Category: SA Society

Lessons from SONA 2015

A friend of mine, Willem van Huysteen, wrote the following Facebook post to his daughters in Afrikaans. The relevance of his post for all of us really struck me. Even if we do not...

Leaders have Charisma

Why talk about something such as charisma? Is this not that magical competence reserved for those few of society who were born as these flamboyant leaders? I think not. After reflecting on the situation...

What does it say about us?

I had the privilege to facilitate a programme for a group of senior executives from Mauritius and France the past week. We had the opportunity to listen to a group of prominent South Africans...

Giving

I recently had the good fortune of being invited by Rhoda Kadalie to attend the annual Impumelelo awards on Sunday 1 Dec 2013. Impumelelo identifies, researches and rewards social entrepreneurship entities. And they do...

Measuring Success

How do we define success? Is it sufficient to state that if you achieve your objectives you are successful? I am not all that sure. Let’s look at a number of scenarios. I teach...

Engagement Required

The topic of engagement has become quite an important one in the world of business and management.  Various studies have been conducted and have shown that there is a strong correlation between various levels...

Respect is the Name of the Game

South Africa is a very young democracy.  We have come through centuries of either colonial rule or a rule by a minority where the majority was repressed. In the 70’s and 80’s we were...

Forgive Us Our Trespasses…

The Lord gave us his prayer in the Gospel of Matthew and in the Gospel of Luke.   Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be...

Strategies dealing with duress

I recently had the good fortune to read James 2 in the Bible annotated by Max Lucado. In this chapter, Max refers to 4 strategies people undertake when they are under duress, in a...

The Crime of Squandering Undeserved Benefits

Those of you who have read my previous articles, would know that I tend to be a bit academic and try and share my philosophies and experiences from a cognitive, emotional and spiritual intelligence...