In a world obsessed with New Year’s resolutions and “new year, new me” nonsense, most of us are doomed. But what if the key to growth isn’t a radical overhaul but a shift in perspective? This isn’t an attempt to
You’re in a meeting room with your colleagues. Your manager wraps up and opens the floor for input. But a palpable silence shrouds the space. The clock ticks as everyone avoids eye contact, shuffles papers or peers desperately into their
In most organisations, power is seen to rest in the hands of managers. The more senior the manager, the more power. Yet in reality, power rests with each and every person in a team. Sometimes exercising that power can have
Happily the sparkle of the Springboks’ World Cup win has not quite faded. But before it does, there’s an important employee engagement lesson to be learned. In the grand arena of business, every day can feel like a hard-fought match. The
Human beings are weird. You know this already, but here’s where we’re going today: The attention of most employees and leaders has an uncanny knack of gravitating towards the darker shades of life, rather than basking in sunlit positivity. Negative “buzz” It