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Where company culture is strong, people do the right thing!

By John Nieuwenburg

Two of the most successful companies of the last decade are Apple and Zappos. Both of them have very strong and well entrenched company cultures. Company culture can be defined as the collective behaviour of people that are part of an organization, it is also formed by the organization values, visions, norms, working language, systems,…

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Test Your Accountability

By John Nieuwenburg

One of the major challenges facing organizations today is to ensure accountability through its policies, procedures, and philosophies. All of us have experienced numerous examples of businesses that have established rules, standards, expectations, and policies, yet are continuously ignored, sabotaged, and/or broken for a variety of reasons. As a manager, business owner or executive, ensuring…

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Socrates was one of the greatest educators!

By John Nieuwenburg

Socrates was one of the greatest educators who taught by asking questions and thus drawing out answers from his pupils (‘ex duco’, means to ‘lead out’, which is the root of ‘education’).  Sadly, he martyred himself by drinking hemlock rather than compromise his principles. He lived very frugally and was known for his eccentricity. One…

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