How can you make sure your meetings achieve their objectives? How can you keep them progressing forward? You need participation.

An organisation would have to be downright bonkers not to try persuading their people to use insights derived from data and analytics to make strategic decisions. Many aim to, but most fail. Why is this? Successful analytically-inclined people tell stories with data, with the intention of persuading the audience to take a particular course of […]

Change is rarely welcomed. People say they want it, but when change managers come knocking on their door, most bury their head in the sand and pretend they don’t hear the rapping of the knuckles. Change management is all about the people – supporting them, coaching them, listening to them – and sometimes change managers dragging […]

Change management is all about pressure. Day in, day out…I’m either alleviating it, or exerting it. And heck, I sure am under it!   “When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure”. P Marshall   Do you know how diamonds are […]

It's time to really discuss the topic of women in the workplace and the glass ceiling. Or rather, the lack thereof. I don't think it exists.

Digital transformation. Digitalisation. Digital disruption. We’ve heard these terms bandied about. But the road to actually implementing a big technology change is not only daunting, it’s filled with pitfalls. Here are 5 tips to guarantee success. Media stories tend to feature laundry list of the latest and greatest digital trends impacting businesses – social media […]

Year after year, benchmarking studies indicate visible and active sponsorship is the largest contributing factor as to whether or not organisational change succeeds. So it’s concerning that many senior stakeholders don’t fully appreciate the part they play in bringing change to life. Too often, the sponsors of organisational change act like seagulls, swooping in from […]

You've probably heard the terms 'introvert' and 'extrovert' bandied about. But what if you're a bit of both? Here's why you have the ambivert advantage.

Difficult personalities ignite the workplace and do more damage than almost anything else. Here's how to pick the 7 signs of a toxic workplace.

What can we learn about leadership from the police? A lot, apparently. One expert shares some insights from her time on the front lines.