Managing Upwards By Understanding the Design of your Boss

It is vital to know how to manage your boss.  

Firstly you have to know what your values are and how it influences your own life, before you can understand the values of your boss.  You cannot understand other people if you do not understand yourself. Most definitely! It is so easy to look at the behavior of others and say; I would have done it differently or if I was in that position I would behave differently – but you cannot say how you would behave until you are in that position.
When you are working with your boss, you have to find the best ground where both your needs are met. 

HR FORUM

HR FORUM

Dr Mario Denton tesame met Marius Orffer en Johan Van die Merwe so pas begin om HR forum te vestig waarby die HR Bestuurders in die omgewing Upington betrek word.  Die primêre doel van die forum is om sake van belang te bespreek en gedagtes daaroor te wissel.

Dr Mario Denton is gekry om ons te help met die vestiging van so ‘n forum en verskaf die akademiese insette.

 

Al die HR Bestuurders in die omgewing is genooi en ons glo dat hierdie inisiatief tot groot voordeel van die HR funksie by maatskappye in ons omgewing sal wees. Dit is so belangrik om beste praktyke en praktiese oplossings te gee synde al die veranderings wat plaasvind in die arbeidsmark

Een van die lede het soos volg geantwoord: Dankie Johan. Ek het die HR Forum vanoggend baie leersaam gevind. Ek dink dit is ‘n skitterende idee en glo dit sal ‘n groot bydrae lewer in ons almal se dag tot dag uitdagings. Amanda van Zyl van Kobus Duvenhage

 

Her words embrace my sense of being and with her wisdom I am blessed.

This is about my grandmother whom I appreciate dearly.  She has contributed so much with words of encouragement in my life. She practically raised me up at a very young age, I lived with her while she was working and serving others. Her words embrace my sense of being and with her wisdom I am blessed.

The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home

Lack of character often dictates how we behave.Can a community develop a culture of character that discourages crime? How do we change this around to develop individuals with good character who will have positive impact within the community?

Feedback from VinPro seminar

Baie dankie vir u praatjie. Ek het baie goeie kommentaar na die tyd van produsente gekry en VinPro word gekomplimenteer op die gedagte om u praatjie in te sluit. Die manne het motivering nodig en kry dit nie aldag op ander terreine nie. As hul saam kuier word daar net gekla - as dit nie die land se mynprobleme is, is dit sportmanne se moord en dan is dit ons onbeholpenheid op die rugbyveld.

Word werklik baie waardeer. Ons sien weer in die toekoms.

Groete

Braham

Leaders attitude

Healthy Leadership Essentials 09: Leaders attitude from TRUE AFRICA LEADER on Vimeo.

Be consistent with what is inside and what is outside, in belief and behaviour, your words and your ways, your values and your practices. A person may forget 90 percent of what a leader say, but he or she will never forget how a leader behaves.  

Your leadership principles are best conveyed in the laboratory of life; they are conveyed as much through character as they are through words. Truth is most effectively proclaimed through the consistency of works and words.    Ask yourself what attitude to your portray?  

Teamwork Hackers: A real frustration

This is still one of the biggest factors causing disengagement and a major reason for the development of energy wasters in a team. The bad news is that leaders try to deal with this on a cognitive level. It won’t work. You have to locate where the hackers were able to enter your team and implanted the virus and you need to delete the virus so that the response is no longer triggered by the external problem. Fear and lies are key components of every virus and anchor the virus program in the team. The system malfunctions, resulting in negative behaviour or character flaws in your team.

Case Study: Employee does not trust his senior, hates performance appraisal and has no friends in the workplace.

·         Feels there is no one that he can trust in the workplace

·         Feels lonely and not part of the team

·         Virus like low impulse control causes him to sabotage relationships in the team

·         Where is the emotion coming from?

·         How do we fix the problem?

Do you need further help in dealing with this issue? Let me sent you some self-assessments on this issue or you can contact Dr Mario Denton at marden@mweb.co.za for further details or to help you tackle these issues in your team.

Our next two day seminar: Johannesburg 8-9 October and Cape Town 10-11 October. Contact us for full brochure and registration details 

The Noah Principle?

Healthy Leadership Essentials 16: The noah principle from TRUE AFRICA LEADER on Vimeo.



No more prizes for predicting rain, prizes only for building Arks.

Let's deliver, stop promising or always predicting what can happen. 

1) Build the ark: 

There are 2 kinds of people in this world: talkers and doers. Talkers may see life's problems and opportunities. When they do, they talk about them. Realising the problem is only the beginning. Nothing gets done to solve problems or develop opportunities until someone does something about it.

2) Get on board: 

Be committed to not merely lay out the issues, but to find solutions. 

3) See the bigger picture:  

The business world is constantly undergoing change, and no one can truly predict exactly how and for how long. The best is to gather as much information as possible and be prepared for as much rain as possible, and stay afloat. 

To find out more about the Heartbeats program and resources contact

Marden@mweb.co.za

Top 10 Things You and Your Wife Fight About

The well-known adage (one-size-fits-all) for family gatherings goes something like this. “Never talk about politics, sex, or religion.” That’s any family—modern family, traditional family, non-traditional family—you name it.
That well may be a practical suggestion for large get-togethers at Thanksgiving and Christmas, but it’s not the best advice for your marriage. Avoiding difficult topics doesn’t make the tension go away. To the contrary, unwillingness to communicate mostly serves to deepen the divide. Can you spell marriage conflict?
We recommend a marriage that values communication and acknowledges the potential for conflict in the context of mutual respect and affirming love.
Simply put, we’d better talk about the things we fight about. If we won’t talk, then fighting is all that’s left in the way of communication. Parenting 101 and marriage 101 are often, fundamentally, exactly the same class.  
To find out more about parenting for life and married for life course visit www.trueafricaleader.com  or contact Dr Mario Denton  marden@mweb.co.za
To register for free family character library with resources go to www.charactermakesthedifference.com
Read more about the 10 things...  (click on read more)

Time for a leadership revolution

TDDI in their Global Leadership Forecast report of 2011 have done some great research asking the following absolutely relevant questions namely:

What is the overall quality of leadership in organisations today?

Do organisations have a sufficient supply of capable leaders to meet the business challenges of tomorrow?  What can HR do to revolutionise the development of their leaders?  Are organisations focusing on developing the right leadership skills? Are organisations using the right methods and approaches?   

Participation consists of 2600 organisations with 12, 423 professionals and 1897 HR professionals from 74 countries (That’s impressive).  The results are mind blowing.  See for yourself.  Leaders are still ineffective as coaches. The current effectiveness of talent management systems is dismal

Only 31% of leaders and HR professionals rated the effectiveness of leadership selection as high

Only 22% of leaders and HR professionals rated their leadership succession systems as highly effective

Only 38% report that the leadership in their organisation is very good (31% good and excellent 7%)

Only one third of leaders and HR professionals rated their leadership developments efforts as highly effective

Watch video by Dr Mario Denton about leadership below

My summary: Time is right to seriously re-evaluate all your talent practices in this regard. The problems may be deeper than you think  
Please contact Mario Denton at marden@mweb.co.za for a copy of this report.

The benevolent leader

In my years of leading manufacturing organizations, I have found a contented employee generally contributes to a cheerful home environment; and when everything is good at home, the employee stands a much better chance of success at work.

Since the average working American spends more waking hours at work than with his or her family, it stands to reason the leader or the environment provided by the manager has a significant influence on an employee’s well-being.

So what does a benevolent business leader look like?

Building a culture of compassion

Although sometimes it may feel that work is simply about making money, most of us want more than just a paycheck. We want a place to work where we have opportunity to earn a living while working with others who genuinely appreciate our contributions to the team.

Often, when organizations are on the decline, they lose their personal touch. Instead of being places where a good work ethic is valued and respected, these organizations become places where cynicism and negativity rule. In time, such organizations will die. People will not continue investing themselves in a place where they feel devalued.

It takes relationships to be determined

Some days I need someone to listen… and maybe to tell me my rationalizations don’t make sense. Whether you’re trying to stay on a diet, overcome a bad temper, or just exercise more often, you can probably relate.

Be a Good Neighbour

 Do you live in a neighborhood where you feel save and connected to others, or do you feel overcrowded, threatened, and otherwise unsafe in your surroundings? This, and other aspects of neighborhood life, can impact both your level of happiness and stress.

One way you can be a better neighbour and citizen of character is to practice deference.
Deference is practicing civility…especially in disagreement. You might have the right to say or do what you want, but is it helpful? Is it appropriate? Is it treating others as you’d like them to treat you?

Step One ... Explain the Tools

“Hire for character, train for skills”…is not just a platitude at EDG. It has been the credo that has driven our original principal partners for years.

Have we fallen short sometimes? You bet! The difference is that our leaders wanted to prepare us with tools that will shape who we are…and prepare us for success.

Building Life Around Something Bigger Than Yourself

I'll never forget the day my mother and father called a "family meeting" concerning my dad's job. Dad had been contemplating a career change that would allow him to teach high school and coach football. He knew this change would have an impact on our lives and wanted to talk it over before he gave his final answer.He told my brother and I about the job and explained why he thought it would be a good move for our family.

Change and grow by Marti Vickery

Change is one of the most valuable growing experiences of life. When I first arrived in northwest Florida, a resume did not count. Most folks wanted to know who my parents were, where I went to school, etc. I commonly heard, “You’re not from around here, are you?”For several months, I adapted to staying with family and was grateful for their generosity, but we were somewhat “space challenged” in their “mobile mansion,” and they were stretched financially and needed their privacy.

Cultivating Courage in Business

The odds were against Cynthia Cooper. Raised in a small town and having a humble demeanor, she probably never dreamed she would be featured on the cover of Time magazine. But in 2002 her courageous whistle-blowing halted an $11 billion fraud committed by her boss and co-workers at WorldCom.She was ostracized by peers and received international media scrutiny. While it is unlikely we will ever face the kind of drama that she encountered, there are valuable lessons that can be applied to daily life.First, Ms. Cooper thoughtfully considered alternatives and bravely questioned her higher-ups before reporting the wrongdoing. She did not rush to judgment, nor did she allow her superiors to undermine her confidence.

Do your job define who you are?

“If you are unhappy in your work, you are unhappy in your life.”  - Rodney Lowman, 1996 (author of The Clinical Practice of Career Assessment)

The way people live and interact with society and their material world is structured around work. In a truly globalised market-place, work opportunities are too diverse, too numerous and shifting too fast to be bundled neatly into career packages with precise focus. Labour experts predict that five to ten careers during one’s working life will become the norm. This implies adaptation to new working environments and continual skill and knowledge building for individuals. The responsibility for developing and managing his or her career to maintain employability and attain satisfaction and enjoyment will rest on the individual.

Character is vital key to success. Testimony

We truly enjoy hearing feedback and how character is making a difference in different communities and businesses. When we say we are passionate about people and their energy potential we as a team truly mean it. It is truly a humbling experience to hear messages such as the following from Reagan Kwala after presenting training.

" Hi Mario,

I am very grateful and thankful for having not only having attended your lecture on CF. But meeting you as a person, and that you portrait sincerity and boldness in your words.

I personally looked at you as a caring parent, a teacher and in some way a healer. Having attended the CF program I gained the insight of why CF is vital not only in work places but also in the society we live in.  

To do right, live truthful all the time is hard but one could see it takes no much effort to do just right and be discern in different things. I am certain that I will be able to deliver the message of CF to many of those I come into contact with.

Thank you Mario,

Warm regards,

Reagan Kwala

Human Resources Development

FNB NAMIBIA LTD