Craffies Coaching

Action

admin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:15:08 +0000

“Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.”

Goethe

Doing must be part of being, doing what is important, doing what is our passion, to kindle the fire of the soul.

The mind

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:22:13 +0000

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

Plutarch

Unlocking energy in people

admin — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:06:33 +0000

I attended a leadership talk last week by Prof. Rija and these are some of the thoughts and insights I had:

He talked about how to create organisations that evolve, grow and dominate the market..

The key is to unlock the energy of the people in the organisation and the community!

How can leadership unlock this energy?

Herb Keller said the following: “The main role of leadership is to continuously energise the people.”

The question then is: Am I as a leader putting on the lights “energy”, or turning of the lights? Secondly am I energising (influencing) my team/group towards effective results?

The processes must be efficient and sustainable.

How can a company create a competitive advantage?

Add value
Product/service must be difficult to imitate or duplicate
Keep on innovating to stay ahead of competitors.

With a constant changing environment, the company must have the energy (attitude) and ability to continually ensure alignment to be able to execute effectively. The company must have people that is committed, have the talent(Ability) and Attitude(energy) to execute.

To be able to create this there must be a legal contract of employment but also a contract of accountability that can only happen if there is employee engagement/belonging.

Key to sustainability is the company’s ability to be responsive to change. The agility to change (ability to anticipate change, to respond to change, to be able to change) is determined by the learning culture of the organisation. The quicker the learning curve the bigger the change of the organisation moving from change, to survival, to success, to sustainable results, to significance in the market space. It is also important for the company to create a learning environment for individuals to learn / experience.

The individuals in a group or team will form the group intelligence.

Each member of the group is a leader as such.

To conclude the Leader and the learner make the difference. Leadership must be intentional and not accidental at all times.

Believe in other

admin — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:16:08 +0000

“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being.”

-Goethe

Team Performance

admin — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:20:36 +0000

A study done by Dr. Micheal Cavanagh revealed the following behaviour between Low performing and high performing teams:

Team performance	Extend of speaking about others in comparison to speaking of self	Asking or enquiring versus telling	Positive comments versus negative remarks
Low performing	1:3	1:2	1:3
Mediocre	2:3	2:3	2:1
High performing	1:1	1:1	5:1

What is the language that is that is being used in your team? Remember the conversations of today create the stories of tomorrow!

So make sure that the conversations in your team are creating a legacy that you and your team can be proud of !!!

Thankful

admin — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 05:28:38 +0000

I am thankful for the wife who says its hot dogs tonight, because she is home with me and not out with somebody else.

For the husband who is on the sofa being a couch potato because he is at home with me and not out.

For the teenager who is complaining about doing dishes, because it means she is at home and not on the streets.

For the taxes I pay, because it means I am employed.

For the mess to clean up after a party, because it means I have been surrounded by friends.

For the clothes that fit a little too snug, because it means I have enough to eat.

For my shadow that watches me work, because it means I am out in the sunshine.

For a lawn that needs mowing, windows that need cleaning, gutters that need fixing, because it means I have a home.

For the complaining I hear about the government, because it means we have freedom of speech.

For the parking spot I find at the far end of the parking lot, because it means I am capable of walking and have been blessed with transportation.

For my huge heating bill, because it means I can afford to keep warm.

And for the lady behind me in church who sings off key, because it means I can hear.

For the pile of laundry and ironing , because it means that I have clothes to wear.

For the weariness and aching muscles at the end of the day, because it means I have been capable of working hard.

For the alarm that goes off in the early hours of the morning, because it means I am alive.

And finally for too much email, because it means I have friends who are thinking of me.

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Gebed vir 2010

admin — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:43:16 +0000

Here, Almagtige, oneindige Skepper, Voleinder,

‘n jaar is vir U net ‘n oogwink,

maar vir ons is dit 365 dae lank — ‘n lang pad.

Here, vir ons is elke jaar volgepak met goed en kwaad.

U is Here van elke uur en dag en jaar.

Maar ons is vasgevange slawe van die tyd

wat so vinnig verbyvlieg.

Here, en tog bring elke jaar ons nader aan U.

Mense word jaar vir jaar ouer,

maar aan u kinders gee U die krag van die jeug.

‘n Jaar lê agter ons, vir altyd verby.

Plek-plek loop die pad reguit deur die vlakte,

ander kere met kronkelpaaie oor die steiltes,

vol slaggate, pap bande, verpaste treine,

verspeelde kanse.

Here, oor die geleenthede wat

onbenut verbygegaan het,

sou ek wanhopig kon raak,

as dit nie was dat vergifnis u gewoonte is nie.

Here, elke dag is u genade vars en nuut,

sedert Noag se reënboog,

en u goedheid is elke more splinternuut

sedert Jesus Christus.

Here, as U die hare van my kop getel het,

het U sekerlik ook my dae getel, die minute en sekondes

daarvan — alles hou U in die palm van u hand.

Here, ek vra U vir gesondheid in die jaar wat voorlê,

vir genoeg kos vir elke dag.

Maar veral bid ek om ‘n honger na u Woord, na U self.

Here my God, daar is geen twyfel dat hierdie jaar weer

‘n jaar vol van u vars genade sal wees nie.

Amen.

‘n Gebed uit Ghana.

Uit God seën Afrika, Ewald van Rensburg, bladsy 175.

Opportunity

admin — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 04:38:11 +0000

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently. Henry Ford

Possible

admin — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:13:49 +0000

“The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.” Arthur C. Clarke

Een

admin — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:13:25 +0000

Mag God, wat vrede gee, julle volkome aan Hom toegewyd maak en julle geheel en al, na gees, siel en liggaam, so bewaar dat julle onberispelik sal wees wanneer ons Here Jesus Christus weer kom! Hy sal dit ook doen, want Hy wat julle roep, is getrou.

1 Tess 5:21-24

Die Bybel : Nuwe Vertaling. 1983