Silo-thinking: even if unfamiliar with the term, you are likely familiar with its effects. That’s because the root of silo-thinking is differentiation and distinction. And … Read more
VUCA is an acronym increasingly widely used to describe the operating climate you, like most organizations, face today: Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous. This environment … Read more
Do you have a strategy-execution gap? This may not be something you would readily admit, even to yourself. But, please pause for a moment and … Read more
“Management is not leadership.” Those bald words are from John Kotter’s 2012 updated preface to his 1996 book “Leading Change.” He makes the statement to … Read more
In 1991 Charles Handy concluded that the basic purpose of an organisation is to perpetuate itself within the context of the environment in which it … Read more
“Fortune favours the bold.” Or, perhaps Queen Elizabeth I’s legendary rendering of the sentiment as “Faint heart never won fair maiden”, may be more appropriate … Read more
Continuing with the recent theme of leadership and the question of whether or not you are a good leader, here is something else you can … Read more
Continuing with the last week’s theme and pursuing the subject of leadership and the question of whether or not you are a good leader, another … Read more
Change is an integral part of life. So much so that we are often completely unaware of it. We simply wake up one day to … Read more
It often seems that people stand in the way of their own success. They get so focused on whatever they are trying to achieve that … Read more