Undoubtedly one of the most difficult functions of leadership is to create within another the desire, will and passion needed to create sustained movement, especially when met with fierce resistance or unseen obstacles. Just two days ago I was having a conversation with a leader who was frustrated by someone in their office who “just […]
I am inspired by people who resist hundreds of years of traditional prejudices in their relationship with other people of different race and culture. In the midst of the clamour of frustrations that seem to cascade all over our country, we find hundreds and even thousands of positive things happening every day. Those of us […]
“I know that in everyone there is greatness, but most people don’t realize how quickly life passes them by.” (Comment by Adrian Gore in a personal interview with Adriaan Groenewald). Knowing ‘Me’ We learn from many leaders that the foundation of a confident leader is self knowledge. Shakespeare said: “Know thyself and to thine own […]
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 […]
A 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 […]
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, […]
The article a couple of weeks ago introduced the five commonalities that seven billion people on this planet have in common: Situations, People, Choices, Obstacles and Movement. In short we call this SiPCOM. Interestingly enough, our leadership ability can be measured by our performance in relation to each of the five areas. Recently we commented […]
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 […]
Leadership and people cannot be separated. Our attitude towards people is a major component of our make-up and performance as leaders. A negative attitude towards people is an immense obstacle in the path of our leadership journey. No doubt most of us, if not all, battle constantly to master this aspect of our leadership profile. […]
