Last week – the Brexit melodrama continued unabated and with the Conservative party leadership race not lacking individuals that purport to be able future PM’s, things are getting noisier. Indeed, the leading contender has referred to the situation as cacophonous… Read More ›
Leadership
Brexit Management lessons – leading the TM way
We are back with the Brexit melodrama monologue, and this week, we delve into matters leadership. And whose leadership style is under the spotlight? Of course, that of the lady that has steered Brexit negotiations till now, Theresa May (TM… Read More ›
Leaders and organisations – into harms way or not, type?
Like many of you, we often read online content. Typically, we scan RSS feeds over a cup of millet porridge in the evening – we recently read content on Quora about Air Force One, the plane that moves the US… Read More ›
Brexit fallout – fiefdoms and lessons for leaders Series 1 of 2
We are primarily an OD. blog and apolitical in every sense of the word. However, on some occasions, we infer lessons from the political sphere, without necessarily becoming political ourselves. There are extremely good lessons for OD. practitioners like leaders… Read More ›
What CEOs can learn from film producers
We are currently reading an interesting book – Design thinking for school leaders by A.Gallagher and K.Thordarson. The book explores how sustainable change happens in traditionally unchangeable education industry in the USA. Apparently – there is much that contemporary change… Read More ›
Diversity not a mere tick-box exercise – corporate optics 1 of 2
There may be no other country on earth, where diversity and inclusion – at every level, but more so the corporate and political spheres where power and influence are vested in the hands of a privileged and powerful class, are… Read More ›
The Yin and Yang of decision making
Do you know where your organization’s or even government decisions get made and how effective all this is? It’s apparent that companies and governments have functions as well as products/services. The two exhibit a yin and yang affair when it… Read More ›
Modesty and humility aren’t equal to weak leadership
Saturday 18th August, 2018 while waiting for a haircut at a Nairobi city saloon, I read on the TV screen that Koffi Annan former UN Secretary-General was dead. My mind raced back to the period of the Genocide in Rwanda… Read More ›
Are you the ‘management-forensics’ leader type?
This blog discusses management-forensics. We know that for many people, anything forensic equals crime. Well, at the Effectiveness lab, we define management-forensics as the deliberate practice to investigate value-addition enablers and killers at companies. Those things that significantly add or… Read More ›
The Harry and Meghan KISSTORY – Management hygiene lessons
Hello everyone, especially those of you that profess to best leadership and management practices. Do you, like us, acknowledge that Prince Harry and Meghan’s wedding yesterday, is a first-class lesson in management-hygiene? The UK media houses have termed the event:… Read More ›