Posted on July 2, 2009 by Ganga Jennifer Harvey
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 [...]
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Posted on June 5, 2009 by Ganga Jennifer Harvey
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 [...]
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Posted on December 11, 2008 by Ganga Jennifer Harvey
Over the last couple of weeks we have been discussing how to watch your attention each day to develop dynamic knowledge about yourself and your drivers or motivators. You can see the posts here and here.
If you are persistent in your personal journey to better leadership and people management, sooner or later you will have [...]
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Posted on December 4, 2008 by Ganga Jennifer Harvey
Last week we looked at how dynamic knowledge of our own behaviours – drivers and motivators – can give us the edge in terms of our development as great leaders and managers. I included a simple tool in that post – watching where our attention wanders during the day and also how it wanders. Where [...]
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Posted on November 28, 2008 by Ganga Jennifer Harvey
The reality is that as your management career progresses, your management style will change. The styles of supervisors are different to those adopted by middle managers who have primarily people concerns, and these are different from high-end middle managers and senior managers who have strong results emphases. These are different again to the skill requirements [...]
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Posted on September 16, 2008 by Ganga Jennifer Harvey
I want to quote to you today from a book that I have been reading. It is a wonderful couple of paragraphs, that considered will challenge and stretch us as we strive to be the best we can as a leader and manager.
Being in charge will stretch us
Leadership is a journey that can be profoundly [...]
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