Accountability

Disability inclusion in the workplace is no longer simply about meeting legal obligations or ticking diversity boxes. Instead, it has become one of the smartest business strategies organisations can adopt. As workplaces continue to evolve, businesses that actively embrace inclusion [...]

Business transformation has become one of the most important conversations taking place in South African boardrooms today. While many organisations focus on systems, technology and strategy, my experience has shown that successful business transformation is ultimately about people and culture. [...]

By Craig Lourens There is so much in common between sports and Business. The world's best athletes have coaches. CEOs have mentors. Elite performers are surrounded by people who challenge their thinking and help them achieve more. But yet why [...]

By Craig Lourens. “If you don’t know where you’re going, every problem feels bigger than it really is.” The biggest misconception about business growth is that growth starts with marketing, sales, systems or hiring people. To put it simply, [...]

By Brendon Saunders, ActionCOACH Most business owners do not have a business problem. They have a memory problem. The business lives in their head. The pricing logic. The client promises. The sales follow-up. The cash-flow assumptions. The supplier workarounds. The [...]

Key Takeaways Great managers are both managers and leaders — they build productivity and inspire passion and focus. Don’t choose between managing and leading — the most effective leaders wear both hats with pride. Management ensures competence, rhythm, accountability, performance [...]

There's a peculiar thing about human nature: we're all wired for survival, yet our modern lives are relatively safe. So why do we often feel as if we're on the brink of catastrophe? That gnawing sensation in your gut, the [...]

Every year, without fail, you and I get letters from all sorts of corporate companies we deal with and every year, they all sing from the same hymn sheet:  “Blah blah blah your new price increase will be X and [...]

With the 14th of February traditionally being Valentine’s day, it made sense for my focus to be love and how that pertains to business. But what is love in a business context? After giving it some thought, I realised that [...]

We’ve all heard it before: Summer bodies are built in winter! So what? What does that mean? Well simply put; if I want the fit, toned and sculpted beach body for the December holidays, I need to be putting in [...]

Many people go through life thinking that setting goals are either old-fashioned or a waste of time. Who achieves them in any case? Just the successful people, they say! Well, isn’t that exactly the motivation to set those goals? Consciously [...]

As we approach the end of the year, we will rush forward at full speed. With holiday turmoil and different tasks that should be finished before the year's end, who has the opportunity to suitably tie a ribbon around the [...]

With less than 60 days to go until the end of the year, there is no doubt the temptation to “give up” on this year and get into festive mode. Whilst this seems like an appealing option considering the tough [...]

An article in this morning’s Business Day caught my attention. Headlined – “Capitec eyes bigger market share and hints at offshore expansion”. In the article CEO, Gerrie Fourie, was quoted as saying – “We need to get to 20%-30% of [...]

If I remember my primary school history class correctly, it was a French philosopher Rousseau who said, “Man is born free, but is everywhere in chains.”   Whether taxes, civil responsibility, or the responsibility for people, the carefree freedom we enjoy as children, teenagers, [...]

Freedom, in general, can be said as the state of being free, or not being imprisoned or enslaved. It could as well be interpreted as the ability to act without restriction. Something is "free" if it can easily be altered [...]