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July 20, 2017

How to Find the Right Person to Be a Leader

Are you shocked that Gallup says 82% of management hires are the wrong fit? The responsibility for that horrible statistic lies jointly with the company and their recruitment service provider. Resumes, referee checks and the usual interviews are not enough to make the right choice. Making the wrong choice is far worse than keeping the […]

March 16, 2017

How We Disrupted Executive Hiring

George (name changed), the CEO of one of our clients, rang me and said “David, we’ve got a problem”. Turns out that two of five direct reports to George were proving to be the wrong fit.  They were causing disengagement of talent in their teams and weren’t collaborating with the other three peers, an essential […]

December 8, 2016

Disruption – Five Things Your Business Could Do Right Now

Whether you know it or not, your business is headed for disruption, either from the outside or better still, from the inside. Here’s what you can do right now to make disruption work for the business: Get absolute clarity about the one thing your business offers the market, that no one else can or does. […]

May 26, 2016

How CEOs Can Avoid the Wrong Hire for a Senior Position

Gallup’s data shows that 82% of managers are ‘wrong hires’. As CEO, you are ultimately accountable for that error, aren’t you? The HR department can only go on what is given them and they are often so risk averse that they’ll not effectively challenge key assumptions that lead to the wrong hire. Untested role description, […]

October 8, 2015

The 7 Top Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Be a Leader

Everyone can learn to lead, but that doesn’t mean they should. Gallup says that 82% of management appointments (which always involve leadership) are ‘wrong fits’. So before embarking on your leadership journey, consider disqualifying yourself if any of your primary reasons for becoming a leader are listed below: You want to be the ‘hero’. It’s […]

July 15, 2015

Forgiveness – A Powerful Leadership Capability

There’s a severity about our overall culture that seems to be embedded in our workplace. It has to do with judgement, punishment, revenge and isolation. We are quick to demonise others’ transgressions, forgetting our own errors and lesser choices of behaviour. Once a person is judged, s/he is ‘branded’. We hold on to our judgements […]

May 12, 2015

Don’t Treat Everyone the Same Way

We have been taught that we are all equal. That is true regarding respect, justice and our humanity. But we are not all equal when it comes to our talents, skills and preferences. Too many organisations follow the mantra of ‘one size fits all’. This leads to people being deployed in roles for which they […]

May 5, 2015

The Most Effective Action A Leader Can Take Now

The research by Gallup shows that 82% of management appointments are the wrong people. Having the wrong people as managers is the greatest cause of employee disengagement, loss of productivity, less profit, and lost customers. On the other hand companies that choose or develop management talent outperform their competitors by 147% in earnings per share, […]

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