How to set and maintain healthy boundaries as a leader

For both leaders and employees, the workplace (physical and virtual) is rife with emotional complexities, making it essential for all stakeholders to learn key communication and…


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Micromanagement vs. engagement: How to build team connections while respecting autonomy

During South Africa’s highly stressful and prolonged national lockdown, many business leaders have radically adjusted their leadership and/or management styles as a response to…


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Overcoming patterns of fear and fatigue to reinvigorate corporate SA

Vulnerability is not necessarily a term you expect to hear much in the workplace, let alone actively taught and practised. There is a commonly held perception, often based on…


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Parenting in vulnerable times: coping skills for parents

Parenting has never been easy – but throw in the anxieties parents naturally experience as the coronavirus pandemic turns our worlds upside down, and you’re faced with a whole new…


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Avoiding difficult conversations at work hinders innovation

Avoiding difficult conversations at work hinders innovation - to stop this cycle, it is imperative that we lean into the discomfort of vulnerability and step into courage.


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3 easy ways to help managers to be more empathetic

The world has been thrown into a unique state of collective vulnerability (defined as that emotion we all experience during times of uncertainty, risk and emotional exposure).…


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The importance of empathy and compassion right now

Commit to practising empathy and compassion daily, knowing that at some point you won’t get it right. The world doesn’t need perfection right now, it needs connection and those…


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Reinventing teams and their leaders for the future (Part 3): Applying lessons to yourself

CFOs often need to oversee the skilling up of their teams. But junior employees aren't the only staff who need to grow and learn - the demand for development exists all the way to…


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PODCAST – Thrive with Dr D

Finding empathy and courage at this time.


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TV – TalentTalks

The importance of courage, building the skill set, rumbling with vulnerability and showing up as real, authentic South Africans.


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