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Leadership

July, 2022

How to cope with pressure when things go BOOM

The human species is developed to cope. We have survived millions of years of catastrophic events. We have even survived when other species of hominids didn’t. We are resilient, and we are cope Read More

July, 2022

How to be resilient when leading under pressure

Resilience is not just about coping. Resilience is about being ready to cope when you need to. There is a great definition of resilience, from Jurie Rossouw, who defines it as ‘advancing despit Read More

July, 2022

How do you deal with a team in turmoil?

Recently, I wrote a post about leaders who want to make their high performing team even higher performing. Most of my work is with these teams – teams who are in good shape, and who are trying Read More

July, 2022

How to apply the platinum rule of communication

Most people have heard of the Golden Rule. Which is the principle of “treating others as we would like to be treated”. This is a simple premise that was first noted in the big book that was p Read More

July, 2022

How do you deal with a BOOM event, as a leader?

There will be times in a leader’s life when things go BOOM. When there is a critical or a crisis event that needs to be coordinated and managed. An event that throws the leader’s life or team Read More

July, 2022

Have you noticed that we are now crazy busy, not just busy?

As if being busy isn’t enough, we are now crazy busy. Which I get, and I know the world is crazy busy. Most of our clients are leading under pressure. Whether it is the pressure of putting peop Read More

June, 2022

Every day is a school day … or is it?

You learn something new every day, right. Of course you do … you wake up and learn what the weather is doing. You learn what is happening in the news, if you watch the tele. And at work, you le Read More

June, 2022

Get support before you need it

Most people struggle to think on their feet. Especially leaders. More especially leaders under pressure. And that is the most important time to be able to practice the fine art of thinking fast a Read More

June, 2022

The quandary of the high performing team

The quandary for high performing teams is ‘how do they get even more high performing’? When your team is at the top of its game, how can you elevate it even further? Yes, it is a good qu Read More

June, 2022

Why doing a triathlon is like leading under pressure

Learning how to do something hard is worth the effort. Like a triathlon, and more specifically an endurance triathlon. A sporting event that takes between five and seventeen hours to complete, de Read More