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Set yourself free

Setting yourself free entails freeing yourself from anything and everything which is currently holding you back or weighing you down.  Many things can keep us bound, but when the desire for feeling free becomes a yearning, becoming aware of shackles and removing...

The word BUT

People in positions of influence (and in teams) over other people, need to learn how to navigate the word BUT. Why? The word BUT is used often but it does not necessarily mean the same thing each time it comes up. In our Wired to Influence training, we have...

Ideal, values and goals

I have felt a nasty pressure recently. I set a goal of competing in the 2022 Half Ironman in Durban. Every day then became a step towards the goal. A step towards a goal that is 10 months away.  Today I moved the Half Ironman from a goal into an ideal. I moved...

The Goal with Goals

As much as there could be an argument for giving up on goal setting during times of extreme uncertainty, I urge you all not to do so.  Deciding not to set goals, and resigning oneself to a wait-and-see approach, removes that all-important aspect of focussing on...

Strength and Weakness

Strengths and weaknesses are a fact of life We all have both.  They can be real.  They can be perceived.  Concluding on strengths and weaknesses can be done objectively or subjectively.    In theory, when working in a team, we bring both...

Cabinets

When you have the luxury of a cabinet, the value you can derive from it will only manifest when you put the cabinet to good use. An empty drinks cabinet is a waste of space.  A properly stocked drinks cabinet allows for variety not only in terms of individual...

Don’t but Don’t

There are many lists of do’s and don’ts around – here is a list of don’ts and don’ts to contemplate. You don’t have to love everyone, but don’t hate anyone. You don’t have to feed everyone, but don’t deny anyone food. You don’t have to build, but don’t tear down. You...

Cause before Effect

The principle of cause and effect has been a driver in our team development methodology since inception.  Our facilitation methods have highlighted the connections between actual behaviour and actual outcomes and desired outcomes and required behaviour.  The...

Highly Predictable

Looking back to look forward is worthwhile.  Understanding your past trends is important in your ability to predict your future trends.   What are the successful entrepreneur’s greatest skills?  I feel they are the ability to see into the future, to...

Lowest Common or Highest Common

I am borrowing some lessons from the mathematics I was taught at school, to explore an aspect of teamwork that, in my opinion, all companies will need to consider as they navigate the future, especially if they have neglected to do so to date both before and during...
Self-govern

Self-govern

How many people do you know that are mature enough to self-govern and self-manage?  Police themselves, traffic police themselves, discard of their litter in a responsible way, smoke only in designated areas, do everything with a win ǀ win approach, pay taxes over...

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You can lead a horse to water

You can lead a horse to water

You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it drink. Now what do you do if you can see that the horse really, desperately, urgently and critically needs to drink.  What then?  Do you just give up and say "you can lead a horse to water ......." The times when we...

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When will it ever stop and when did it really start?

When will it ever stop and when did it really start?

People fight.  It's one of the things we do. Family fights, legal battles, fights against fights, wars, fights for dominance and even inner conflicts. We justify our fights.  They did, she did, he did, even the inner child-based conflicts are due to some adult.  And...

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The Voice of Reason

The Voice of Reason

When everyone around you seems to going mad, will you be the voice of reason? When you are going mad will someone be your voice of reason? Before I continue please note - this blog post  is not titled "The Voice of The Reasons". There are plenty of those I know. ...

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Can’t wait …..

Can’t wait …..

Can't wait.  Living in the Western Cape we are hearing these two words followed mainly by the following words - .... for the rains to come. This makes perfect sense considering the severe drought we find ourselves in.  We need the rain but according to our past...

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Love me for a reason ….

Love me for a reason ….

"Love me for a reason ..."  It's a line from a song. As it so often happens we hear songs while traveling in our cars and this was such a case.  "Love me for a reason, and let the reason be love."  I didn't choose the song, I chose to be driving at the time, to have...

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Leaders that discredit leadership

Leaders that discredit leadership

As I fly back to the Cape my thoughts turn to leadership and to some of the goings on in the Southern tip of our continent at present.  When people talk about leadership, I have noticed a tendency toward "half-fullness." The word tends to get people to lean toward the...

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My activity and me

My activity and me

I love asking people how they are as I generally do care, and I am fascinated by the answers I receive. Some of my least favourite to hear: Hectic. Busy. It does not help to complain. I recently ran a session where we spent time exploring the difference between...

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Dust storms and dust settling

Dust storms and dust settling

As dust settles we begin to see things clearly again.  Clarity can be impaired by a wide variety of factors from a lack of light to presence of dust or fog in the air. Success in life, business, relationships, in fact in all the roles we play, depends on clarity in...

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Making sense of it all

Making sense of it all

There is a lot happening.  Not only in my personal life with a change in what we call home, in our business with new product offerings gaining traction, in our clients where everything that does happen in business is happening, in South African business where an...

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