Start With Herzberg if Motivation Lacks at Work
27/03/2011 15:56
By MANIE BOSMAN
How do you motivate people? I often come across managers or business owners who are frustrated because their employees show lack of motivation and are therefore reluctant to ‘go the extra mile’ to lift performance levels from mediocre to excellence. The manager would typically...
Changing the Way We Deal With CHANGE
21/03/2011 12:54
By MANIE BOSMAN
As the rate of change in every sphere of human existence is ever increasing, the very manner in which we deal with change needs constant re-evaluation and adaptation. Up to thirty or forty years ago change occurred in a more or less linear and predictable manner which...
Let FORM FOLLOW FUNCTION for Effective Organizational Change
09/03/2011 17:59
By MANIE BOSMAN
The phrase of “form follows function” was coined by American sculptor Horatio Greenough and made famous by architect Louis Sullivan. Generally associated with architecture and industrial design, the phrase refers to the design principle that the shape of a building or...
What Leaders can Learn from COW NAMES
02/03/2011 22:08
BY MANIE BOSMAN
A friend recently remarked that in spite of the rising popularity of relational leadership models, proper empirical research proving if and how organizations benefit from these leadership models is still scarce. One result which comes close is a survey among 651 employees in a...
Leadership Failure Follows FIVE FATAL FLAWS
18/02/2011 12:26
By MANIE BOSMAN
Over the last couple of months I have witnessed how an organization with which I’ve journeyed for many years gradually move towards the point of complete disintegration following a change in top leadership. Typical of many cases of leadership failure, the new leader refused to do...
Speaking Mandarin in ENGLISH
30/12/2010 20:54
BY MANIE BOSMAN
Living in a globalized society where nearly everybody on earth can reach just about everybody else at any time and at any place, requires leaders to have the appropriate communication skills. The giant leap in global communication technology not only enables us to stay in touch...
What Is STRATEGIC Leadership?
30/12/2010 19:42
BY SHERI CYPRUS
Strategic leadership basically means using strategy in the management of workers. The main strategy usually employed in astrategic style of leadership is to motivate workers to take the initiative to improve their productive input into the company. Strategy...
Don’t just think – think STRATEGICALLY!
20/10/2009 12:28
Much had been written and said about the importance of applying strategic planning in our fast-paced and constantly changing globalized society. In this article MANIE BOSMAN proposes that in order to survive and be successful in such a dynamic environment, leaders need to go a step further and...
COMMUNICATION: Improve or Fade Away
13/09/2009 14:09
BY MANIE BOSMAN
During the ten minutes that it will take you to read this article, you will most likely be interrupted by a telephone call, a text message or two, an incoming e-mail and perhaps someone entering your office demanding your attention for some or other urgent matter. If you’re one of...
Mentors and Mentees: Life-changing Relationships
28/06/2009 12:12
Introduction
To say that mentoring is the new buzzword in business relationships would be inaccurate, as the concept has literally been with us for millennia. However, an increasing number of successful men and women - from politicians such as American president Barak Obama to businessmen...