The expression flip-side of the coin as applied to this article refers to the positive as well as negative sides of our personalities as leaders. My grandson recently bought a bronze coin at one of the tourist shops in the Kruger National Park that portrayed a YES on the one side and a NO on […]
The difference between management and leadership is often debated. The two terms are often transposed and may simply be a matter of semantics. From research and practical experience over the years we come to the following conclusion: Leadership kicks in when we ‘don’t know the answer’. By this we mean that as soon as a […]
On a positive and inspirational note, I had the privilege of sitting down with our lovely Bridgitte Hartley, to many a surprise Olympic bronze medalist in the Kayak sprint event. She is the first South African woman to achieve an Olympic medal on National Woman’s Day. Though she was made aware of the fact that […]
Over the years we have profiled many top leaders in this column. We have also shared to the best of our ability universal principles of leadership that great leaders at all levels may have in common. We of necessity make allowance for multiple different leadership styles so that our readers can build confidence in their […]
The leadership journey of Thembalihle (Themba) Baloyi, the young 34 year old top executive at Discovery Insure, is a story of entrepreneurship and drive that tends to make the world a better place. In his personal capacity he is already the proud achiever of ten Comrades marathon medals and this is indicative of his personal […]
This article takes a brief look at the vast impact that spoken words may have on our life style and our development as leaders. Last week we used the old saying ‘Sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me’. As is the case with many slogans, this one is only […]
A few days ago I sat in on a day long leadership development session conducted by Adriaan Groenewald, with key leaders of a large mine. It was a valuable experience in the exercise of honest, courageous and seamless leadership. During the course of the day we experienced a tangible shift in attitude amongst the group […]
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. Participants […]
This 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, […]
Let’s consider the age old analogy of someone wanting to build muscles in a gym: In order to increase strength and muscle size, one needs to lift, push, or pull weights. Doing so causes the muscle to engage in a repetitive motion that ‘exercises’ it. Strength and size comes as the tired muscle (after being […]
