The thought-provoking proverb; "Nothing grows well in the shade of a big tree," (occasionally attributed to Constantin Brancusi) came up in one of our Leadershift workshops the other day and made us think about its relevance in workplace dynamics and leadership. This concept parallels leadership in the...
The future of Leadership development is moving in a new direction, utilising a vertical development approach to increase a leader’s mental capacity by evolving or growing one’s mindset and challenging one’s beliefs....
There are two eternal truths: life is about change, and managing people is never easy. To compound the issue, managers are now facing new challenges. The pandemic has produced a rapidly changing business environment and created a number of new obstacles. In this article, we...
For leaders who transitioned into new roles in 2020, there was a "big drop" in leadership skills training, formal assessments, and 360 feedback compared with early 2019 and before, according to the findings of a survey by Development Dimensions International. The company pored through responses from...
Since the pandemic, employees are leaving the workforce or switching jobs in droves. For many, employers have played a big part in why they're walking away. There are a number of reasons people are seeking a change, in what some economists have dubbed the ‘Great Resignation’....
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...
Dear New Managers, We want to introduce you to WorldsView Academy’s accredited New Manager Bootcamp. This programme helps specialists to make the shift to manage and get work done through others.. When we overlook this necessary mind- and behaviour shift, we risk losing good people and fail to...
They say that happy cows give more milk, and what leader does not desire more milk: better collaboration, better quality, better performance? We know by this time the stats about engaged employees and productivity, and happiness is a key indicator of engagement. If our people...
Leadership is indeed a critical and catalytic thing, but we may be missing the point in the way we talk about and work with leadership in our organisations....
