{"id":6842,"date":"2011-10-24T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-24T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arliemediadesign.com\/?p=6842"},"modified":"2025-03-12T20:20:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T20:20:51","slug":"are-you-a-good-gardener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.happy.co.uk\/blogs\/are-you-a-good-gardener\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You a Good Gardener?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

More on that to come. But I was really taken by a blog by Zoe Bunter, in response to what I said about the focus of management being about making people happy. Here\u2019s an extract:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“So, surely leadership is about creating the right environment to enable people to use, express and give what is already inside of them. I recently gave a presentation about leadership where I planted a sunflower seed. A sunflower seed doesn\u2019t need to be told how to become a sunflower. It doesn\u2019t need training to develop from a tiny unpromising-looking small hard thing into a beautiful, astonishingly large, bright yellow flower. It has all that potential and ability to realise this, inside of itself. What it does need though is the right environment.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt needs somewhere to put roots down \u2013 a healthy culture that will give it stability and sustenance as it grows. It needs nutrients and water to feed it and enable it to grow. It needs the light and warmth of the sun. In a similar way, we need a place to put roots down \u2013 a sense of belonging and the support of colleagues is very important to many of us. We need food and water \u2013 guidance, direction, the passion of others, their skills, challenges, new ideas and new approaches (to name but a few). And we need warmth and light \u2013 encouragement, care, support through the tough times, praise, appreciation, love \u2013 expressed in many, many different ways.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can read Zoe\u2019s full blog,\u00a0Are you a good gardener?<\/em><\/a>, on her website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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