Courage

Engagement, General musings, Healthy organizations, Leadership, Strengths

“The original definition of ‘courage’ . . . is from the Latin word ‘cor,’ meaning ‘heart.’ And the original definition was to tell the story of who you are with your whole heart. And so these folks had, very simply, the courage to be imperfect. They had the compassion to be kind to themselves first, and then to others, because, as it turns out, we can’t […]

If you think your people are motivated by money, you are wrong!

Engagement, Healthy organizations, Leadership, Meaning and purpose

What really motivates us in life and work? Most companies and leaders seem to believe that money is the main thing that motivates people to give their best. Research is proving that assumption to be incorrect. In a recent HBR post, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic cites several research studies that proved that there is a very low […]

Have you got your SCARF on?

Change, Healthy organizations, Leadership

Why is change so hard? It's the one constant in life - we all know that change is inevitable. We grow older with each passing second, we observe the changing seasons ... and then there is technology: the moment you buy your new gadget there's already a bigger and faster one in the pipeline. Yet […]

We get the culture we deserve

Complexity and adaptive leadership, Healthy organizations, Leadership

Culture is the lifeblood of an organization. People often think that a culture can be designed or engineered, and this is true to an extent, but in reality culture is an emergent property of the people, policies and practices within an organisation. A human system and it's culture co-evolves; whether in a company, a family, […]

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Courage

If you think your people are motivated by money, you are wrong!

Have you got your SCARF on?

We get the culture we deserve

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