Other than my business interests another passion of mine is rugby and after the weekends games this Shark’s supporter wasn’t a happy chappy.
But being the armchair sports analysis that so many of us are I was thinking about the 2 South African Super 12 rugby matches. Without going into my match analysis it suffices to say that this “expert” attributed a lot of the blame for the 2 losing teams poor performances to the coaches.
This lead my random thoughts over to the fact that coaching with all its sports connotations …

I always thought that I was coping out a bit when I communicated with staff via writing, email in particular. I had this image that I should be out there “patrolling the corridors and talking to the troops and being seen” – probably the result of reading too many motivation management books.
It was nice to read on Slacker Manager and Open Loops that I’m not the only manager that likes the email method of communicating with staff. It would appear, according to Bert Webb of Open Loops, that I am …

” I praise loudly; I blame softly.”
Queen Catherine II

“Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because then they will act.”
Jack Welch

” The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality.
The last is to say thank you.
In between, the leader is a servant.”
— Max De Pree