by Graeme Codrington | Apr 18, 2015 | Archive, Future Trends, Leadership
People are our most important asset. This sentence is a standard inclusion in almost every corporate annual statement. Many companies say this, but don’t deliver on both the promise and potential inherent in their people. The HR team are often to blame –...
by Graeme Codrington | Apr 18, 2015 | Archive, Future Trends, Leadership
People are our most important asset. This sentence is a standard inclusion in almost every corporate annual statement. Many companies say this, but don’t deliver on both the promise and potential inherent in their people. The HR team are often to blame –...
by Raymond de Villiers | Apr 16, 2015 | Archive, Change, Future Trends, Leadership, Organisational Development
My son recently asked me about some shares that we have bought as an investment for him and his sister. He asked me why we had bought shares and not just put the money in a bank account. I explained to him about risk and the different options that are available for...
by Keith Coats | Apr 16, 2015 | Archive, Change, Future Trends, Leadership
Friendly fire in a military context is often associated with tragic fatalities. However, it can also serve as welcome reinforcements, shift the momentum and win the battle. Disruption is ‘friendly fire’ and will either be the thing that kills you or the catalyst in...
by Keith Coats | Mar 31, 2015 | Archive, Future Trends, Leadership, Organisational Development
There is the well-worn clique that, ‘culture eats strategy for breakfast every day’ but the reality is, it is spot-on. Organisational culture matters. It is within your culture – the way ‘we do things around here’, that your organisational DNA is located. Companies...
by Dean van Leeuwen | Mar 25, 2015 | Archive, Future Trends, Leadership, Organisational Development
In the future the workforce will be more connected, workers will be virtual, mobile and temporary, they will be global, multi-generational and diverse – older and younger, different sexes, cultures and beliefs working side by side. We know this, it is happening...