In 1992/3 my late uncle General Tienie Groenewald was in the thick of the news. Not long before he went to the late General Constand Viljoens home to convince him to enter politics. They, with two other Generals, united most of the divided Afrikaner nation and potentially had the power to thrust SA into war. […]
Some time back I was advised to stay clear of political matters as an opinion leader on leadership. It was suggested I should focus on leadership in general. Well, my conscience, the activist in me and my love of South Africa just does not allow me to do this. Over the past 20+ years I […]
Every day many individuals in your organisation who are in responsible positions wake up and neglect to consciously remember that their first profession and duty is to be a leader and to lead. They neglect to continually remember the privilege of being in their position; how honoured and blessed they felt when it initially happened. […]
Every day millions of individuals in positions of responsibility wake up and neglect to consciously remember that their first profession and duty is to be a leader and to lead. They neglect to continually remember the privilege of being in their position; how honoured and blessed they felt when it initially happened. They neglect to […]
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In the near future it could become almost impossible to lead any large or visible institution successfully. Perhaps we have already arrived at this point. On the one hand society has become so open and connected real-time that no leader can hide their autocratic and abusive behaviour. Before long it leaks out or is openly […]
I have been wracking my mind trying to wrap it around the Coronavirus experience. This involves many fascinating interviews with influences across the world. And then the week before last – to process some of it – I wrote an article about living the spirit and letter of the law during COVID-19, followed by an […]
South Africa and many other countries are on forced or voluntary lock down because of the coronavirus pandemic. Never in the history of the world have we faced such a context. We have faced similar enemies that captured the attention of the world. However, this pandemic and the interconnectedness of our planet has created an […]
