JulieSurycz - The Battle for Innovation

Nelson’s Column is a monument in the centre of London’s Trafalgar Square. Thousands of business people walk past it every day on the way to and from work. Few of these people realize that, even though he died over 200 years ago, Lord Nelson could teach them some valuable techniques that could help them and their companies innovate in today’s business world. .

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VickySolomon - Generations & Training.

Generational theory is for all intents and purposes deceptively simple yet the effects of intergenerational differences on training within the workplace are anything but simple and increasingly are having a profound effect on the roll-out of training in organisations. This is prompting those responsible for the training portfolio to reassess how to train, how often and in what subject. Generational theory is for all intents and purposes deceptively simple yet the effects of intergenerational differences on training within the workplace are anything but simple and increasingly are having a profound effect on the roll-out of training in organisations. This is prompting those responsible for the training portfolio to reassess how to train, how often and in what subject.

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BarrieBramley - Leaderment or Manageship

Since I’ve been in any form of organization, no matter how big or small, there’s always been an attempt to make a distinction between managers and leaders. There are all kinds of definitions that attempt to make the distinction, like this one from Warren Bennis, “Managers are people who do things right and leaders are people who do the right things.” And for the most part they’ve done a great job convincing us of the difference.

May I suggest that the distinction between the two is not helpful in today’s business environment!

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DeanvanLeeuwen - An Interview with Sharon Kersten

Sharon is a skilled and experienced business professional having worked as MD at Old Mutual’s retail banking arm Nedbank. She is also a guest lecturer at INSEAD. We interviewed Sharon to ask her what she believes companies need to be doing as recession looms on the horizon.

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