The Ripple Effect Blog

One of the more difficult things to explain under cross examination I think would be why, when you knew something to be so wrong, you still went and did it. We hear about the extenuating circumstances, the temporary insanity, the wasn’t thinking clearly or the simple cop out – I just […]

For a while now I have reflected on relative ability – the level of ability I have in a particular skill verses the people around me. I can even consider this relative ability in terms of all people on earth, as in most cases the person on earth with the highest […]

I am aware of many lessons and skills I have learned in life and their value to me. Certain of these include the ability to swim, ride a bicycle and prepare food.  I can’t imagine life without these skills and now that I have them, I would never want to go […]

Whenever we complete a programme, we always ask the participants for their feedback. One aspect of this feedback process asks participants for referrals to people the participants know that, in their opinion, will also benefit from similar training.  Getting such referrals is an important aspect of our sales strategy.So imagine you […]

Ripple’s five points to become successful.The Ripple Effect team members have been observing the distinct patterns of success and similarly the common patterns of failure for 20 years now. One behavioural pattern business leaders seem to favour is the desire to summarize what it takes to be successful down to 5 […]

Training has a bad reputation. This reputation has allowed business leaders to think, when needing to cut costs, that spending on training is a good place to start.  I think that training has been dealt a low blow and a convenient one for business leaders to deal out.The problem lies […]

When we behave mindlessly we cease to be aware of the “why?” behind our business.  We simply sleep, eat, work, own a pet, meet, marry and even train just because it’s what we do.When we forget to consider the “why?”  it all becomes a little shallow, lame, mundane, lifeless and […]

The day we were weaned off mother’s milk signified a completed step in our development.  Reaching school-going age another, commencing our working lives another and realizing the need to become influential, no matter our role in the organisation, another.Influencing others can be draining.  In our previous two columns we explored […]

We have explored Situational Leadership, the need for all the known leadership styles to be in your leadership style repertoire, and the need to add a new leadership style to the traditional list of styles.  Energising Leadership.In our experience effective leadership requires managing your personal energy grid.  Each day spent […]