Apparently, for you and me to acquire the certification effective, at what we think and do, requires us to deliver expected outcomes for self and organisations. Really simple, is it not? There are many references to effectiveness: in strategic plans, scientific… Read More ›
You, the Leader!
You and me are called upon to lead everyday of our lives. However, leading, interesting as it is for many and at times a near addiction, comes with incredible challenges. The challenges make ‘leading-effectively’ difficult, but not impossible.
How can leaders be effective at their work?
How leaders can turn a ‘risk-taking culture & failure’ into an asset
Many of you reacted to my blog last week: ‘It is not bad to fail’ with surprise, disdain, affirmation, and in some cases confusion. How can leaders ensure organisational effectiveness when failing at the same time? One of you had… Read More ›
Leadership qualities to fix the development industry – My Six (6)!
In an increasingly fast-moving world, where digital technological advances enable extremely fast communication from any place on earth, success as well as failure come and go at the same speed. Cut-throat competition, facilitated by a fluid and fast-moving business environment,… Read More ›
Leadership-integrity and the value-addition it brings to organisations – lessons for the development industry
Why should I bother blogging about the INTEGRITY of a leader and have you all read this blog? After all, many take it as a given and a subject, not for discussion. Simply put, it is a fact that leaders… Read More ›
Leaders in the development industry & the temptation to ‘appease’
Leaders in the development industry face leadership-compromising situations based on the fact that the market in the development industry is not always run on rational demand/supply principles. I have blogged before about the fallacy of the development market. A market… Read More ›