I still find a startling level of misinformation and misunderstanding among my clients regarding what B-BBEE is really all about.  Somehow, apart from the person directly responsible for the B-BBEE scorecard, many think its still all about "being forced to sell part of your company to black people" and "reverse discrimination when it comes to recruitment."

Technology enables us to do more, faster. And so we do more... faster. But not better.  And our quality of life is not better.  In this powerful article by Barry C. Boyce we learn the value of the "pause". To be effective, it has to be your pause - you decide when and how long it should be...

While engaging with the Hospice means I'm engaging with the very sad matter of my father dying of cancer, this has also been an amazing opportunity to be reminded of how real and strong values embedded across every touchpoint of an organisation is truly powerful stuff.

I have been working alot lately with teams in creative professions.  Those maintaining a competitive advantage appear better at staying in the creative zone - whether consciously or not.

If you didn't get the chance to review performance before the silly season started, its a great way to kick start the year.

From Bloomsberg Businessweek

Steve Tobak gives some simple, yet effective pointers for bosses, pointing out that there are some great bosses and some terrible ones and that most of us fit somewhere in the middle... i.e. that there are always some opportunities for improvement.  Read more

By  Kirsten Korosec on BNET.com:

http://www.bnet.com/article/why-youre-doing-performance-reviews-all-wrong/387717

From 'In Good Company:  Vault's CSR blog'

http://www.vault.com/wps/portal/usa/blogs/entry-detail/?blog_id=1462&entry_id=11721