by Themba Thandeka | Nov 16, 2022 | Lead With Intent, Leadership, Organizational Development
The statistics on South African employee engagement paints a bleak picture. The facts are brutal. The employee engagement numbers of South Africans are amongst the lowest in the world. Numerous studies find that employees in South Africa work against...
by Themba Thandeka | Jun 11, 2020 | Character, Leadership, Servant Leadership
THE PRINCIPLE OF INTEGRITY Facing reality is difficult. Anaïs Nin famously wrote, “we don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are,” which underlines our propensity to view the world around us as we hope it to be. We struggle with reality because it asks us to...
by Themba Thandeka | May 23, 2020 | Character, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Self-Awareness, Servant Leadership
Ken Blanchard makes a crucial point that people who do not understand the concept of Servant Leadership, do not understand leadership. The aim is to lead people, to assist them in reaching their full potential as human beings and, yes, in that process as employees...
by Themba Thandeka | May 4, 2020 | Character, Leadership, Servant Leadership
How would you describe the culture of your place of work? Are people appreciated and valued for their contribution to their teams? Is it easy to ask for help? Are people prepared to take risks? Are people being rejected when they have differing opinions with those on...
by Themba Thandeka | Mar 25, 2020 | Leadership, Servant Leadership, Uncategorized
TRUST AS THE CORNERSTONE FOR HEALTHY CULTURE If you believe that ‘trust is earned’, you are not alone. At first glance, it makes sense. You show your boss you can perform a task excellently, that you can close a sale or that your team ‘hit the targeted numbers’ and...
by Themba Thandeka | Mar 10, 2020 | Leadership, Servant Leadership
Our world, country, state entities, public sector, and private corporations are plagued by the systemic corruption and unethical behaviour of leaders who always put their own individual interests before the interests of those that they are supposed to lead. We are...
