Adapting To The Cultural Jungle To Lead In The Global Village
BY MANIE BOSMAN No doubt that one of the most popular buzz-terms of our time is “global leadership” – I just did a Google search and got no less than 3 100 000 hits! So while it seems that a...
View ArticleProof From Neuroscience That Trusting People Makes Them More Trustworthy
BY MANIE BOSMAN Speaking to a business owner recently who had been suffering significant losses as a result of theft by employees, I was quite surprised when at one point he out rightly declared “I...
View ArticleUnderstanding Trust: Your Organization’s Most Valuable Asset
BY MANIE BOSMAN On a scale from 1 to 10 with 1 indicating “no trust” and 10 indicating “complete trust”, where would you rate the level of trust in your organization? Low levels of trust may explain...
View Article10 Practical Tips to Help You Build and Restore Trust
BY MANIE BOSMAN Success is never determined by any single factor – it results from a mixture of critical elements such as effective leadership, vision, strategy, communication, adaptability and...
View ArticleStart From the Top to Build Loyalty From Below
BY MANIE BOSMAN In the late 1980’s I worked in Olifants Camp in the Kruger National Park as a junior tourist officer for two six-month stints before and after doing my national military service. I was...
View ArticleNeuroleadership: How Your Brain Fights for Social Survival in the Workplace
BY MANIE BOSMAN Have you ever rolled around in bed thinking about an incident earlier that day and feeling really frustrated with yourself for not clearly explaining your point or saying what you...
View ArticleSCARF: Lead in a Way That Will Engage People’s Minds
BY MANIE BOSMAN A few days ago I was in a bookstore and just about to pay when the cashier – a young lady – was interrupted by a colleague demanding to know why she had left her lunch box out on the...
View ArticleYou Might Not Like it, But Bad is Stronger than Good
BY MANIE BOSMAN The owner of a car dealership I once knew was regarded by most who knew him as a complex man. He demanded that each working day started with a motivational team talk which was...
View ArticleYour Racist Brain: The Neuroscience of Conditioned Racism
Although great progress has been made in the war on racism it is an evil which persists to haunt us. From the London Olympic Games to the run-up for the American presidential election to workplaces...
View ArticleTaking Small Steps is the Key to Improve Your Leadership Behaviour
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 decades that...
View ArticleNew Year’s Resolutions? Here’s What We Learn from Science about Making...
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...
View ArticleHow Neuroscience is Creating “a Brain New World”
BY MANIE BOSMAN “The gene was the central issue in biology in the 20th century. The mind is the essential issue for biology in the 21st century.” – Eric Kandel At the risk of coming over as arrogant or...
View ArticleYour Caveman Brain: Running From Predators at Work
BY MANIE BOSMAN A couple of years ago a friend of mine and his son traveled through northwestern Zimbabwe when they noticed some vultures in the trees ahead of them. They decided it was a good a time...
View ArticleDo Meetings Right: The Neuroscience of Great Meetings
BY MANIE BOSMAN A while ago I was facilitating a workshop for the leadership group of a large automotive manufacturer’s senior marketing team when their General Manager suddenly slammed the table in...
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