Setting Scene Leadership transitions (LTs) are inherent to and critical passages in the career of any leader, e.g., from one requisite Level of Work to another; from one type of position/ role to another; or from one organisational function to another. A LT can be defined as the taking up of and engagement with a […]
The expression ‘throwing out the bay with the bath water’ is an impressive symbolic saying. Can you imagine in your mind’s eye somebody actually throwing out the baby with the bath water? For most of us the saying probably means to be careful; not to reject the good or authentic by unwise association with that […]
By Louis and Adriaan Groenewald It is humanly impossible to perform above those standards that we truly believe and value most. This is not simply an ethics statement, but a universal law that governs the performance of every human being. It is not possible to perform above our believed (real) standards in life, in other […]
Leadership is about mobilising stakeholders – converted into followers – to co-actualise shared, desired futures expressed as dreams (or visions), aimed at leaving behind lasting, worthy legacies. Leadership holds in their hands the fragile, precious hopes, fears, aspirations, and ideals of followers about the uncertain, unknown future, typing everyone together around a common destiny. The […]
One of the CEO’s we coached mentioned that he did not have, or has ever had a role model. His philosophy is that when he rubs shoulders with anyone, whether the cleaner, a child, a leader – he tries to learn from them or take something from them that he admires and then make it […]
The leader determines performance levels by imposing believable expectation standards that are believed and valued by all. From a profitability perspective it is clear that massive resources are often invested unproductively by organisations in order to compensate for lack of cohesiveness and authority in attitude management; lack of common leadership language & believable (believed) leadership models; and […]
It is the middle of the night. I have been sleeping restlessly after taking a hard fall earlier in the day in our church parking ground. I tripped coming off the pavement, and this ‘Old Man’ felt as if I was literally running into a brick wall. For a minute or so I was in […]
In a recent ‘tweet’ I made the following statement: “The infinite potential of a person is so spectacular that assisting just one to realise this could make your life’s work complete”. This statement directly relates to all individuals in the ‘leadership field’ and of course includes by definition the importance of ‘parent leadership’. Let us […]
by Annelize van Rensburg* It is unusual to speak of honesty in terms of corporate advantage. Unfortunately, recent developments suggest honesty for honesty’s sake may not be enough to ensure principled conduct in all corners of the corporate world. Therefore, it may be opportune to give a reminder that honesty has a lot going for […]
The age of personal accountability is sweeping the world without many of us necessarily recognising it as such. People in vast numbers are losing trust in establishments and habits that seemed to have served them well in the past. What is happening though is that more and more of us are waking up to the […]
