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WHAT, ACTUALLY, IS \u201cINCLUSION\u201d?<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n

\"\"I came across a LinkedIn post about Queen Maxima of The Netherlands delivering a keynote address at the European Investment Conference organized by Morningstar. I found it very interesting, as Her Majesty was highlighting that 2.5 billion people in the world do not have access to financial services. She advocated having inclusive financial practices so that these 2.5 billion people would also have what people in the so-called \u201cdeveloped\u201d world (my paraphrase) have in terms of those financial services, and which they take for granted. She said that this was something which the financial services sector ought to take note of and prepare for. Read more…<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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THE TOUGH OLD ART OF MANAGING SELF.<\/h2>\n

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\"stress\"<\/a>It may come as a surprise to you to hear a leadership consultant talking about management, but it really shouldn\u2019t. The terms \u201cleadership\u201d and \u201cmanagement\u201d have been compared to each other and \u201cmanagement\u201d has always taken a beating, been vilified and sidelined, as though \u201cmanagement\u201d were inferior to \u201cleadership\u201d. Nothing could be further from the truth! You need to remember that management is but a subset of leadership. Management is one of the competencies that a leader had better possess, just as a manager had better have great leadership qualities! In other words, management is one of the expressions, or one of the functions, of leadership. Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n

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UNIFORMED SERVICE \u2013 WHY ARE THERE ONLY A FEW GOOD MEN?<\/h2>\n

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Introduction.<\/p>\n

News of misconduct or incompetence involving people in uniform always sadden me. It doesn\u2019t matter if they happen to be of people in the Armed Forces, Home Team, Civil Defence of other uniformed organization, they are still about people in uniform. During the month of July 2013, news concerning prison inmate deaths, assaults on Prison Officers by inmates, murders committed by a Singapore Police Officer and some others were found in the news. No one looks forward to seeing news of this sort, but they do happen. Read more…<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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THINKING STRATEGICALLY? HOW ABOUT JUST THINKING? 01 APR 2013.<\/h2>\n

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\"Chess\"<\/a>In many ways, people seem to think of strategy and execution as two very different things. \u201cStrategy\u201d seems to conjure up an impression of castles in the air, ivory towers and those sorts of things. \u201cExecution\u201d seems to have more sympathy with the majority, who seem to think of themselves as those who \u201cMake Things Happen\u201d, and without whom those giving strategic direction could not possibly function, let alone thrive. Generally, people seem to prefer clear-cut boundaries, \u201cThis or that\u201d, \u201cUs or Them\u201d, \u201cNow or later\u201d sorts of thinking. Dealing with continuums and flexible courses of action based on the Unknown is, surprisingly, quite unthinkable to most. Perhaps that is understandable, for thinking is one of the hardest of tasks, is it not? Think of all the times you have heard someone say things like \u201cI prefer it like this, no need to think\u2026\u201d Perhaps you have that line of thinking yourself! Read more…<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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DIDN\u2019T WE ALMOST LEARN IT ALL \u2013 OURSELVES. 30 DEC 2012.<\/h2>\n

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\"Internet<\/a>We live in an age where vast treasuries of knowledge are available to almost anyone at the click of a button.\u00a0 No one seems to have any monopoly on any particular body of knowledge anymore. Just Google or Youtube it, and you\u2019ll have tons of answers. Not to mention sites like \u201cAsk\u201d, \u201cWikihow\u201d, \u201cEhow\u201d and so many others. Indeed, the challenge is not a lack of information, it\u2019s how to extract the relevant<\/i> information. Even after we\u2019ve extracted what\u2019s actually relevant, we might still have a hard time making sense of it simply because of the sheer volume that\u2019s available. Read more…<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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IT\u2019S COMPLICATED. 17 DEC 2012.<\/h2>\n

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\"Relationship-Status-its-Complicated\"<\/a>It’s complicated. Something I used to see quite often on the status updates of people on Facebook. It seems that it was also a film about life, love and convoluted relationships. No wonder some people can say “I am my own Grandpa”! Read more…<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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SOP \u2013 STANDARD OPERATING PRINCIPLES. 03 DEC 2012.<\/h2>\n

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Introduction.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>You probably know what the acronym \u201cSOP\u201d stands for. \u201cStandard Operating Procedures\u201d. \u201cStatement Of Position\u201d. \u201cSame Old Problem\u201d. Here, of course, we refer to \u201cStandard Operating Procedures\u201d. We all know they are essential for the efficient workings of any organization that employs more than one person. So why introduce this term called Standard Operating PRINCIPLES? Read more…<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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SO, WHAT 9 THINGS SHOULD A BOSS SAY TO AN EMPLOYEE? 26 NOV 2012.<\/h2>\n

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Someone shared this article on LinkedIn, and it happened to catch my eye. You can read the article here<\/a>. I thought that the nine things NOT to say to your employees were a good reminder for bosses. Then I thought that they ought to be complemented by 9 things Bosses OUGHT to say to their employees to make a complete picture. Here they are. Read more<\/em>…<\/a><\/p>\n

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Self Esteem In Leaders. Overused? Vilified? 06 Nov 2012.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"\"<\/a>Download the pdf\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

~ No One Can Make You Feel Inferior Without Your Consent ~ Eleanor Roosevelt<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you are a leader, read this with a view to being better equipped to grow yourself. It is only when we grow that we are able to help others. If you don\u2019t think you\u2019re a leader, I\u2019ve got news for you \u2013 you had better be, because you are already a leader if you know people younger than yourself! Read more…<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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For Whom The Bell Tolls. 04 Nov 2012.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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~ The deadly effects of the bell curve on the concept and practice of leadership development and sustainment in business, and what can be done about it ~<\/strong><\/p>\n

I often ask participants at workshops I conduct whether they have gone to school, and this of course is greeted with cynical laughter, as participants give me the look of \u201cOk, so what\u2019s next?\u201d Of course we\u2019ve all gone to school, we\u2019re all products of our society. If you are reading this and have not been to school, you have come to live in a very different society indeed! Our experiences in school have shaped us and the ideas we have gotten stay with us to either buoy us jubilantly upwards or haunt us, depending on what they were, how we imbibed them, and how we have responded to these ideas.<\/p>\n

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Wisdom. Why we STILL need Leaders. 22 Oct 2012.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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The Age of Information.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>With the rise of the internet and the proliferation of mobile devices permitting us to be connected to vast information resources from virtually anywhere, \u201cdownloading\u201d of information from person to person may seem to have taken a back seat. Read more…<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Making Ourselves Redundant Enthusiastically. 24 Sep 2012.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I guess I could also call this \u201cAn Advocate For Deliberate Redundancy\u201d. The term \u201cRedundancy\u201d is probably about as anathema to the average business leader as anathema can get. We are constantly exhorted to get rid of redundancies. People involved in business processes, logistics, supply chain management and similar operations look out for and squash redundancies whenever they are detected. Read more…<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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