Category: Leadership Development

7 Ways to Earn Respect as a Leader

Are you feeling disrespected by colleagues who report to you? Do you wonder why some people naturally gain respect, while others have to command or, worse, demand it?  It may be that you’re failing in one of these seven areas. Read More

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Women in Leadership

On the 9th September 2012, the Public Protector, Advocate Thuli Madonsela delivered an address entitled “Women in Leadership”, at a formal dinner held for the 2012 HERS-SA ACADEMY.  Read More

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The 3 Types Of Mentors Everyone Should Have

When starting out in your career, having a mentor can help lead you in the right professional direction. But many professionals don’t think about having more than one mentor to get the most out of their relationships.  Read More

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What Leading With Vision Really Means

We are drawn to leaders who articulate a possible future in a way that speaks to us and includes us. Farsighted leaders use their clarity of vision and their articulation of a successful future to pull people out of fear or shortsightedness and into hopefulness

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The Conscious Lifestyle: Short-Term Desires (Part 2)

We’ve been discussing the obstacles to living a conscious lifestyle by focusing on the torrent of small things that will fill your day unless you consciously free yourself. The future unfolds one day at a time, so unless you make time for the future before

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The Conscious Lifestyle: Facing Your Stress

I don’t want to open the vast discussion of stress that now exists, except to make two limited points. 1. Stress isn’t good for you. 2. The vast majority of people do not deal with their stress effectively. Coming to grips with these two things

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