We might sound like a broken record by now, but we can’t stress it enough: if you promote your best performers into managerial or leadership roles, do not expect them to be great people managers if you do not give them the support and tools...
In 2014 ‘Evangelising OD’ officially became part of our purpose and values and it inevitably became part of our language. I remember loads of debates about using the word evangilise but that never stopped us. Somewhere in the past few years we stopped evangilising the...
As WVA we believe that Energy is the fundamental currency of high performance – as this is the goal of every organisation. Energy depletion can manifest in various ways, commonly what we see is burn-out and exhaustion. These are reported to be at an all-time high...
We have been facilitating our ‘Leading Change’ module which forms part of our Leadershift programme a lot over the past few months and thought we would share some learnings from the practical ‘on the ground’ wisdom from our delegates. Change is hard and evokes an emotional...
As we all know, today's organisations work in a dynamic world characterised by economic volatility, globalisation, and substantial technical advances. In order to deal with this fast-paced, stressful, and ever-changing work environment, leading with empathy has become an invaluable leadership skill. Here are some of the...
This week we would like to share a story with you. Today we would like to take you on Samantha's journey into management and the challenges she faced and how she put her knowledge into practice to overcome these challenges. Samantha had always been a...
This week we are half-way through our programme Leadershift at a large corporate client. I was blown away by where the conversation went yesterday and thought our community might find it interesting. In the module ‘Conversations that Matter’ we were discussing which conversations matter, why they matter and why they are often...
The degree of performance varies among employees. When a person is unclear about their role, the performance variance might become a problem for an organisation. They may arrive late or leave early (or both). They may waste time and cause disruptions at work. They may...
I love the popular quote by Henry Mintzberg: "Leadership, like swimming, cannot be learned by reading about it." I cannot agree more! In 2004, he published a book entitled Managers Not MBAs which outlines what he believes to be wrong with management education today. Mintzberg claims that prestigious graduate management...
A giant has fallen and we would like to dedicate our newsletter this week to the memory of Edgar Schein. I cannot count the amount of times we quote him or reference his work in our programmes. It is impossible to talk about Organisational Culture without...
