The Business Benefits of Diversity
When we think of diversity and inclusion in our organizations there are two things that we normally think about and both are problems. The first is that we tend to think of diversity only in terms of women and culture, and of course there are many other types of...
Seeing the Invisible: Shedding light on our blindness
It has been said that we ‘don’t see the world as it is but rather we see the world as we are’. This is very true and it also happens to be the first step along the pathway towards emotional intelligence. It is the gateway to recognising that we each have lenses...
“Nigger Lover”: Badge of Honour
Today’s viewpoint offers perspective on yesterday’s form. It doesn’t usually make for comfortable viewing. Looking back reveals past prejudices, biases and ‘truths’ that in the light of today, are revealed for what they are… wrongs, lies or for some, sin. In this...
H&M – What were you thinking?
H&M, the Swedish fashion retailer, have certainly made an inauspicious entry into the South African market. In fact it is hard to imagine how they could have messed things up more than they have in making their splash! Firstly they launch their brand using images...
The Challenge with Giving Feedback
A friend of mine recently attended the Global Leadership Summit and was enthusiastically sharing with me an excellent talk she had heard about giving feedback. It sounded as though the talk had been tailored to the audience and had covered a lot of ground in a mere 30...
Perspectives on BIC’s ongoing disasters with women
Last Sunday was National Women's Day in my home country, South Africa. The public holiday celebrates an anti-apartheid women's march which took place on 9 August 1956. It was a key moment in South African history, and one that inspired women through the remaining...
Top 5 Reads this week on The Future of Work (22 May 2015)
Here are the top 5 articles I read this past week on the forces shaping our world right now, and how we should respond to them: The four global forces breaking all the trends - McKinsey on: The world economy’s operating system is being rewritten. In this excerpt from...
VUCA – four organizational culture touch points for Digital Natives
Digital Natives have grown up in a world that has been called the VUCA world. This is an acronym that covers four areas outlined below. V equals volatile U equals uncertain C equals complex A equals ambiguous There is a corresponding VUCA response that we can...
Five workplace trends impacting the future of work in 2015
1. Increasing global integration and growing diversity The outlook for global growth is strong for 2015 and will continue to accelerate for the remaining decade and more. This is due to sustained growth in emerging markets, the falling cost of oil and growing consumer...
Five reasons why the Gen X – Gen Y divide is the next talent management bridge.
Generation Y are not just younger versions of Generation X. Generation X look at Generation Y and see themselves. Gen X don’t see themselves as old, so when they look at younger men and women they resonate with much of their youthful exuberance. The consequence is...
Five reasons why the Gen X – Gen Y divide is the next talent management bridge.
Generation Y are not just younger versions of Generation X. Generation X look at Generation Y and see themselves. Gen X don’t see themselves as old, so when they look at younger men and women they resonate with much of their youthful exuberance. The consequence is...
Tiny habits to integrate a new generation into the workplace
BJ Fogg has developed a behavior change model that is a useful point of reference to help organizations make the changes required to be effective employers of choice for generation Y and generation Z. The equation B= MAT summarizes the model. For behavior change three...
Leadership Reflection: Goodbye and Aloha
I am about to embark on another stint teaching in the East West Center’s renowned, Asia Pacific Leadership Program (APLP). This will be my 13th straight year teaching in APLP, a programme that is itself only 14 years old. There have been additional leadership...
Millennials in the Workplace: an article on 60 Minutes
This 3 minute intro to a full 60 minute programme does a great job of identifying, and connecting with, some of the challenges that the Millennial generation bring into the workplace. They ARE different, and we will have to shift traditional ways of relating to staff...
Millennials in the Workplace: an article on 60 Minutes
This 3 minute intro to a full 60 minute programme does a great job of identifying, and connecting with, some of the challenges that the Millennial generation bring into the workplace. They ARE different, and we will have to shift traditional ways of relating to staff...
China: “It’s not pretty but it’s the bloody reality”
I was listening to the head of a large multinational that have significant investments in China speak about the challenges and opportunities that is China. The one line that caught my attention? “It’s not pretty but it is the bloody reality”. That about sums it up for...
How Generation X Ruined the World
This article originally appeared on vice.com (original on link below). Written by Theis Duelund How Generation X Ruined the World Reality Bites Screenshot via YouTube user thecultbox Hey, did you hear about the western Antarctic ice sheet? The melting there has...
How Generation X Ruined the World
This article originally appeared on vice.com (original on link below). Written by Theis Duelund How Generation X Ruined the World Reality Bites Screenshot via YouTube user thecultbox Hey, did you hear about the western Antarctic ice sheet? The melting there has...
The Leader’s Narrative – Utilising Common Denominators
Working at a major global University I often encourage MBA and undergraduate students come to visit me in my office. I purposely seat them so they face 4 large movie posters and more often than not I can see the student’s eyes look at the posters and on many occasions...
The Leader’s Narrative – Utilising Common Denominators
Working at a major global University I often encourage MBA and undergraduate students come to visit me in my office. I purposely seat them so they face 4 large movie posters and more often than not I can see the student’s eyes look at the posters and on many occasions...