How to Facilitate Productive Meetings
People spend a lot of time in meetings these days! Making meeting time productive should therefore be a priority. Actions that make meetings successful require management before, during, and after [...]
Stepping Up to Self-Leadership
Stepping Up to Self-Leadership “I better not give them constructive feedback as they may get upset and I hate conflict.” Limiting beliefs like these impede ourselves and others to behave [...]
How to Build Project Management Capacity
I’ve noticed an increasing trend whereby organizations are recognizing the importance of project management discipline in executing everyday business projects. These could include things such as centralized systems in HR, [...]
Managing Remote Employees
Managing Remote Employees I am sitting on my deck, working in my outdoor office in my comfortable chair with the sun beating down on me. My laptop is open in [...]
Seven Steps to Intentionally Build a Better Working Life
Imagine a friend telling you that she half fantasized about having a car accident because at least it would force her to take some much needed rest. I did a [...]
Time Management Tips For Strategic People
Time Management Tips For Strategic People You would think that by the time people find themselves in senior roles they have mastered foundational skills such as time management – not [...]
Five Steps to Growing Emotional Intelligence
Can an old dog learn new tricks? Kwela Principal, Nic Tsangarakis, outlines 5 steps to growing your emotional intelligence quotient (EQ) in this PeopleTalk article Grow Your Emotional Intelligence - [...]
Leading Change By Targeting Mindsets (and Hearts)
In Nic's article for the Winter edition of PeopleTalk, he lays out five action steps for managing change, including creating short-term wins and empowering everyone. We hope you enjoy it! change-management-leading-change-peopletalk-winter-2016 [...]
Influencing Without Authority – a Q&A
I was teaching a class on Influencing without Authority a few weeks ago and received a list of questions as part of one of the interactive exercises. It occurred to [...]
Leading and Learning Development: Challenging and Championing Change
People Talk magazine interviews Nic Tsangarakis to gain his insights and some practical tips for learning and development. Read the interview here.