Leadership Africa Editorials

How Intelligent Are You Emotionally

bible_support_team2024-12-27T13:33:09+00:00When you think of a “great leader,” what comes to mind? You might picture some­one who never lets his temper get out of control, no matter what problems he’s facing. Or you might think of someone who has the com­plete trust of her staff,...

Innovation

bible_support_team2024-12-27T13:33:08+00:00We’ve got to start thinking outside the box.” This is a statement almost every leader has said. For decades, creativity and innovation have been defined by a person’s ability to look beyond the traditional methods of the organization. Steve Jobs, the co founder of Apple...

Who is your Mentor?

bible_support_team2016-06-08T09:28:19+00:00If someone asked the question “who was the most influential person in your life, Or “who do you most admire?”, would you have an answer? Is there someone that makes your admiration list? But, what about “who is your mentor?”, would you have an answer?...

Are you Developing Future Leaders?

bible_support_team2024-12-27T13:33:07+00:00“Everything rises and falls on leadership,” says John Maxwell. If this statement is true, then how do we ensure that those in leadership understand leadership and then lead as is expected of them? Assuming that those in leadership do understand leadership and are actually leading,...

Will You Avoid or Confront?

bible_support_team2024-12-27T13:33:01+00:00Whether we are dealing with under-performing employees, disagreeing with our spouse, negotiating with a dif­ficult client, or simply saying “no” or “I’m sorry”, we face difficult conversa­tions almost every day.The only way to appropriately handle conflict is to actually deal with it. The dilemma for...

Are you Ready for Change?

bible_support_team2024-12-27T13:33:01+00:00A change is as good as a rest’, so goes a common saying. Is this easier said than done? Does change bring rest or does it bring trouble with it? And if it does bring rest, why is change resisted with the same vigour its...

Are you Building and Leading A High Performance Team?

bible_support_team2024-12-27T13:33:01+00:00Watching a sports team at play is all about collective endeavour. In my view, there is nothing as magical as a sports team working well together. You may have experienced it, either as a team member or as a fan. The desire of any leader...

Are you Getting your Message Across?

bible_support_team2024-12-27T13:33:01+00:00The Online Business Diction­ary defines communica­tion as a two-way process of reaching mutual understanding, in which participants not only ex­change (encode-decode) infor­mation, news, ideas and feelings but also create and share mean­ing. In general, communication is a means of connecting people or places. In business,...

Failed Plan or Plan Failed

bible_support_team2024-12-27T13:33:01+00:00A proverb is a simple and concrete saying popularly known and revered, which expresses a truth, based on common sense or the practical experience of humanity. Whereas African Proverbs offer wisdom and poetry in just one sentence, the proverbs can convey wisdom, truth, a discovery...