Technological Change: It’s Time to Revisit Socio-Technical Systems Approaches...
“There is nothing so practical as a good theory” Kurt Lewin Both technology and people are critical to the delivery of strategic objectives in organisations. However the balance seems to be in favour...
View ArticleHow to Manage Dysfunctional and Destructive People
Here are some tips on how to manage some types of dysfunctional and destructive people. It is important to understand that this article is not concerned with isolated and/or one off behaviour....
View ArticleOver-Estimating the impact on Organization Performance of Individual...
Individual leadership style is a significant factor in organization performance. There is evidence that when the organization has performed well above expectations the CEO’s leadership is often...
View ArticleLeadership: It’s Time to Review the Role of Executive Intelligence Factors on...
The current global economic crisis demands a critical review of how executive potential is identified and what criteria is used to select, assess and evaluate the performance of executives. In my...
View ArticleLeadership: The Connection between Self-Awareness and Effective Leadership
Self-awareness is critical for effective leadership. Why is this so? What is the connection between self-awareness and effective leadership? When a leader has poor self-awareness they project their own...
View ArticleSocio-Technical Systems: Users are the Kings and Queens of Information...
Users are the kings and queens of information technology. One research model, Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) (Davis, 1989), predicts that approximately 40 percent of a system’s use is determined by...
View ArticlePeople: Are Your Team Members Typecast and Stereotyped?
Many team members have been typecast and stereotyped. Usually their personality type has been compressed into four characteristics. This often happens during team building exercises. When people are...
View ArticlePeople: The Key to Sustained Success is Discipline and Rigour
Management literature constantly tells us that the quality of the people determine an organisation’s success. If this is true then the decline or failure of an organisation is due to a decline in the...
View ArticleLeadership: Passion In The Workplace – Why Does it Die?
It is 10.30 in the morning. Candidates are being interviewed. Later that day a candidate is selected for the role subject to reference checks. References are excellent. The successful candidate is...
View ArticleLeadership Coaching: Why Some Executives Resist Change
Some executives over-estimate their leadership effectiveness. Other executives are not ready to change. Over-Estimation of Leadership Effectiveness There is evidence that the more an executive...
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