Stress is mostly seen as negative, yet it builds muscles and the right mindset can build sustainable results in our lives, too.

Cultivated Roses, no matter how beautiful, have virtually no fragrance, in my experience. They look good, but lack core elements of the...

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...

Peter Senge popularised the term “learning organisations” in 1990, yet most businesses today are nothing like what he envisaged, in spite...

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...

I see values on the walls or glass doors of most organisations. Most are good intentions, rather than current reality. Values are what...

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...

The recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa have concerned me as much as any peace-loving citizen. Having travelled a fair bit...

When change is introduced it often brings about immediate Cognitive Dissonance(CD). Leon Festinger (an American Psychologist) proposed...

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...

Internet policies are a window on the corporate soul. I see this manifesting in two noticeable differentiators: connectivity and social...

Malcolm Gladwell introduced us to the idea that 10 000 hours is approximately what it takes to be successful  – an expert – at a...

We are not so free. We are steered to cubicles, chained by policies and The Powerful’s desire to see us when they need us. We easily...

Congratulations to Graeme Smith, who takes the field today, earning his 100th Test as Protea Captain. Some of us may recall how he took...

Organisational Development (OD) often, bizarrely, falls under Human Resources (HR). HR, itself, oversees talent management – attraction,...

The recent incident, whereby Orlando Pirates fans hurled fireworks at the Supersport goalkeeper, raised some interesting questions....

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...

I have had the privilege of working with many organisations on their relationship dynamics. There are multiple trends, best summed up by...

I am still gutted by the tragic death of Mama Sekwena, whose son sought a late admission to the University of Johannesburg. Mama Molete...

Isn’t it strange how some people subconsciously choose isolation over intimacy? I say “subconsciously” because it is seldom our desire to...