Do We Reach Enlightenment By Trusting Our Employees?
One of my bosses, one of Kwela’s two owners, Russ, came to my choir concert the other Saturday night. Afterwards I introduced him to a good friend of mine who [...]
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05, 2015
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05, 2015
Reflection Before Response Reaps Rewards
How many times a day do you find yourself offended? Or triggered in response to what someone else has said or done? If you are anything like me, it happens [...]
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05, 2015
Integrity: The Invaluable Value
Many organizational values include ‘integrity’; however, if you asked employees what integrity really means, a wide array of answers may abound due to confusion around its true meaning. This presents [...]
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04, 2015
Why do some leadership development efforts fail?
McKinsey & Company have a perspective. Their studies show that organizations can avoid the most common mistakes in leadership development and increase the odds of success by: matching specific leadership [...]
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04, 2015
Tips on How to Make Virtual Teams Work
Geographically dispersed teams, also known as virtual teams, are fast becoming the norm these days and it is not uncommon for people in 2 or more cities to be collaborating [...]
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03, 2015
What do you take for granted?
Years ago, I recall the precise moment when I realized, very tangibly, the impermanence of life. I sat on the couch, contemplating, dreaming, longing for my mother. She had died [...]
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03, 2015
Personal Behavioural Transition – the STAR Approach
We’ve all read self-improvement books, seen motivational speakers and taught behaviours and skills in order to perform at our best. Some of us take action and see results. Others acknowledge [...]
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02, 2015
Want to hire great people? Tips to avoid pitfalls
John Chambers, the current CEO of Cisco Systems, said: “A world-class engineer with five peers can out-produce 200 regular engineers”. What he meant was that when we select the right [...]
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01, 2015
Time Management: The Most Effective File Structures (Tip #11)
Time Management: The Most Effective File Structures (Tip #11) Like many of us, you probably struggle with piles of paper on your desk or you have a file structure that [...]
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12, 2014
Fear Explored
Imagine, you are asked to provide 360 feedback on a manager with whom you have a difficult relationship. Or imagine you are leading a team and no one is saying [...]