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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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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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
- 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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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
- 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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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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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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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
- Sep 13, 2014
- 2 min
Losing the Wood for the Trees
Internet policies are a window on the corporate soul. I see this manifesting in two noticeable differentiators: connectivity and social...
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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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Hylton Gudmanz
- Mar 21, 2014
- 2 min
Working with Human Rights Rant
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...
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Hylton Gudmanz
- Feb 1, 2013
- 2 min
Graeme Smith versus The Gambia
Congratulations to Graeme Smith, who takes the field today, earning his 100th Test as Protea Captain. Some of us may recall how he took...
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Hylton Gudmanz
- Nov 27, 2012
- 2 min
HR: the biggest obstacle to Organisational Learning?
Organisational Development (OD) often, bizarrely, falls under Human Resources (HR). HR, itself, oversees talent management – attraction,...
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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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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
- Apr 3, 2012
- 2 min
Interpersonally Yours
I have had the privilege of working with many organisations on their relationship dynamics. There are multiple trends, best summed up by...
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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
- 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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