Mentorship is the buzz word these days whichever aspect of our world you turn to. Even Facebook has incorporated it in its “social learning groups”. So why is this practice important for today’s emerging leaders? As it turns out, even elephants incorporate it in...
The 2nd of November 2019 was a very special day for us South Africans. Our national rugby team, “The Springboks” won the rugby world cup that was hosted in Japan, defeating England 32-12 in the final match. For those of you who know South Africa will know just how...
At one time, I went on a visit to a prison with an organization. As we entered the place where the inmates were, I realized that two of my friends I came with got close to one of the inmates who they seemed to know very well. I got curious and asked them who the...
So you, like everyone else on the face of the earth, want your life to matter. You want to be a leader who impacts the people who follow you in a positive way. You hope that one day when someone asks one of the team members who the manager was that positively impacted...
To affirm is to encourage or to inspire. It is also a firm or public statement that something is true or that you support something strongly according to the Oxford English dictionary. Should staff be affirmed often by their team leaders? How does this affect...
It was the late Peter Drucker who reportedly said that “Culture eats strategy for breakfast”. Yet boards appear to be paying only lip service to Drucker’s fundamental, according to a new survey by tax and accountancy firm Mazars, the INSEAD business school in...
