Having the Answer Is Not the Same as Leading

At the meeting table, the silence becomes increasingly uncomfortable for the leader. He is thinking surely they are waiting for him to say something. Surely this is the moment in which he is expected to lead.So he gives them an answer.His discomfort subsides, at least...

The Rug Was Not Suddenly Pulled Out

Earlier this week, I was speaking with the CEO of an organisation facing the very real possibility of closure.As we discussed what had brought the organisation to this point, the CEO identified two existential threats: technology and legislation.Neither was new.Both...

A Man’s Reflection This Women’s Month

On 9 August 1956, more than 20,000 South African women marched to the Union Buildings to protest against the Apartheid pass laws. Seventy years later, we remember that courage during Women’s Month.These women were not waiting for men to rescue them.They...