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| Plans & Activities of the Research & Definitions Committee for 2008 - Live forums to motivate debate and learn from the experiences of others from March. For the new coach, try your hand at research with a template of guidelines posted on the website in due course. Look out for notices, visit the research web-site that will soon be populated with quotable bytes of interest to use in your work. Infuse your coaching with new ideas - review academic research and case studies, let us post those of interest to you. An introduction to referencing methodology to follow. Bring your findings, submit papers for publication - tell us about your current research activity to share with members. Come forward and help build a body of work with your energy and interest this year! Marianna
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21st May 2008 - COMENSA meeting held at FNB
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Denis Jackson, Gauteng Chair, opened the meeting!
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The audience of coaches were fascinated by Paddy's talk on Integral Coaching!
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| Below are a series of articles that reflect a snapshot of the content available on the Leader.co.za web-site. COMENSA enjoys a strategic alliance with Leader.co.za and these articles are the latest to reach this site through regular RSS feeds. Articles include people, company, country and industry profiles and provide COMENSA coaches and mentors with the latest in leadership, management and entrepreneurial thinking and trends. Enjoy! |
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Closing South Africa’s democratic deficit
South Africa of the new era is often considered to be the victim of an odd and rather bizarrely undefined ailment: a democratic deficit.
South Africa’s inspirations
South Africa has not had the best of years. We’ve had power cuts and we’ve had xenophobic attacks. We’ve had all sorts of upheavals and sometimes, in conversation and in our media, one would think that we have nothing still to inspire us.
The innovation "War Room"
There are three ways to react to an economic crisis. One way is to bury your head in the sand and hope the whole thing just blows over (good luck!). Another way is to run around in a panic-induced cost-cutting frenzy that could seriously impair your company’s long-term growth potential. The third and, of course, smartest way is to recognise the impending threat to both your top and bottom line, and quickly adapt your company’s strategy and business model to the new market conditions.
Social entrepreneurs – a force for transformation
Thope Lekau runs a guest house in Cape Town. She is also an Ashoka Fellow, one of a small and elite group across the world recognised for leadership in social entrepreneurship.
A beacon on a hill - Barack Obama
By now, every man - or woman - and his or her dog has had something to say about Barack Obama's improbable victory last week. Some are even claiming credit for it. They made it happen. Success, as they say, has a thousand fathers.
Investing in yourself and your company – what better gift to give?
It is common knowledge and frequently stated in leadership literature that having a certain title or position and domineering people on that basis, is no longer a viable leadership model.
We all have a job to do to make SA work
Respect for the rule of law, food security and crime reduction are paramount.
Maybe you can't make money doing what you love
The thing is, it's far easier than ever before to surface your ideas. Far easier to have someone notice your art or your writing or your photography. Which means that people who might have hidden their talents are now finding them noticed.
It’s a solvency problem, not a liquidity problem
The term "credit crunch" is very misleading for the current crisis. It suggests that the problem is merely one of confidence, that calm will return if liquidity is introduced to the system.
If users don’t foot Eskom’s bill, the state will have to
Over the next few months, the government, the ruling party and its alliance partners will face one of their most challenging economic tests. Decisions will have to be made around electricity price increases that will have far-reaching implications, not only for the financial viability of Eskom, but for the security of power supplies and consequent effects on economic development and growth.
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Theory Y meets Generation Y
Julian Birkinshaw and Stuart Crainer look at a Microsoft team that is changing the way it works by incorporating the interests of its young employees to increase creativity and productivity.
Brian Gilbertson - unstoppable
Yet another deal for one of the resource sector’s most accomplished players. At the age where most men tend to retire to play golf, Brian Gilbertson has grand ambitions for the Fabergé name.
Draftfcb group CEO John Dixon
David Furlonger talks to Draftfcb group CEO John Dixon about crazy young people and soccer.
Franchising and BEE
For aspirant black entrepreneurs with access to capital, buying into an existing franchise system may be a less risky way of starting out in business.
Four steps toward building a top management team
Most mergers fail because the newly constructed management team has been put in no position to actually lead. Can merged teams avoid pitfalls and seize opportunities?
How to build a business you can sell for big money – in just 5 years
Building your own business is still the surest way to wealth. It is not an easy road to walk, but many have gone this way and succeeded.
The corporate response to sustainability reporting
A 2006 survey found that overall reporting on sustainability and governance issues by listed South African companies has improved, but environmental management needs more attention.
How the credit crisis could forge a new financial order
In the middle of a battle, it's hard to know what the landscape will look like after the smoke clears. But as the US government wrestles with the credit crisis, economists and finance experts are starting to make some predictions.
Siyabulela Xuza: Down-to-earth star
Well-known future strategist Clem Sunter talks about the need for South Africans to celebrate "pockets of excellence" in our country. When it comes to individuals, his favourite example is a young man named Siyabulela Xuza.
Mining's great depression
The commodities boom has gone bust overnight. SA mining is under threat, jobs are at stake and the economy is under pressure. Is there light at the end of this dark and gloomy tunnel?
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