Showing up differently in a word is to innovate. Innovation is defined as making changes in something established, especially by introducing new methods, ideas, or products. I have encountered many organisations which have relied on their tried and tested ways and though they may have worked in the past, more can be done. Most businesses […]
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Being good is good business, this what my high school business economics teacher kept drumming into our minds, all the time. In my adult life I’m coming to understand why that is and what it means in practice. Everyone,is trying to get something for something. That is how life is, there a few exceptions but
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Organisations may find themselves at a point where they are dealing with many fall outs, high staff attrition, lost business and a general dis ease in their business. Very few are keen to admit that the problem might really be with its leadership. The proverb, “the fish rots from the head” in business suggests that
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In my mastermind group, we recently decided to pair ourselves up with a “hunting partner”. The purpose is to have someone help you achieve a specific goal for the next 6 months. At first I was the most vocal against the idea, citing all sorts of reasons why we should rather find our own partners
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Reflection is what links our performance to our potential. I recently had a discussion on self mastery with a leadership coach and professor. To make me understand the relativity of reflection to leadership, she told me about a story of a ball. She said that during a ball, at a castle, a King was looking
The following was part of an address I made at the Black Management Forum’s (BMF) Young Professionals’ (YP) enterprise development summit in April 2014. It has been adapted for the purposes of this blog. In 2013, 73 million young people will be unemployed. 425 million young women and men will join the labour force between
My friend owns a business advisory firm. He is relatively young, and has a mix of old and young emplooyees. He is hardly ever in the office and when he is, he spends a few hours then he leaves. It’s the nature of his business for him to travel often and as an expert in his
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In the environment of disruptive change, small businesses cannot afford to not change something in their operations.I find many small sometimes family owned businesses struggle with their own growth to a point that they fall on their own feet so to speak. I recently visited a lodge run by a married couple and a small
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