The importance of inclusivity and belonging in the workplace
John Baldoni, for Forbes, wrote: “Fostering a sense of belonging may be one of a leader’s most powerful levers. Appropriately used it elevates the nature of work with a sense of purpose that brings people together for a common cause and encourages them to bond with one another in the...
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5 steps to build a collaborative and innovative team
According to research into team behaviour by Lynda Gratton and Tamara J. Erickson, in which 55 teams at 15 multinational companies were studied, “the same four qualities required for success are the same qualities that undermine success.” To successfully take on a challenging project, today’s teams are larger and increasingly...
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How great leaders bring out the best in others
Learning how to bring out the best in others is one of the most important things you will ever do as a leader. The value of bringing out the best in your team is clear: colleagues who have good leaders are naturally motivated to do their best, while the opposite...
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How to develop future-fit leaders in Africa
We are seeing rapid technological changes in almost every sector, which means the business landscape is not only changing, but existing business practices are being challenged. There is an ever-growing need to relook established processes, the way business models currently work and how new competitors are engaged. As disruptive change...
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How to develop peak performance leaders on a large scale
Large-scale leadership development requires investing in organisation-wide change. Every day throughout a large organisation, hundreds of leaders make countless decisions, each one either supporting or harming business efforts. To this end, siloed talent and reserving leadership training for the 1% executive team is a thing of the past - leadership...
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How to identify and build leaders in the digital organisation
Building Bench Strength How to identify and build leaders in the digital organisation We know that the role of peak performance leadership cannot be disputed as one of the predominant predictors for an organisation’s success. However, DDI World’s Global Leadership Forecast 2018 shows that 86% of organisations lack leadership “bench...
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What’s in a name?
Why Factor10? As we know, factors are all about multiplication, and to ‘increase by a factor of’ means ‘to multiply by’. Therefore when you increase a number by a factor of 10, you multiply it by 10, so 5 becomes 50. In the digital environment of the 21st century, the...
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The new role of leadership in a fast-paced, unpredictable world
Exponential change calls for exponential leaders. In today’s environment of nonstop volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity, business leaders must continuously evolve to stay competitive and relevant in their industries. As the diversity and complexity of leaders’ worlds increase, their capacity to adapt accordingly becomes increasingly important. Seemingly, as one geopolitical...
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