Leadership
The demand for top leaders increases
- Published on 15 Jan 2014
- Debbie Goodman-Bhyat
Companies are desperate to recruit outstanding leaders for their top positions, which can be seen by the sharp rise in the number of requests for senior executive candidates who have the complete package of leadership qualities.
What should CEOs do every day?
- Published on 7 Jan 2014
- Dr Hilton Rudnick
Working in the field of psychological assessments, I get to meet a lot of CEOs and other senior people in organisations. (I’ll call them ‘seniors’ but the term is to do with rank, not age.) I like the time that I spend with these high-functioning people and one of the things I am interested in is what they do all day. The responses are always interesting and contradictory, yet complex, intriguing and yet equally perilous.
Don’t make this classic leadership mistake when you lead Millennials
- Published on 10 Dec 2013
- Ryan Jenkins
Leaders are struggling to come to grips with the new generation of workers that’s occupying the 2013/2014 workplace. The mistake they’re making is believing that the Millenial’s highest priority is their pay packet. Those that continue to make this leadership mistake will get a nasty surprise.Why you ask? You’ll just have to keep reading…
What’s happened to the passion in our workplaces?
- Published on 5 Dec 2013
- Adriaan Groenewald
Leaders are less passionate about what they do and the same can be said of employees in general - fortunately with exceptions here and there. Simple passion for one’s job seems to be disappearing quickly in the modern workplace, and as this happens the passion for excellence is also severely impacted in a negative way. Why is this? How can we turn this situation around?
6 Steps to manage talent and build leadership in your organisation
- Published on 25 Nov 2013
- Lia Marus
The topic of this year’s convention held by the Institute of People Management, was HR inspiring the new revolution. If we think about the ‘new revolution’ as a global organisation, the key challenge for us is about productivity and how we can get more out of the resources we have. In this highly competitive world, the only way we can continue to compete is by increasing productivity.
