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Leaders are NOT Born


So someone applies for a job with your organisation as Senior Accountant. One of the first steps in the interview and assessment process is to verify their credentials, experience and qualifications. There are conventions and accepted processes for assessing the suitability of people for specific roles. Yet, for some reason, organisations will often appoint a LEADER without any formal leadership training. Read More...

Alignment - The Glue in the Performance Puzzle


Performance is a Puzzle. It is a complex challenge of finding, training and retaining the right individuals, creating quality high performance teams and providing a high performance environment which gives opportunity to people and teams to perform to their full potential. Read More...

Systems Provide Consistency...but not Greatness


Many of the world's great companies have outstanding systems. Automobile companies, airlines, communications companies...everyone is into globalisation which means by necessity a reliance on standardised systems for product consistency. Systems provide one thing above all -- CONSISTENCY. Read More...

Sustaining Competitiveness


So you want to win? No you don’t. Not really. You want to win and win and win and win. Winning is rarely about doing it once and walking away. Winning is about SUSTAINING performance: SUSTAINING competitiveness: about getting to the top and STAYING THERE. Read More...

Finding and Retaining the Right People


A quick glance through the business and employment sections of any metropolitan newspaper will reveal two current problems in the corporate environment: 1) It is difficult to find quality, experienced, qualified staff; and 2) It is difficult to keep them as the current labour shortage means talented people can shop around for better and better deals. Read More...

Changing Culture


Don't you hate the old "Mission statement" / "Values" / "Vision" day. You know the one I mean. It goes something like this... Read More...