Have you heard of executive presence? Are you aware of your own executive presence? Don’t kid yourself, there is a big difference between managers and executives. The roles are poles apart! To be elevated into the executive space is a creation – a creation by you. What you do and don’t do will assure you a place on the executive […]
Once upon a time, in the enchanting land of Veridia, there lived a narcissistic Prince named Narco. Narco was breathtakingly handsome with a shimmering coat that sparkled like the evening stars. However, his good looks were not limited to just his appearance; it was also deeply intertwined with his personality. He was utterly obsessed with […]
Introduction: The Baobab tree offers some important corporate lessons, in the vast, and often turbulent landscape of corporate environments. Executives find themselves grappling with challenges that parallel the mystique of the Baobab tree. Much like the Baobab’s unique adaptation to arid climates, corporate leaders must navigate through the dry spells of toxic workplace dynamics. This […]
You probably know what I think of work/life balance. It’s nonsense. It’s just not part a workable success formula. Why am I so adamant about this? It’s simple: while you’re balancing your life, someone else will be taking your job! The business space has too much momentum to just step off when you feel like […]
How is this for a staggering statistic: the USA predicts that 40% of the workforce will be ‘unemployed’ by 2020. This doe not necessary mean that the people will be without jobs. It means that people will be used in a more variable way – instead of having a job, you’ll have a ‘gig’. The […]
Somehow a list of possible #tag topics appeared on my screen – I must have inadvertently set something off when my finger slipped on the keypad. I was quite surprised to see what was revealed. Take a look at the top 15: #Futurism ……………………………………………………………….. 24.2m (wozzat?) #Socialmedia …………………………………………………………… 19.4m #Marketing ………………………………………………………………. 18.0m #Branding ………………………………………………………………… 17.8m […]
*Includes CA(Z) and CA(NAM). Your attitude on the work place is paramount. And, your choice of words is equally important. The requirement of a positive and can-do attitude is essential. So, be very careful of your language that you use when you are talking to your boss. Here are 5 phrases that need to be […]
So, you’ve plugged along giving to your best – long hours, always agreeable, nice and pleasant to everyone. But where has it got you? Still stuck in the same place! If you are not getting ahead the way you want to, you are doing something wrong. And this is an epiphany! If you get this […]
The news at the moment is decidedly worrying. Probably the one issue that concerns me the most is the ever-increasing unemployment statistics. Just yesterday I again was reminded of the staggering number of people who are unemployed. Something like 8,500,000 people! And growing – 28% of the entire working population with over 300,000 people having […]
Clients often say to me that they prefer to just “stay out of the politics” – (that is at work, I mean). All well and good but, they also need to realise that they have just put a cap on their career. How is that? Well, there are two domains that we as, CAs(SA), can […]