Do the Leaders in your Business Demonstrate Social Intelligence? Do you?

Written by Dr John Viljoen, Associate Consultant

For those of us who are in leadership roles, there is good reason to monitor our social skills – they could be key determinants of our leadership success.

The role of Social Intelligence in leadership performance

We all know that Emotional Quotient (EQ) is as important as Intelligence Quotient (IQ) in the make-up of a good leader.  Recent research indicates that EQ has three components, two “self” related and one “other” related:

Mentoring your Mind

Written by Anama Morriss, Associate Consultant

Have you ever thought how important your mind is to your life?

Through our minds we create the results in our workplace, care for our families and ponder purpose and meaning in our lives. Arguably the brain is:

the biological base for the mind, and is affected by the mental and physical aspects of our lives.  It is the control and coordinating centre of the central nervous system, and seat of thought, memory and emotion (Collins Concise Dictionary).

Bringing Business Strategy to Life through People – Part II

Written by Dr John Viljoen, Associate Consultant

In our last post, we discussed the challenges of implementing strategy in organisations and the problems that can occur in organisations when focus is removed from strategic priorities. We found the Performance Focused Organisations will align their systems and processes to facilitate the achievement of strategic objectives. In this post, we discuss how organisations can reduce the negative impacts of a failure to focus on and align around strategy.

Bringing Business Strategy to Life through People – Part I

Written by Dr John Viljoen, Associate Consultant

As a Performance-based consulting business we understand what it takes to get strategy developed and implemented.  It turns out that obtaining funding for strategic initiatives can be the easy part.  The hard part is getting the day-to-day work of key implementers, the leadership and the entire workplace culture all aligned with strategic priorities.

We have evidence that the difference between under-performers and high performers (Performance Focused Organisations) in terms of successfully addressing strategic priorities lies in the use of tightly targeted processes that bring strategy to life through people.

An Economic Downturn … will the Real Leaders Stand Up Please?

Written by Dr John Viljoen, Associate Consultant

Those of us who have worked through tough economic times before know that some leaders simply won’t cope, while others will find the recession is pivotal in building a successful career.

What separates the stars from the failures?

Leadership in a growing business is arguably easier than leadership during a downturn.  In fact, good times tend to test our management ability more than our leadership.  Sure, prosperity makes us busy; we work long hours prioritising, resourcing, coordinating, maintaining customer supply and service levels, hiring, inducting and integrating staff, and maximising the productivity of our people.

But are these the right capabilities for tougher times?

Improve your Value at Work

How many of these questions do you answer Yes to?

Do you:

• easily lose control of situations?
• lack self belief; do not have the confidence to tackle larger and more complex tasks?
• fail to take risks?
• seek reassurance from others constantly; have a high need for positive feedback?