How Effective A Leader Are You?

Am I fit to fly?  This is a question every pilot is taught to ask themselves every time they approach an aircraft with the intention of aviating.  It’s a broad question that drills deep into the psyche and responsibility for self that a pilot feels and covers everything from their physical health to their mental…

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Profitability vs People – A Leadership Challenge

As the captain of an aircraft, most duty periods are made up of moments of high-decision-making requirements, balanced by moments of great appreciation for the incredible elements of the job you do – such as the view from your office window. One of the hairiest decisions you’ll ever be called on to make as a…

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Handling Change, Assuaging Self-Doubt

Over the past few years, we’ve weathered several cycles that have caused us to reconsider whether we’re happy, whether life is working for us and what we’d like it to look like.  The mental shift of reconsidering causes stress and discomfort when we first realise that we’re not comfortable with the status quo, even before…

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Shouldering Leadership

All of us have to lead somewhere along the line.  Whether it’s to lead ourselves through a situation or a time period, to lead a family or partnership, to lead a team, business or community.  Leadership through crisis or change adds even more scrutiny and analysis to the requirements of strong and effective leadership.  Two words…

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YOU Are An Integral Cog – Here’s Why

The word “system” has two suggested definitions.  Firstly, it refers to a set of principles or procedures according to which something is done – an organized scheme or method.  Secondly, it refers to a set of things working together as parts of a mechanism or an interconnecting network; a complex whole. In my previous article,…

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Regenerating Team Energy

In a 2021 YouTube video, Gerhard Papenfus, CEO of the National Employers Association of South Africa, urged employers not to make quick-fix or knee-jerk implementations in response to the Covid pandemic suggested regulations, and rather to look further down the line.  He asked, “Where will your culture be a year from now?”. It was a…

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The Year The World Cracked Open

Disclaimer: This won’t be my typical post as such, because it’s hard, if not impossible to write anything “typical” with authenticity right now.  It will, I hope, come back round to end with the things I believe most passionately about in my core – communication, connection, growth, truth and team. The world has become an…

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Be Human – But Remember Your TEAM!

2019 is now well underway and, in my article last week, I asked you to decide how this year was going to go for you:  Who you were going to present yourself as, and how you were going to lead.  Life tends to dump us in the deep end, and as many resolutions and plans…

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