The ability to accept reality is one of the most useful, and most misunderstood, skills for a leader. As Carl Jung wrote, “We cannot change anything until we accept it." However, I see it quite regularly that business leaders and managers many times fight with accepting the reality around them and hence fail to understand …
Employee Engagement
As I discussed in a recent Blog article of mine, many businesses and economic sectors are facing a substantial amount of employee turnover. To counteract this, business organisations, more than ever before, need to focus on cultivating employee engagement. The first question to answer is - What exactly is employee engagement? Research indicates that there …
Budget Measures 2022
Government is expecting to close off 2021 with a public deficit of €1.545 Billion, equivalent to 11% of GDP and with a public debt pile of € 8.56 Billion, which is equivalent to 61.32% of GDP. Beyond 2021, Government is forecasting a real GDP growth of 6.5% in 2022 and 4.7% and 4.5% in 2023 …
What type of Leader are you?
The answer to this question will indicate the possible personality flaws that are likely having a disproportionately negative impact on the quality and execution of strategic choices and general management in the business organisation you are leading. Research clearly indicates that leaders can really get in their own way. It might be excitement or fear …
Holding onto your team
There seems to be a new global phenomena. The Americans have called it the "Great Resignation". It seems that the pandemic has pushed employees to rethink their careers, work conditions and long-term goals. Those workplaces that are now attempting to bring their employees to the office, all the time, are being faced by the employees' …
Budgeting
This Friday we will kick-off Q4 2021. It is usually the time of the year where companies should be finalising their annual budgets for 2022. However, I am amazed at the vast amount of businesses that do not bother with budgets. Many bring up the excuse that the minute the budget is concluded it is …
Dealing with Constant Change
As we all know by now 2020 and 2021 have shown how much and how quickly change can happen. However I believe they also stand as warning signals of what's ahead. The future will not be more stable or certain. The future — whether that’s this afternoon, next week, next quarter, next year or the …
No time to die!
Now that we are likely nearing the stage when many direct covid related government business support measures will be reduced or completely stopped, it is good to ask what businesses should have or need to do to stop them from dieing and perishing. Let us rewind the tape a bit first. When the pandemic hit …
If you can’t get the basics right…..
Recently I needed to order a new garage door. I contacted 3 garage door suppliers via email to come over and take the necessary measurements and give me a quote. This was the experience. Supplier A: They called me a few minutes after I sent the email and gave me an appointment for the following …
The Owner Mindset
I get asked this by virtually all business owners I meet. How do I get my employees to think and act more like business owners rather than just employees. It is a difficult question to reply. First of all, the culture context does not help. Many employees are short sighted enough to think that they …
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