Of Flowers and Feedback A few weeks ago, we talked about feedback and the different ways people give feedback. If you missed it, see it here . When I was a child, and my mum called you into her room, you knew it was time for one of her famous feedback sessions. She would then close with an African proverb you half understood but did not dare question. One saying was incredibly confusing until I read it in English (Yes, our forefathers had a way with words). "Just as the twig is bent, the tree is inclined", or as it was said in my language, "What grew crooked when young: cannot be straightened (later)". As you may have figured out, the saying means that Somebody must correct a child while they are still young because it gets tougher to do so when they are older. In some ways, this philosophy applies to us as we grow through the ranks. Sometimes you watch a leader and can't help wondering how they got so far up in their careers and still act a certain way. I