Africa’s Leadership Challenge: It’s About Mindset
Examining the deeper issues affecting leadership in Africa, focusing on the need for transformative thinking over traditional training
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The useful update
- Leadership issues in Africa are often misunderstood; it's more about mindset than skills
- Traditional responses to leadership crises involve adding more training and tools
The stakes
- Understanding the root causes of leadership challenges can lead to more effective solutions
- Focusing on mindset shifts can transform organizational performance and engagement
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- Coaching is presented as a potentially powerful tool for developing leadership across the continent
- There’s an ongoing discourse about how to address performance crises in organizations
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Original report Africa doesn’t have a leadership problem. It has a thinking problem.
Publisher: MyJoyOnline · Published Apr 28, 10:24 am · myjoyonline.com
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Why coaching may be the most overlooked lever for performance and leadership across the continent. A few years ago, I worked with a senior leader whose organisation was facing what many would desc…
A few years ago, I worked with a senior leader whose organisation was facing what many would describe as a performance crisis. Targets were being missed, the team was disengaged, and decisions were slow, often revisited, and sometimes avoided altogether
What happened
- Leadership issues in Africa are often misunderstood; it's more about mindset than skills
- Traditional responses to leadership crises involve adding more training and tools
- Coaching has revealed that many lack the ability to confront uncomfortable truths affecting their decisions
- A key moment in coaching revealed that unexamined assumptions significantly shape decision-making processes
Why this matters
- Understanding the root causes of leadership challenges can lead to more effective solutions
- Focusing on mindset shifts can transform organizational performance and engagement
- Addressing underlying fears and assumptions can improve decision-making at all levels
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