What determines return on your investment in leadership development? The answer hinges on your navigating a number of forks in the road...

– When listening to him I just shook my head, left the room and started looking for a new job. We have all had managers about whom we...

Sometimes I read or hear something that is so perfectly well worded that I wish I had come up with it myself. In a coaching session my...

When was the last time you were 100% confident about a decision you had to make?   Whenever I ask this rhetorical question in management...

Have you ever wondered if it’s even worth training leadership? The article ‘Team Development Interventions: Evidence-Based Approaches for...

Today I want to talk about a manager whose sparking reputation became a burden. To put the story into context I first need to establish a...

– No, I am not going to reveal the agenda. Before a management team development activity, participants often like to have a schedule or...

When was the last time you discussed your shame? Today I’m going to discuss mine. During a fascinating seminar I was attending on the...

How does boosting management team performance by 20 – 25 per cent with just 18 minutes of reflection sound to you? These appealing...

After asking me this question, it felt like my supervisor stared me out and my pulse quickened. It was 2008 immediately after graduation,...

Do you know who is a member of your management team? Are you sure? Let’s continue digging out the gold nuggets from the article ‘ What...

– It will cost millions and you will have to deal with the aftermath for years to come. This ominous prophecy of mine came up in a...

Have you ever had a conversation and truly felt like you were being listened to and taken seriously? Then there’s a good chance that the...

At some point in your working life you have probably attended a team-meeting where you gritted your teeth and wondered what on earth was...

– I can’t stop thinking… do I still have a job? We can only imagine how much courage she needed to summon up in order to be able to put...

Understanding why team members sometimes find it hard to access their cleverness. There are two overarching processes that take place...

Only 21 percent of managers believe their organisations have the competence to design cross-functional teams. This research finding can...

”You really are a pain sometimes.” ”Why, thank you kind sir”, I replied, thinking the CEO’s remark meant that I had done my job. I had,...

“If I am being completely honest, I thought you were a bit lame. What was wrong with you?” Out of context, such a comment from the...

I could sense his apprehension as he gathered courage. Everything we had talked about for the last 45 minutes boiled down to the loaded...