Abraham Lincoln once said, ‘Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe’. Clearly, one should invest more time in preparation. So often I hear leaders, team members and individuals say they don’t have the time to prepare in advance, yet preparing actually saves you Read More
A negative mind will never give you a positive life. We need to understand that our brain is hardwired to seek danger and scout for the bad things that may come our way. Yes. It is fixated on threats more than blessings. When we stay in this mindset, we can fall into the trap of Read More
To be truly conscious is to be present at all times. Easier said than done, right? We only use 5% of our conscious mind. The remaining 95% is our subconscious and unconscious mind. To be conscious requires us to be the observer of our mind, to remain in our centre and turn our awareness away Read More
To read the first piece in this two-part series the importance of teamwork and learn about the first two stages of group development, click here. Once you navigate through the forming and storming stages, you finally arrive at a place of acceptance. The third phase, norming, is when we mutually understand and accept our differences. Read More
“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” – Henry Ford Dr Bruce Tuckman carried out research into the theory of group dynamics. In 1965, he published a theory known as ‘Tuckman’s stages of group development’. According to his theory, there are four phases of group development – Forming, Storming, Read More