on life and leadership
When I heard the sad news of Nelson Mandela’s passing, my thoughts were occupied with his legacy. One of the reasons I write is to process my thoughts. Sometimes I do it to find out what I think. At the time of Madiba’s passing, I was reluctant to write anything because the media, and a lot of …
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I’m not ruled by a fear of death. The truth is I do have a fear… Why I’m not afraid of dying and what I fear the most? (I’m writing this some hours after Nelson Mandela’s death. I’ve had this post in the drafts and thought this might be the time to brush the dust …
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Cost and value. These two are related but often mistaken for each other. The cost of something has to do with what it takes to attain or posses it. Value has to do with its worth. Cost doesn’t determine value per se. Both are very subjective. One of the main reasons is that value is …
I’m a student of communication in leadership (& yes, life too). There is more than one message I get from this photo I took. The thing is, there is the speed limit sign and a mistake they made was add another message, causing “message overload”. “Message overload guarantees a level of distortion in the messages …
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One of the things you can never separate from leading is decision-making. It is giving direction and navigating anticipated and never imagined scenarios. Teams and organisations, by default, look to leaders for guidance. With that in mind I make a confession for leaders all around the world: Sometimes we have no clue what we’re doing or …
