The Leadership Behaviours that Predict Future Potential How do you know that your leaders (at all levels) have the potential to take on more responsibility and even progress in the [...]
Learning to not always say “yes” (or “no”): It’s a conversation A few months ago, my boss sent an email to me and all Kwela consultants asking if any of [...]
Avoiding the #1 Presentation Skills Mistake By now you have all seen TED talks – combining near-perfect phrasing, intonation, body language, images, all built around a central theme to make [...]
The Gift of Vulnerability I sat in the middle of a meeting room recently, right inside the middle of the u-shaped arrangement of tables and chairs, and asked a group [...]
Balancing Workload Demands with Leadership Development Leadership development initiatives are intended to create leaders who optimize results through engaged employees. But the feedback I hear frequently is “How do I [...]
Radical Discipline: the Key to Implementing Strategy That great strategist, Winston Churchill, reportedly said “However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results”, and management consultants Alan Branche [...]
Upward Feedback: How can I help? “People don’t leave bad jobs, they leave bad managers.” We’ve heard this over and over again, and it’s true. But the reverse is also [...]
Managing in a Remote Environment How does one manage people in a remote environment? Remote teams are actually nothing new but have become mainstream since the beginning of the COVID-19 [...]
Leaders Need Support, Too “It’s lonely at the top” is something we’ve heard a lot. It implies that leadership – especially senior leadership – can be at times isolating. And [...]
Lessons Learned I recently wrote a blog post about the issue of having cameras on in interactive virtual learning events. Although I find that video and the ability to read [...]