Whilst having a conversation with someone recently, the topic turned to leadership and what we do here at Leadership Platform. She shared that she was a little frustrated with us because we are always saying that we believe all people to be leaders, but then seem to only feature big name leaders from big name […]
Over the last few years we have witnessed and been affected by a series of issues and events that have left us, and the rest of the world, uncertain and unclear about our individual and collective futures. Millions of people lost money they were assured was secure during the 2008 global financial crisis. We had […]
Our influence for making a positive difference is the measure of our success as leaders. Leadership influence may be defined as the effect that a leader has on another person or situation. Influential looks I felt the power of influence as I was recently conducted to the office of a senior leader of a large […]
In our Business Report column we recently drew a comparison between President Jacob Zuma and Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe as leaders. In this same article we emphasized, as we have on many other occasions, the importance of trust and respect in leadership. It seems that there are far too many leaders in leadership positions that […]
