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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Hylton Gudmanz
- Sep 15, 2016
- 3 min
Values, Inclusion and Culture
Values are not words confined to a wall in Head Office. They are the beliefs we live out on a day-to-day basis. As Marshall Goldsmith has...
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Hylton Gudmanz
- Aug 7, 2016
- 3 min
What has happened to L&D?
Peter Senge popularised the term “learning organisations” in 1990, yet most businesses today are nothing like what he envisaged, in spite...
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Hylton Gudmanz
- Mar 15, 2016
- 3 min
Are you Serious about your Values?
I see values on the walls or glass doors of most organisations. Most are good intentions, rather than current reality. Values are what...
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Hylton Gudmanz
- May 12, 2015
- 3 min
Losing Customer Loyalty: Lessons from MTN
My second year of teaching in Johannesburg was 1998. I was soon to discover a passion for business, and have the fire of positive...
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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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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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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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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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Hylton Gudmanz
- Apr 29, 2012
- 2 min
Is your Identity connected to your Work?
Identity is a complex matter, made all the more so by well-meaning psychologists. At its heart, though, identity is about a label...
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Hylton Gudmanz
- Dec 9, 2011
- 1 min
Authentic Jerk or Juggernaut?
Isn’t it strange how some people subconsciously choose isolation over intimacy? I say “subconsciously” because it is seldom our desire to...
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Hylton Gudmanz
- Sep 3, 2011
- 1 min
Overstretching eBucks?
I love FNB. They were there for me when I was 16, and they’re there for me now that I’m…well, now. Michael Jordaan is a visionary, with a...
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Hylton Gudmanz
- Aug 14, 2011
- 2 min
So Right, yet Unsustainable
I’m not often distressed by excess, but a recent trip to Mugg and Bean confirms that they have lost the plot. One used to be able to...
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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
- Mar 16, 2011
- 2 min
Engagement Rant
Engagement is a term we use for pre-marital commitment, as well as a good movie. I prefer to use the metaphor of driving a car. When one...
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Hylton Gudmanz
- Jun 10, 2010
- 1 min
I’m with the Workers!
It’s easy to see how striking workers have lost the plot sometimes, when seen from a commercial standpoint. Yet if one considers how top...
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Hylton Gudmanz
- May 12, 2010
- 2 min
Brand Meek?
While desperately seeking alternatives to a Proteas cricket match – to maintain self-control – I recently began watching the 2003 movie...
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Hylton Gudmanz
- May 5, 2010
- 1 min
A simple engagement
All it took was one moment, and I knew that I was transformed! No, nothing spiritual here (welcome though that is); rather, I am...
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Hylton Gudmanz
- Feb 17, 2010
- 2 min
Authenticity
Note, for instance, Marti the zebra’s feeling that he was made for something different to the pampered lifestyle in a zoo. Out of...
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