What kind of leader are you?
- Culture, Climate & Engagement
- Published on 25 Jun 2012
- Yolande Boshoff
The phone rings and it’s my old boss, David Collins, who works as a business and executive coach, in the leafy suburbs of Johannesburg North. “I’ve just completed a syndicate article on transcendent leadership that will interest your readers.” Most things that come from David are interesting enough to investigate further.
Building a high-performance culture
- Culture, Climate & Engagement
- Published on 25 Jun 2012
- Dave Sorour
For organisations worldwide, the challenge of creating and sustaining an effective performance culture, where employee behaviour and performance are aligned with the organisational strategy, and where the work environment fully mobilises human capital - is a critical factor in providing a strategic edge in the fiercely-competitive global marketplace.
Your leader’s profit and loss statement
- Culture, Climate & Engagement
- Published on 25 Jun 2012
- Yolande Boshoff
Forty years of research by the Hay Group shows that Climate is one of the most important HR levers - it improves bottom-line performance by up to 30 percent! Leaders have the largest impact on this important indicator, therefore, it follows, that aiding leaders to understand the climate they experience and the climate they create, is key to increasing performance.
Why women don’t like the financial sector
- Culture, Climate & Engagement
- Published on 25 Jun 2012
- Yolande Boshoff
The Wall Street Journal recently published an article examining the situation of women working in the American finance industry. Statistical evidence shows that the number of women has been shrinking over the past decade – the same statistics apply in South Africa. What kind of work culture exists in the financial sector if women feel that they shouldn’t be in it?
