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The Respect Trap
How Leaders Get It Wrong In many of my group leadership coaching sessions, I have come to realise that there is a deep misunderstanding of the word respect. As part of a values exercise, delegates are requested to choose 10 words (ends values) from a long list. Almost...
Living Ubuntu in a VUCA World: A Personal Reflection
We talk a lot about VUCA—volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity—as if it only lives in boardrooms, the military and policy discussions. But long before the acronym entered leadership theory, I met VUCA on dusty footpaths, sleeping under open skies, carrying...
The Interdependent Leader: Ubuntu’s Call to Self-Mastery
In an age defined by the cult of the individual—where self-reliance is often lauded above all else—we find ourselves increasingly facing collective crises, from environmental imbalance to political fragmentation. The rugged individualist, for all their celebrated...
2026, A Year of Courage, Character & Extraordinary Possibility
Every new year arrives wrapped in quiet promise. 2026 is no different, except that this one is waiting for bold leaders, courageous hearts, and people willing to rise above the noise and choose to live with intention. We do not step into this year by accident. We step...
My Desert and My Ocean
His words hit differently because I’ve been there. My own desert came wrapped in success, or what I thought was success. I had built, achieved, and thrived for years. Then came the pandemic. Like many, I faced loss, but mine wasn’t just professional. It was financial,...
Gratitude: What a Glorious Way to End 2025!
This morning, I was reflecting on 2025 and planning for 2026. It just dawned on me that, instead of being in a hurry to start planning and visioning 2026, I need to pause, take stock, and count my blessings for 2025. The purpose of this article is to help us...
“You’re an idiot. You’ll never go far.”
Most of us have heard some version of that sentence - sometimes shouted, sometimes whispered, sometimes delivered with a smirk that lingers long after the words fade. Your amygdala, the brain’s alarm bell, wants to replay it on a loop, to keep you “safe” by bracing...
The Employee Who Will Win the Race with AI and Automation
Let’s face it — when employees hear “AI” or “automation,” the first feeling isn’t excitement.It’s a worry. Somewhere in the back of your mind, a small voice whispers: “Will a machine take my job?” And maybe it will — but only if you let it. Because the truth is, it’s...
Leadership is a promise, not a costume
Leadership is a promise, not a costume. I once reported to a man who wore the title but none of the weight. He answered upward, not outward. Every meeting was a mirror angled toward his own survival; every decision, a brushstroke on a portrait meant for the CEO and...
Built for Uncertainty, Designed to Lead
Introduction This VUCA DD (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous, with an added DD for Diversity and Disruption) world we live in today is turbulent, unpredictable, and constantly shifting. Furthermore, technological, geopolitical, environmental, and social...
Third-Party Risk Management in Banking: Scalable Solutions for Smaller Banks
A/ Introduction: The invisible risk In today’s hyper-connected financial ecosystem, banks increasingly rely on third party vendors, Fintechs, cloud providers, data processors, payment processing, and consultants to deliver critical customer services and cybersecurity....
Managing Uncertainty
How to lead when the conditions for success suddenly disappear Introduction In the 21st-century business landscape, uncertainty has evolved from being an episodic challenge to a persistent condition of organisational life. Global supply chain disruptions, geopolitical...