Management Tips From People Practioners

Welcome to the Ukwanda podcast! In this episode, we speak to Nathan Rogerson a qualified clinical psychologist and mental wellness coach. Nathan speaks to us about the following topics:- a phenomenon called millennial burnout and its relation to digital over-consumption and information overload. - the "failure to launch phenomenon" in millennials- neurotoxicity of gaming - importance of down-time and digital detox- is there permanent damage to neurogenesis from digital over consumption?- how digital overload affects empathy and relationships

Welcome to the JvR Ukwanda podcast! In this episode, we speak to Nathan Rogerson a qualified clinical psychologist and mental wellness coach. His Master's dissertation was on social media addiction and was the first study of its kind in South Africa. He has maintained a clinical and research interest on the impact of digital technology on mental health ever since. Nathan has spent most of his work life in private, specialist clinics in South Africa and overseas. He has over 7 years of organisational experience in senior management in the Health Care sector.Recently he returned from Ireland with his family and opened a private practice and consulting business in Jeffreys’s Bay.In his consulting role, he helps individuals, teams and organisations increase their productivity through improved focus. He enjoys running, reading and good coffee shops that don’t have screenshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/nathrogerson/http://nathanrogerson.co.za/nathan@rogerson.co.za

The term 'values' is widely used but often misunderstood. Many managers don't realise how important corporate and individual values are to them performing well in their job!In this episode, Cobi Hayes, a research psychologist at JvR Psychometrics uncovers the many facets of values and how leaders and organisations can ensure alignment between corporate values and the personal values of their employees. In this episode we touch on:What are values?Values as a cognitive needThe power of understanding your team's needsOrganisational value cultureAlignment of personal and organisational values

In this episode Dr. Jopie de Beer explains how entrepreneurship works and how it changes through the different phases of the Adizes model. This model can help managers understand how their own preferences might relate to organisations at different life phases, and how leadership requirements may change as the organisation matures.If you are interested in how you can increase the innovative potential of the organisations you work for ask us about:Measuring individual entrepreneurial potential (from entry to executive level)and how to get agile teams to the performing stage fasterEmail info@jvrafrica.co.za, or contact us on (+27)11 781 3705

In this episode we interview Kasturi Adari, HR Manager of Anglo American's EMEA Shared Services. Kasturi has extensive HR experience in a variety of industries, and the discussion is equally broad - delving into various areas of the HR field as a whole. We unpack some of her key learnings, and some of the challenges looking forward. Her insights will be valuable to all our listeners working in corporate HR departments.Some topics covered:Robotic Process Automation - RPAOrganisational DevelopmentTalent managementDiversity & Inclusion at AngloOn boardingIndustrial Relations

“Managing demands of future business aspirations and current people needs requires that the design of a talent management strategy, talent philosophies and processes are user-centric, immersed in context and value driven." Dennis van der Zee------------I this episode we talk to Dennis van der Zee, about talent management. Dennis is an organizational psychologist that heads up Talent at Derivco - an online gaming development house. He has experience ranging from global culture integrations, performance management design, and global leadership bench strength development. In this episode, we touch on a wide range of topics including:Digital HRPerformance managementBuilding a Talent Minded business without becoming inflexible, and Working with managers to ensure effective talent management practices------------You can connect with Dennis on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dennis-van-der-zee-7b236215/If you would like to participate, or if you want to hear more about a specific topic, please send an email to

In our daily lives it is inevitable that we will encounter unreasonable or difficult people. As a manager, it is important to handle these interactions with tact and with the aid of emotional intelligence. In this episode we speak to Rob Warman the senior facilitator at JvR Academy who facilitates workshops on emotional intelligence, stress management, conflict management, diversity and leadership development. Rob provides methods for dealing with difficult people and how to identify if you are in fact a difficult person.

Performance management that tap's into a person's intrinsic motivations.In this episode of Ukwanda, we talk to Tricia Jones about performance management!Tricia is a passionate coach, facilitator and People Development Consultant. She is also the owner of Capacity Builder - a people performance hub that provides innovative coaching, mentoring, training, and change management solutions. Tricia's speciality is performance management. She uses performance blueprints to help individuals, teams and organisations understand their own blueprint for performance. She also does work in the leadership space, helping leaders to grow their skills by tapping into their own talents and strengths, providing them with tried and tested tips and tricks and challenging their people to practice ideas to improve their effectiveness.In this episode we discuss:How to design a performance management system designed to tap into individual's intrinsic motivations?We look at engagement and ask what is your attrition strategy?How to use t

In this episode we interview Jonathan Cook, He is the co-founder and chairman of the African Management Initiative (AMI), which offers scalable approaches to developing African managers and entrepreneurs across the continent. He is also the founder of Thornhill Associates, which provides customisable and cost effective online multi-rater feedback systems with accompanying consulting and coaching services, mostly for the purposes of management development. Go to www.thornhill.co.za for more information.In this 2nd instalment with Jonathan Cook we cover: •Setting vision and goals and reinforcing them by linking daily activities to goals•Performance management as summaries of regular feedback and coaching•Learning organisations, and learning managers (an overview on Kolb)•The importance of feedback for managers and 360-degree feedback•Managing behaviour change for managers and an example of constructively dealing with conflict

Would you like to be known as a great manager? This is the Ukwanda podcast, where we focus on people management in Africa. In this episode we interview Jonathan Cook, He is the co-founder and chairman of the African Management Initiative (AMI), which offers scalable approaches to developing African managers and entrepreneurs across the continent. He is a past director and is currently part time faculty member of the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) of the University of Pretoria, which he joined in 2004. He is also chairman and chief consultant of Thornhill Associates, that provides online 360-degree feedback questionnaires to companies. Go to www.thornhill.co.za for more information.After qualifying as a counselling psychologist, he spent ten years with the National Institute for Personnel Research in Johannesburg, followed by 15 years at the Wits Business School, where he founded the Management Development Unit and was Academic Director. He is a past chairman of the Association of African Business

In this second part of the episode, Dr. Jopie de Beer shares some of her insights on the following topics:Your reputation and the gift of failure.The link between emotionally intelligent behaviour and culture in your organisation.Tips to achieve psychological safety in your team.Self-regard and self-insight necessary in dealing with diversity.Is management and leadership in-born or developed?

Do you want to get the most out of your team!? Welcome to the JvR Ukwanda podcast - where people practitioners share leadership, and business insights for managers.In this first 2-part episode, Jopie de Beer talks about what it takes to be a successful manager, first covering some personal questions, and then moving on to:why people management is the hardest part of being a manager.some tips for getting the most out of your teamand the role that ambition plays in the transition from ME to WE.