses/clients, and looks pretty bad from the back side, which is where most of the rest of us are.  A pang of recognition may have been triggered there, because it’s sadly a very common affliction that people have when operating in a hierarchy. Having a think, there are times when many of us may have been a bit sunflowery, reflecting on these moments is a good opportunity to act a little bit more collaborative and generous, such as noticing the good stuff people do each day. The downstream impact of that may be that by building up the team, instead of an individual, the whole firm looks stronger, and suddenly instead of one expert, there are many to garner confidence in.