An Ode to the Principal
I was driving to an appointment with a good friend of mine who used to be a principal. I was also contemplating asking him to do a presentation at a conference on leadership, culture,...
Category: Leadership
Start Your Actions!
This article is dedicated to all those people who make things happen. I salute you! I always tell my students that 75% of companies worldwide fail because they do not execute strategy. Statistics that...
Empowerment is not for Sissies
A while ago I published an article on whether one could empower your employees. The point I made was that it was essential to first create an environment within which your employees would feel...
Having God Moments
I had a nice long chat a week or so ago with someone I respect a lot. He has been a mentor, coach, friend, brother, for as long as I can remember. He told...
Can You Bounce Back?
A good friend of mine and I had a long chat a while ago on a Saturday evening. In the course of the conservation, he dropped the bombshell that he was not that certain...
Put Up …or Shut Up!
My brother phoned me a while ago and asked me about the progress of my PhD. When I answered him that I was exactly where I was in March 2008, he told me that...
Leadership in SA on the Brink of the Abyss?
Joseph Jaworski is the author of a fascinating book, i.e. “Synchronicity.” It deals with events which are more connected than just being random. He is an interesting person in his own right. His father...
Leaders Changing Culture
The three elements of leadership, organisational culture, and change management intelligence combine to form a cohesive whole that is distinguishable but not really separable. Leadership is about managing change and operating within, as well...
Are You Full of PEE?
When I started lecturing on undergraduate programmes at the Faculty of Military Science in 1991, I started off using the techniques typical of the day. Unfortunately I frequently found half of my class asleep....
Can your People Act Independently?
Leaders and managers need to help their subordinates to grow and develop into people who can use their thinking abilities. As I hinted in the posting on using your brain cells to think, this...
