We’re nearly at the end of the year; we’ve survived No-Sleep-November and have arrived at Finally-December. What a year it’s been: Notre Dame Cathedral went up in flames. Prince Harry and Rachel from Suits ate koesisters (not koeksisters) in Cape Town and perhaps the weirdest of all – Billy Ray Cyrus had a no.1 hit…
The word ‘teambuilding’ stirs up a few emotions – dread being the biggest of these. It immediately brings to mind trust-falls, sharing circles and awkward dancing. John from accounting spills his coffee at least once a day – no one wants to do trust-falls with John! Even the most extroverted employee will hesitate when asked…
As consultants, we enter organisations with a mission – we’re given a specific target with a defined set of outcomes: The (successful) implementation of a new ERP system, a switch in process, a culture refresh. Having something to aim for gives us something to measure against. And once we have this, we can get started…
“There is always a story to tell when you are “the founder” of a business. I had not imagined being a founder at an early age, but during my various (and there were many) different careers I felt a deep sense that there must be more to this ‘working thing’. Each role prepared me for…
Every Change Manager has encountered a situation where conflict has prevented a project from moving forward or threatened its success. In some cases, they’re easy to resolve. In others, it feels like the only way to deal with it is to give everyone Nerf guns, let them loose in the office parking lot and see…
In organisations where employees come from different backgrounds, have different beliefs and behave differently as a result of both, there is a need for a corporate culture that all groups are able to internalise and adopt. Every employee that walks through a company’s doors, brings their culture with them. Having diverse cultures can be a…
We live in an always-on, always-busy world. Our work lives are busy. Our home lives are busy. Even when we’re at rest, the world around us isn’t, so we’re bombarded with loud advertising, invasive technology and the constant noise of the frenetic world we live in. With this in mind, it’s not surprising that people…