“Design thinking is a waste of time”. “I don’t need my management team to co-design strategy, I know what needs to be done”. “There’s nothing wrong with our strategy, the problem is execution”. “I really need my management team to step up”. These are examples...
Could you teach the same action-learning class on transformational leadership to executives from any sized corporation? Are the options available to them the same? Monuments are different to Mobiles. Monuments are big, fixed structures. Mobiles hang above the baby’s bed and dance in the breeze. ...
I must admit that I had a somewhat snobbish attitude toward L&D. There – it's out there. I see myself as an OD practitioner in the glamorous world of organisational transformation, and I saw the L&D team as folks filling seats on training courses. I was...
This week I had the pleasure of witnessing two business partners reunite after they amicably parted to explore different paths for a few years. This to me proved that building and maintaining healthy professional relationships allows for endless possibilities. In today's fast-paced and dynamic business landscape,...
At the heart of most dysfunctional teams are team members who are individually more concerned about their own aspirations and gain at the expense of the teams goals and gain. Such team members believe it is all about them and only about others if they can get...
A team of about 35 employees had come together for a team building event. They were a young, bright and enthusiastic team. However, one big problem this team had was they wouldn’t share information or solutions with each other. The leader felt they were too focused...
