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Do you feel overwhelmed? Have you hit a wall? Is your thesis stuck and not moving forward?If you are experiencing anxiety, procrastination and a lack of motivation, "Master your thesis - Proven strategies and methods" is for you! Caroline Dale, an expert on coaching students through the postgraduate journey, has developed a step-by-step process to get you over the finishing line- and now, for the first time ever, the six-step Dale-Method is available for your personal use! It's time to get your life back- today.In this book, leading academic professional and postgraduate coach, Caroline Dale, will guide you with a tried and tested roadmap to complete your thesis. The six step Dale-method will equip you with practical tools to gain and maintain momentum to successfully complete your Masters or PhD thesis.The 6-phase methodology address all the elements of post graduate study and help you take back control. "As supervisor and mentor of many postgraduate students, I find this book very practical and focusing on the key aspects that you come across in your journey of developing a thesis." Prof Adri Drotskie, Director: School of Management, University of Johannesburg (UJ), supervisor, mentor "This book is an engaging and compelling MUST read for anyone involved in writing research proposals and thesis writing. It is more than an indispensable step by step guide. It is energizing, empathetic, motivational, and authentic in navigating thesis writers through the very real emotional complexities that inevitably pop up during the course of writing a thesis." Dr. Shirley Zinn, Chair and Independent Non-Executive Director of Boards, for example Sanlam, MTN (SA), V&A and Spur Corporation "Following Caroline Dale's methiod will be worth your while in significantly enhancing your chances of not only reaching your destination successfully, but also in one piece personally." Theo H Veldsman, Visiting and Extra-ordinary Professors at respectively UJ and USB. Study leader of close on fifteen successful doctoral students

This book utilises multiple contemporary strategy perspectives and practices to give leaders and strategy practitioner's deep insights about the dynamics and options available in developing good and robust strategies.

Gender Equality at Work is a practical, easy-to-implement guide for HR practitioners on how to use gender mainstreaming as a strategy to address gender equality in the workplace. Gender Equality at Work will show you how to circumvent many of the barriers to implementing gender mainstreaming.

The 'New World of Work' is not a future concept. It is a current reality. Not only has the nature of work changed, but how we organise ourselves to optimally deliver the work is also evolving. There's no doubt, the advent of 'Agile' is challenging traditional organisation structures and ways of working.

Approximately 50% of all start-up businesses in South Africa fail within 24 months. What if you had access to insights and resources to ensure your business is not one of them? There are seven stages of business development that must be mastered for a new entrepreneur to achieve sustainable business success.

There are few, if any countries in the world, with labour dispensations that are more fraught with:  Heavy restrictions on employers...  Industrial conflict...  Fast-changing labour law statutes...  Conflicting case law decisions.

In the current economic environment, retention is one of the foremost concerns of all organisations. Leading organisations are citing retention as a key challenge and central objective; and no organisation can expect to survive if its retention game is not on point.

The world of communication has literally been tipped on its head over the last few years. The reason, quite simply, is one word - digitalisation. People's reading habits have drastically changed, and now consist of flipping from web page to web page, Facebook post to news site, spending an average of around six seconds at each destination.

Discover a fresh, innovative approach to thinking about what you want out of life and how to get it. Sarah Arnot shares a 5-step approach to help you close the gap between reality and your dreams.

This is the first book to focus specifically on the development of EAP practitioners. It provides practical guidelines to develop and implement EAP programmes, including how to conduct a needs analyses, data collection and analyses, and impact assessments.

Building Resilience is the key to not just coping, but flourishing, in an increasingly complex and volatile world. Imagine having abundant inner strength and resourcefulness to withstand and recover quickly from whatever difficulties life may throw at you. With Building Resilience you can.

The highly experienced and knowledgeable authors of Organisational Diagnosis provide the reader with the necessary advice, tools and applications to conduct a successful organisational diagnosis.

The ideas and experiences shared by author Nene Molefi speak directly to the troubling prejudices and inequities that persist in our world.

"Philosophies on Pan Africanism and decolonisation underpin a far greater vision we all share... For many of us the true destination is an African renaissance".

In Leadership Dynamics and Wellbeing 9 thought-leaders cover the following themes: - Leadership as strategic organisational capability and intervention by Theo H Veldsman and Andrew J Johnson - A flourishing and thriving leadership community by Theo H Veldsman

In Building Leadership Talent 12 thought-leaders cover the following themes: - Leadership as strategic organisational capability and intervention by Theo H Veldsman and Andrew J Johnson - Leadership talent for an uncertain future by David Conradie

In Leadership Excellence 25 thought-leaders cover the following themes: - Leadership excellence dimensions by Anton Verwey, Ronel Minnaar and Paul Mooney - Leadership excellence across cultural settings by Lize Booysen - Leadership brand modelling by Anton Verwey and Sonja Verwey

Take a journey with An Bakkes and learn how to become comfortable with the discomfort of uncertainty. An will show you how to navigate uncertainty and complexity in a way that limits your anxiety and makes it work for you. "I want share this model with everyone, to ensure people don't have to go through dark hours.

This is an important book for leaders of organisations of all sizes, as well as their advisors. All concepts discussed are straightforward and clear in their potential application. They have been developed through observing real organisations and the descriptions have been tested with line managers.

Today's leaders are experiencing unprecedented turbulence. Trying to reduce or deny this uncertainty is a futile exercise. Leaders now need to acquire the capability to deal with uncertainty. Leadership coach, Kathy Bennet offers organisations a comprehensive guide to develop this capability in their leaders.

Great people developers take an interest in others, they recognize that they didn't get to where they are on their own, and they want to "pay forward" the time that others have invested in them. Helping others unlock their talent and potential is an enormously rewarding activity, and it doesn't take very much time, just the right attitude.

A sound succession plan will minimise the risk of disruption (or even disaster!) during times of change within an organisation. However, implementing a well-designed succession management system, is easier said than done.

This book offers a practical conversation about making the second half of your life fulfilling and contented. You have a gnawing concern that somehow you are missing out. Everybody else around you is living purposeful, high-achievement lives, and you are wallowing in drudgery.

Research now shows that people with higher levels of emotional intelligence generally have: - Greater job satisfaction - A better chance of getting promoted - A bigger salary

In Leadership in Context 17 thought-leaders cover the following themes: - Leadership as strategic organisational capability and intervention by Theo H Veldsman and Andrew J Johnson - The world of tomorrow: leadership challenges, demands, and requirements by Theo H Veldsman

True leadership has always been more difficult to maintain in challenging times, but the unique stressors facing organisations throughout the world today call for renewed attention to what constitutes truly positive leadership.

In Understanding Leadership 14 thought-leaders cover the following themes: - Leadership as strategic organisational capability and intervention by Theo H Veldsman and Andrew J Johnson

Many organisations find themselves experiencing significant leadership competency gaps, relying on an ever-narrowing base of managers who are sufficiently skilled to enact new managerial roles. The authors have also found that a wide range of social and business influences determines the leadership behaviour within an organisation. The challenges faced by leaders and organisations today are increasingly complex. The words volatile, multidimensional and unprecedented are just a few of the descriptors leaders use when discussing these challenges.Organisations with the highest-quality leaders are simply more likely tooutperform their competition in key bottom-line metrics such as financialperformance, quality of products and services, employee engagement andcustomer satisfaction.In this book the authors focus on:¿ The new leadership landscape¿ The corporate leadership community¿ Leaders are people too¿ Creating leadership brand-enabling conditions¿ Spotting leadership talent¿ New leadership development approaches

Ubuntu is an old African concept, a way of life that was like a religion inAfrican societies - long before the days of colonisation. Ubuntu means to sacrifice for others selflessly, caring and protecting your fellow human beings.Applying ubuntu in the workplace is not always understood. Ubuntu: Shaping the current workplace with (African) wisdom looks at how we can improve workplaces by using the old values and wisdom of our forebears.Msila illustrates how leaders and managers can use the wisdom of this ancient African philosophy to create more humane and productive workplaces.In Ubuntu: Shaping the current workplace with (African) wisdom Professor Vuyisile Msila presents the five P's of ubuntu which contain the elements to enable organisations to thrive.

Organisational Change & Development (OCD) is designed to capture leading-edge thinking about OCD in organisations as it merges with traditional African wisdom. It manifests in issues that differ from organisational effectiveness efforts to a highly individualized craft of catalyst practitioner.The book concludes with a chapter that studies international trends in organisational change and development. The assumptions of the evolving fieldof consulting psychology are incorporated. The multi-cultural nature of the new world of work and the increased diverse settings of organisations of thefuture ask for higher levels of complexity handling ability, systems thinking ability and the ability to be authentic.