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At the heart of truly influential leadership lies trust and respect. Nowadays leaders are also called upon to be mentors and refined coaches of their people. Yet, mentoring and coaching cannot be successful or even attempted without the existence of high trust and respect.
Read more: President Zuma and Malema - Leadership, Trust and RespectA large portion of our training and consulting is dedicated to assisting leaders – present and future - to raise their leadership journeys to a conscious level, as well as assist them to engage that personal journey so that they can effectively leverage the lessons learned to their benefit and the benefit of their teams and organisations.
Unemployment is a huge barrier to our country achieving its full potential. It will probably also become a pivotal theme in the upcoming American elections. In our national values assessment last year thousands of South Africans countrywide voted for ‘employment opportunities’ and ‘poverty reduction’ to be in the top five desired values for SA.
Read more: Finding Meaning in UnemploymentThis article on choice dynamics is another in the SiPCOM series. A couple of weeks ago we introduced the five commonalities that seven billion people on this planet have in common: diverse situations every day, surrounded by people, required to make choices consistently, consistently face obstacles or challenges, and life is all about movement (growth, improvement).
Read more: The Dynamics of Choice
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