Five New Year’s Resolutions Every Leader Should Make (HBR Blog)
As we head into a new year, an article on the Harvard Business Review blog network caught my eye. It went beyond those pithy list type emails and Facebook status updates you get at this time of year, with some real insight backed by research. The focus is on five key...
You are mistaken Mr Friedman, there was a miracle.
It has been an interesting experience processing both the death and burial of Nelson Mandela from distant shores. Whilst I would have loved to have been home amongst ‘my people’ to fully enter into the emotion, celebration, mourning and expression of this momentous...
Film director Joss Whedon on strong female leads
Joss Whedon, according to his Wikipedia entry, is an American screenwriter, film and television producer, director, comic book author, composer, and actor. He is the founder of Mutant Enemy Productions and co-founder of Bellwether Pictures. He is best known as the...
How Does The Enneagram Help With Understanding Others
Once you have had time to ponder over the accuracy of the Enneagram through using it for self-observation, you can begin to use the Enneagram to observe other people. Not like a voyeur might, but rather as a mechanism through which you can begin to understand what...
Miss America: Throwing down the gauntlet to leaders
The storm of abuse over the selection of Nina Davuluri as Miss America shows just how short America is in being the society and country Martin Luther King dreamt of all those years ago. The virile stirred up by Miss Davuluri’s selection reveals a dark undercurrent of...
The Enneagram, A Tool For Self- Observation
The French philosopher, Marcel Proust, said that the true journey of discovery does not consist of searching for new landscapes, but in having new eyes I loved that quote and agree with him. We have all heard that saying when you change the way you look at things,...
On Leadership: Difference matters
Recently Martin Luther King’s ‘I have a dream’ speech has celebrated its 50th anniversary. In the speech King found a way to further unlock America’s founding promise that, “All men are created equal” and have the right to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”....
Why Once-Off Training Is Not Sustainable
The hardest part about my job is that clients want me to perform miracles. Whilst I aim to please, sometimes it is just not possible to do in one day what they want. What most clients want is for me to take often complex situations, difficult dynamics and career-long...
Women @ Work
It is the first work day of September, which means it is officially the end of 'Woman's Month'. However, I hope this does not mean that questions around how we can best maximise the benefits that the women inside our businesses bring to the workplace have been put...
Why graduates remain unemployed (and what to do about it)
Yesterday, I presented our team's most requested presentation, "The TIDES of Change" to a group of top business leaders in Sandton. During the Q&A, someone asked a simple but profound question: "What makes you most nervous?" When thinking of the next decade, my...
The Most Profound Tool For Growing Your Human Capital
Most businesses, organizations and institutions today recognize that necessity and benefit of harnessing their human capital. Due to the fact that the world has changed so much and because we are in a constant state of change, managers have to find ways to maximise...
The twin challenge that could sink your boat
In TomorrowToday we have had the privilege to have been involved with several profession service firms internationally – both in the accounting and legal spheres. Such institutions are always quick to inform you that they are different – different from ‘the corporate...
What The Trophy Kids Need Most From Their Place Of Work
Last month I wrote an article entitled ‘The Trophy Kids Have Arrived For Work’, which talked about some of the characteristics of Generation Y in the workplace. In that article I also gave some tips on how employers could manage Generation Y most effectively so as to...
The Future is China; The Future is Now.
China is like a large building site. Well in truth, China is a large building site. Any visit to a Chinese city (and sometimes not even a city) there is evidence of building activity. From my hotel window in Guangzhou I counted 38 cranes and a building that was still...
Three Reasons Why You Should Mentor Someone In Your Organisation
Mentorship is not a new concept. The word Mentor comes from the Ancient Greek writer Homer's epic story called The Odyssey. The story is of a hero, called Odysseus, who takes ten years to return home from the Trojan War. During that time Odysseus needs an older man to...
Leading Teams: Two further considerations
“A team effort is a lot of people doing what I say” seems to be the approach of many a leader. Of course we all know that this is not how it should be but unfortunately, is often how it is. How many times have you spoken to someone who is ensnared in the trap of such...
The Power Of Our Youth
Having just commemorated Youth Day last Sunday (16th June) I thought it would be pertinent to have a look at how we can celebrate South Africa's youth. After all, this year marked the 37th anniversary of when young South African's took to the streets in protest of...
Lean Back – 6 Post Macho Management principles
Several years ago the nature of management’s future was driven home to me in a flash, as I shared the stage with my co-author and business partner Dr. Martha Rogers. It was the heyday of the dot-com boom, and we had just done an hour-long joint presentation for an...
Let's Change Our Perspective
Andy Braner, who is the CEO of KIVU, recently wrote a really insightful blog post entitled 'Tweet, Text or Talk', which I really enjoyed. He is talking about the effect social media is having on Generation Y in particular (but all generations). What he articulates...
Let’s Change Our Perspective
Andy Braner, who is the CEO of KIVU, recently wrote a really insightful blog post entitled 'Tweet, Text or Talk', which I really enjoyed. He is talking about the effect social media is having on Generation Y in particular (but all generations). What he articulates...