Musings on Leadership, Resilience and Change

A change initiative is rarely a one-person effort. Assembling a strong change leadership team is essential for driving transformation within an organization. In this video blog, we will discuss the role of the change leadership team, the key qualities to look for in team members, and strategies for building an effective and cohesive team.

Philip de Kock signing on again and this time not only with

This podcast underscores the vital role that professional

I am starting a new series of Podcasts on Talent Management, as I found that few practitioners even contemplate the definition of what talent is, let alone how to manage it.  So let us start with the basics. Providing perspectives on how talent is defined in general.

During a recent ERP system implementation, a relatively inexperienced project manager asked one of the “old hands” what he would regard as a key success factor for project success. “Well, we have all the technical know-how, but that alone will not ensure success.

In this regard Larry E. Greiner (Evolution and Revolution as Organizations Grow, 1998) provide a useful framework for analysis by arguing that most organizations grow through stages. Each of these stages poses a crisis that can derail future growth and sustainability, as result of an inability to respond effectively to societal and market trends.

The podcast provides a primer for managers and practitioners, that can be utilized for analyzing the internal context of their organizations.

What is it about this wonderful game rugby (or any game if you want) that fascinate us so? After all few of us were great players. Yet, since childhood we wanted to play. To this question I don’t have a ready answer, but what I do know is, in playing the game as a boy and young adult we often learnt more on the field than in the classroom.

For the business leader staying abreast of changes is critical! So, if the “game” changes the business leader should ensure that the new playing field is studied, the game rules, and winning strategies internalized and most important to make it practical to those affected! The aim of the sections that follow is therefore to provide a perspective of the global and local “playing field”.

Historians call Hannibal Barca, the Carthaginian war general, the father of military strategy. And students at WestPoint study his journey over the Pyrenees and battles at Trebia, Lake Trasimene and Cannae. But one must read extensively to realize that in the long run he made strategic mistakes which was eventually his undoing.

In a post COVID 19 world, we are often downhearted, and our way of thinking become traps in our own life, motivation, and sense of self. I had a colleague who used to ask, what did your thoughts do with you today.  Becoming aware of the common thinking traps in yourself can eliminate negative and enhance positive emotions.