Praesta consultant, Margaret Townsend delivered a fascinating session on Power and Rank in Organisations to 50 Sasol executives at Gibs Business School on 26th July 2011.
Strategies in Turbulent Times
Ron Hyams presents at the upcoming Knowledge Resources conference on 5th February 2008 – Developing ...
Commitment Thru Coaching – as published in BizComm
Research indicates that a massive 70% of the working population are neither engaged nor committed1. Put this in other terms if this were the Springbok rugby team then only about 3 of the squad are ready to get out onto the field and play their hearts out. Should business be worried about this? Absolutely! A [...]
Thriving in Faster World – as published in Human Capital Review
Work, at senior levels, in the 21st century has accelerated – many executives find themselves in what we call a “faster-faster” world, with unrelenting pressure, global travel and high performance expectations. Nobody seems exempt from this process of acceleration – expectations are higher for directors and more senior people who face the demands of busy [...]
The Coaching Frontier for Business Coaching
Imagine two extremes. On the one hand there is fun, creativity, adventure, ambition, scope and hope-on the other there is lawlessness, every person for him/herself, money stolen and some individuals aiming to impose standards. The Wild West? Well yes. The business coaching market and frontier? Well yes. Let’s explore this coaching frontier a little more. [...]
What makes a successful chair?
Have you sat in interminable meetings where the chair has completely lost the plot? Have you seen the energy levels in a meeting fall through the floor as the chair wanders off into irrelevance? I suggest there are seven steps to successfully chairing meetings. They provide the means of generating focus and energy, even when [...]