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    Stress: How mindsets and networks can help
    Hylton Gudmanz
    • Apr 13, 2020
    • 3 min

    Stress: How mindsets and networks can help

    Stress is mostly seen as negative, yet it builds muscles and the right mindset can build sustainable results in our lives, too.
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    Authenticity and Change
    Hylton Gudmanz
    • Apr 21, 2017
    • 2 min

    Authenticity and Change

    Cultivated Roses, no matter how beautiful, have virtually no fragrance, in my experience. They look good, but lack core elements of the...
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    How Fragile We Are
    Hylton Gudmanz
    • Feb 21, 2017
    • 2 min

    How Fragile We Are

    Sting, one of the most successful recording artists of all time, recorded an emotional, unplugged version of his song “Fragile” in 2001,...
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    Eat all you Can Business
    Hylton Gudmanz
    • Jun 3, 2016
    • 2 min

    Eat all you Can Business

    Business is a buffet (smörgåsbord), but management is a set menu. When we choose to order off the set menu at a restaurant, we are...
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    Why Group Coaching is a Misnomer
    Hylton Gudmanz
    • Nov 4, 2015
    • 3 min

    Why Group Coaching is a Misnomer

    In the current global economy, we all need to economise, to maximise the use of our resources: to do more with less, so to speak. The...
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    Xenophobia or Conditioning?
    Hylton Gudmanz
    • Apr 17, 2015
    • 2 min

    Xenophobia or Conditioning?

    The recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa have concerned me as much as any peace-loving citizen. Having travelled a fair bit...
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    Deshun Deysel on Change and Dissonance
    Hylton Gudmanz
    • Feb 17, 2015
    • 3 min

    Deshun Deysel on Change and Dissonance

    When change is introduced it often brings about immediate Cognitive Dissonance(CD). Leon Festinger (an American Psychologist) proposed...
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    How to Transform Eskom…and ourselves
    Hylton Gudmanz
    • Feb 9, 2015
    • 3 min

    How to Transform Eskom…and ourselves

    From time to time I am asked how I would transform an organisation,  be it Eskom at present, or the SABC. Often, in South Africa, this...
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    Five Ways that Effective Teams dominate
    Hylton Gudmanz
    • Jul 14, 2014
    • 3 min

    Five Ways that Effective Teams dominate

    The German Team’s success at the World Cup is not only a triumph of football, but of teamwork. Executive teams can certainly apply some...
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    10 000 Hours…or the Truth?
    Hylton Gudmanz
    • Jul 1, 2014
    • 2 min

    10 000 Hours…or the Truth?

    Malcolm Gladwell introduced us to the idea that 10 000 hours is approximately what it takes to be successful  – an expert – at a...
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    Four Lessons from Kenya
    Hylton Gudmanz
    • Apr 7, 2013
    • 3 min

    Four Lessons from Kenya

    My recent business trip to Nairobi was my first time in Kenya, and my reflections on the time are contained below. 1. Gratitude: I live...
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    Perceptions of Work Stability
    Hylton Gudmanz
    • Feb 27, 2013
    • 2 min

    Perceptions of Work Stability

    I am constantly confronted with old mindsets about the world of work. No experience of this is more apparent, nor more intrinsically...
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    Security: Conspicuous in its Absence
    Hylton Gudmanz
    • Aug 29, 2012
    • 2 min

    Security: Conspicuous in its Absence

    The recent incident, whereby Orlando Pirates fans hurled fireworks at the Supersport goalkeeper, raised some interesting questions....
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    Best Practice?
    Hylton Gudmanz
    • Jun 12, 2012
    • 2 min

    Best Practice?

    Are we meant to go where others have gone before? We’ve long spoken of basic human needs, and Maslow’s hierarchy is most quoted, but the...
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    Hylton Gudmanz
    • Jan 14, 2012
    • 1 min

    A better way for UJ?

    I am still gutted by the tragic death of Mama Sekwena, whose son sought a late admission to the University of Johannesburg. Mama Molete...
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    Hylton Gudmanz
    • Jul 3, 2011
    • 1 min

    The non-transferables

    I am more convinced than ever that leadership and culture are not transferable. Leaders, according to Marty Linsky (Harvard Kennedy...
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    Hylton Gudmanz
    • Jun 25, 2011
    • 1 min

    Culture and Change

    I recently rediscovered a definition of culture, by Richard Branson: "Culture is a way of doing things that (sustains an organisation’s)...
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    Hylton Gudmanz
    • Jan 6, 2011
    • 2 min

    True Ubuntu

    I hear a lot of talk about Ubuntu, without commensurate understanding. “Ubuntu” is characterised by a key phrase in African languages:...
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    Hylton Gudmanz
    • Jan 6, 2011
    • 2 min

    The Language of Change

    I am taken by the impact that our words have. Full Stop. As children, we were often found reciting, “Sticks and stones can break my...
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    Hylton Gudmanz
    • Nov 17, 2010
    • 2 min

    The Modern Workplace

    It’s no place for sissies! Most of us are working longer hours, juggling multiple projects and responsibilities. We are often...
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