Tag Archives: Change

Checklist for Brain-Friendly Change Management

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Manie Bosman

More than twenty years ago, organisational behavioral experts Kenneth Thompson and Fred Luthans noted that a person’s reaction to organisational change “can be so excessive and immediate, that some researchers have suggested it may be easier to start a completely … Continue reading →

Posted in Change Management, Neuroleadership, Neuroscience | Tagged Change, Leadership, Neuroscience | 1 Comment

New Year’s Resolutions? Here’s What We Learn from Science about Making Changes that Last

Posted on December 29, 2012 by Manie Bosman

NOTE: This is an adapted version of a previous post (see Taking Small Steps is the Key to Improve Your Leadership Behaviour). I’m publishing it in response to several recent conversations about New Year’s resolutions and whether or not anybody … Continue reading →

Posted in Change Management, Neuroleadership, Neuroscience | Tagged BJ Fogg, Change, Habits, Motivation, Neuroplasticity, Neuroscience, New Year's Resolution | 1 Comment

Taking Small Steps is the Key to Improve Your Leadership Behaviour

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Manie Bosman

By Manie Bosman “So I realise that I have to change the way in which I’m leading people. Can you give me just five things I can do to be a better leader from now on?” In the nearly two … Continue reading →

Posted in Change Management, Leadership, Neuroleadership, Neuroscience, Talent Development | Tagged Behaviour Change, Brain, Change, Habits, Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Development, leading, Motivation, Neuroleadership | 2 Comments

They Might Follow You Into Battle, But Is That Enough?

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Manie Bosman

By Manie Bosman Watching the D-Day landing of Allied forces on the coast of Normandy as portrayed in the epic Saving Private Ryan with my son recently, I was once again struck by the mind-boggling obedience of soldiers as they … Continue reading →

Posted in Leadership, Motivation, Talent Development | Tagged Authority, Change, Emotional Intelligence, Expert Power, Influence, Jim Collins, John Maxwell, Leader, Leaders, Leadership, Manie Bosman, Organization, Personal Power, Positional Power, Richard Daft, Soldiers, Values-based, Visionary | Leave a comment

How The Images in Your Mind is Shaping the Future

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Manie Bosman

By Manie Bosman When you try to imagine the future, what do you see? Does it look like the past or the present, or is it perhaps very different from the world we now live in? It might come as … Continue reading →

Posted in Change Management, Culture, Future Foresight, Leadership, Neuroleadership, Strategic Foresight | Tagged Africa, Change, Christian, Civilizations, Culture, Cultures, Future, History, Leaders, Mass Media, Preferred Future, Social Change, Vision, Visions | 2 Comments

Leading the 4th Revolution: 6 Ways in Which The Purpose of Leadership Changed in the 21st Century

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Manie Bosman

By Manie Bosman We are currently living in the 4th Revolution – a strange and unpredictable period where the interaction between information and communication technologies has created a snowball-effect causing change to literally become the only constant. Sociologists distinguish three … Continue reading →

Posted in Change Management, Future Foresight, Leadership | Tagged 4th Revolution, Change, Collaboration, Diversity, Employees, Empowerment, Followers, Integrity, Leader, Leaders, Leadership, Managers, Servant Leaders, Servant Leadership, strategic leadership, Transformational Leadership, Values, Vision | 1 Comment

Leading During a Crisis: 7 Lessons From The Costa Concordia Disaster

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Manie Bosman

By Manie Bosman Since the luxury passenger cruiser Costa Concordia sank off the Tuscan coast at Giglio island last Friday, the media have been screaming accusations against its captain for abandoning ship while many passengers were still on board. Captain … Continue reading →

Posted in Change Management, Communication, Leadership, Strategic Thinking | Tagged Captain, Change, communication, Concordia, Courage, Crisis, Disaster, effective leadership, Great Leaders, Hope, Leader, Leadership, leading, Self-confidence, Technology | 7 Comments

10 Critical Skills Required to Lead Effectively in a Globalized World

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Manie Bosman

By Manie Bosman Fifty years ago, in many countries, cultural diversity in the workplace probably referred to a handful of employees speaking with a slight accent who preferred to have home-cooked soup in a flask instead of a burger and … Continue reading →

Posted in Change Management, Culture, Emerging Trends, Future Foresight, Leadership, Neuroleadership, Strategic Foresight | Tagged Change, Collaboration, Communicate, Cultural Diversity, Culturally Intelligent, Culture, Diversity, Emotional Intelligence, Future, Globalization, Globalized, Leadership, Leadership Skills, Management, Managers, Team, Ten C’s, Vision | 3 Comments

Leading Change: It’s Not (Always) On Top It’s (Often) Inside

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Manie Bosman

By Manie Bosman As more and more organizations realize the importance of efficient future-orientated strategic leadership as opposed to mere management, we might get the impression that successful change management stand or falls solely on the abilities of the CEO, … Continue reading →

VISION: You’ve Lost it if You’ve Reached it

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Manie Bosman

By Manie Bosman One of my earliest memories is of driving through the Namibian desert with my parents and being amazed by what seemed to be large pools of water floating in the air just above the surface of the … Continue reading →