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What Shapes our Self-image?
John C. Maxwell is widely considered to be one of the world's top leadership thinkers in our world today. He states that,“Being a great leader is all about having a genuine willingness and a true commitment to lead others to achieve a common...
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Culture drives a company
What is Culture?Culture is a characteristic of all human groups, and hence of all organisations, culture creates behavioural norms, but at the same time it is through culture that our individuality and uniqueness is expressed. The culture of an...
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How to Use Body Language to Spot a Liar?
How to Use Body Language to Spot a Liar?Some people can't tell a lie, others can't tell the truth and unfortunately, most people can't tell the difference. Can you tell when someone is pulling the wool over your eyes? Whether you're an attorney...
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The Real Cost of Poor Recruitment
Recruitment and the selection process is one of the key management tools. Do it right! – that’s the theme for this successful international program. It’s not by chance that Intel, Google and Apple are all successful – they all have an...
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Delivering “the right stuff”
What happens when a business starts to boom? Does their operational activities seamlessly address the needs of new markets - new customers with diverse backgrounds, cultures, work practices and in many cases end-customers? Quite often the answer...
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Unleashing unrealized Potential
Can we actually ‘master’ people management & team leadership? Yes, it can be taught and makes a tangible difference to the manager, the team and the organization. The difference between leadership and management is important to understand. ...
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Lead yourself first and then the others
“Lead yourself first and then the others,” Friedhelm Boschert, former Chairman of the Board of Volksbank International Vienna tells us in his book of the same name. Indeed, leading yourself is the first step to achieving success especially in...
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The 10 Biggest Mistakes of a Team Leader
The simple truth is that with good effective team leaders they can drive their teams to achieve all the critical aspects of their business goals and objectives. The quality of team leadership usually determines the success of the...
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Who Makes an Effective Mentor?
Successful and rewarding careers are often shaped and guided at an early stage by the wisdom and generosity of a good and effective mentor.Mentors create opportunities and open doors. As a newcomer, you often don’t know where to knock. You...
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Is your workplace as stable as you’d like?
Have you opened an email to find the department or organisation is going through a restructure – and it has to be done now? Have you planned for months the new project, only to find at the last minute forces beyond your control turn your plans...
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Change your Life by Changing your Attitude
As a leader, the right attitude can define an average leader, from an extraordinary leader. Making decisions under pressure and handling conflict between team members can bring out the best or worst in a leader. The extraordinary leader is defined...
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The ‘Art’ of Coaching
How many times have you had work issues that you feel are unsolvable? How many times have you felt isolated and not getting the best out of individuals or your team? How long has this been going on? Days, months, even years?There is no...
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Strategy is NO more a Game of Chess!
Strategic management is the activity that managers undertake for one purpose only – to create tomorrow’s organisation out of today’s. It contrasts with operational management whose purpose is - to execute the actions required to ensure that...
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Entrepreneurship - How could it apply to me?
What is the meaning of “entrepreneur” and how could it apply to me?An entrepreneur is normally described as a person who takes personal risk and responsibility for starting an organisation or taking an established organisation to a higher stage...
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The link between Maintenance Costs and Reliability
In our search to manage, contain or control maintenance costs we need to accept first of all that we have no direct control over maintenance costs. Any cost control initiative requires that we must first establish the underlying causes or factors...
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