Leadership Freak

Lazy leaders blame. Arrogant leaders push down. Fearful leaders push away.

Facebook contributors said, “The worst leaders ______:”

1. Talk too much and think too little.
2. Believe collaboration shows weakness.
3. Fear risk.
4. Need power.
5. Never acknowledge weakness.
6. More (posted on 3/4/13)…

All leaders build organizational culture, worst included.

Negative impact:

Lousy leaders build lousy organizational culture. Anyone suggesting leadership is overrated hasn’t worked with lousy leaders. However…

Power to destroy suggests power to create.

Those who tear down have power to build up.

Culture building leaders:

Dr. Vik (Doc) explains the type of leaders who build empowering organizational cultures in, “The Culture Secret.” Leaders who empower:

1. Connect rather than withdraw. “Leaders can’t lead anything from the office.”
2. Build “chains of empowerment” not “chains of command.”
3. Concentrate on the success of others.
4. Exercise “power with,” not “power over.”
5. Tell people what needs to be done not what to…

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Gigaom

London-based Transferwise is potentially one of the most disruptive financial tech startups out there – the company offers cross-border money transfers with extremely low charges by exploiting a P2P-esque network of local payments – but its mechanism has always been a bit clunky to use. That’s changing, though, as the company just enabled debit card payments.

That may sound like a small change, but it’s pretty fundamental to Transferwise’s future. Here’s why.

The previous system involved three steps (or, from the customer’s perspective, two). An example: a British customer would go to Transferwise’s website and say that he wanted to send £100 ($151), for example, from the UK to Germany. He would then need to visit his own UK bank’s online banking facility to transfer the £100 to Transferwise’s UK account. The startup would then take the euro equivalent out of its German funds – stocked up by users in…

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Ahoy Werner

This news just in. An irregular reader asked for webaddress of this site. I gave it to him. Will he read it. I do not know. Oh well.

Madness stalks unfamous writer

The unfamous writer is me.
I am going mad. It is quite bad.
See! Now i am rhyming.
Bad timing
Short timing
Fusebox took some knocks
Memory blocks
Electroshox

Come this way
Down my little nightmare hole
Come follow me and
See
Deedeedee dum dum
Twiddle my thumb
Sit on my bum
Slide down the slippery slope
To nowhere hope

But now never you mind, please dont look back
It’s bad for your neck
It might just snap

Look away look away

This is crap i know but working on it

Crap but what to do?

Breakfast of champions. New discovery tantillavates your tongue buddies

Breakfast. Late. Hunger strikes.
A brilliant breakfast combo was discovered late this morning. It’s my morning so i can give it a possesive pronunk ok.

Anyway. Rye bread toast. Bread bought cheap at Spar. Expired stuff. Good for you.  Egyptian fig jam. Raison d’etre for dem funny liddle pharoahs. Cheese. Cheddar. Proper stuff from lady who sells cow produx. Garlic. Woman slayer since forever. Coffee. NATO standard. 1 coffee.2 sugar. Milk. Ten q.
Combine ingreds. Coffee stuff in mug you mug. Rest on white porcelain side plate. Smaller dishes means less washing up. Bachelor habits. Haphazardly married 17 years. Bless her heart. I love her madly. Mad. Ly.
Eat breakfast. Take photogs and write up.

From top. Plate food mug. Then plate no food mug. Then excellent sunset.

Grumptious Fonz

Ants on the march again. Fighting reported around Zinkland

Zinkland.
Fighting has broken out again in the region of Zinkland. Massive infantry movements were reported by our correspondent covering this region. Fleeing refugees state large infiltration along main routes, by soldiers of  General Queeant. These seem to be reinforcements bolstering regular incursions into Zinkland.

Previous attacks were routed by determined defensive actions initiated by Commisar Generalissimo Wife.  Wife has instructed her meagre forces to resist all “evil infiltrations by Queeant”. Her high pitched voice has been instrumental in rallying her troops to take back Zinkland at all costs.

Queeant’s forces have become adept at night time incursions, using darkness to set up battalions along the Breadboard plateau with aggressive forays across the deserts of Dirty Dishes and over onto the wastelands of Foodleftout.

Foodleftout province has experienced much deprivations of late and General Wife has been especially vociferous in tirades against own forces; blaming failure to protect this region on Colonel Hasbin. Hasbin has allowed enemy victory under cover of darkness, and he might be replaced soon. In a brief media statement over breakfast he mumbled “I was sleeping. Do you expect me to stay up all night?”.  Wife has instigated a commission of enquiry.

Is victory in sight for General Queeant? Can momentum be maintained? Troops have been seen in various other provinces; with quick reaction from Wife’s harried troops preventing full scale take over.

Queeant forces scurry for cover. Photog taken by correspondents on overflight missions.

Wife is mulling several options, chemical warfare the most obvious solution. Chemical warfare was successfully used in earlier campaigns; but did not bring a lasting peace to the region. With political options all but used up, what remains? A final solution? Bring in outside mercenary forces expert in chemical warfare? Will Wife’s war chest allow for this costly assistance? Assistance which has failed in other countries currently engaged in similar low key wars.

Evidence of extensive trenchworks. Queeant troops dissapear into defensive positions during several low aerial passes. No ground fire this time. Are troops instructed to maintain no fight zones?

Extensive Queeantia trenchworks around Zinkland borders. Evidence of buildup prior to all out offensives against Zinkland?

The propaganda machine of Military contractors such as Mortem, Raid, and the aptly named Doom company have led us to believe that chemical war is the only long term solution. Is this just simple profiteering?

Dogs of War! Private Military Contractors hunting down Special Forces commanded by Colonel Lizzardo. Elite SF troops face bitter actions from PMCs intent on destroying them. But PMCs enjoy regular replenishment and shelter from General Wife. Third Force or just taking advantage of weak oversight? Contractors repeatedly ignored requests for interviews.

Despondent Zinklandians do not foresee any resolution in the near future. Only a slow grinding down of Wife’s resolve to carry on the fight to prevent the never ending
assault of General Queeant.

General Queeant has the numbers. And the drive. And a simple philosophy. Find food for Winter.

This reporter hiding out in dense jungle, Gardenia Province. Jungle harbours loyalists to General Queeant. Fears for his life but intent on getting the story out.

Piece out.

The food section. Why. Because.

This is good food. You must enjoy it. You must let it sing to you. A visceral feeling of yumshin enters my gullet. Yeehah explodes everywhere. Nachos ayayauayay
And then the cramps. Mexico. Land of beans.

Sports. Rugby. Hardcore. Junior school. 12- 13 year olds. Pretoria. Hot summer afternoon. Today

Centurion, Pretoria

Summer afternoon, temp 30’s, wind westerly.
Teams. Wierdapark vs Danie Malan and Elarduspark.
Two meat grinder fields.
Parents, pavilion.
Cheering, look up, try right corner. He lines up for conversion,22m line but too far. Lad is a bit small to kick so far.
Firsts trundle off to warm up. It’s hot but at least the benches are hard.
What a friggin awesome view. Westerly clouds building up, it might rain. Or not.  Ok i dont sports write. But the grass is pretty green and the white lines are linear and neat.
Commentator: “Ref is technical, good catch, headbutt Strijdom. A good headbutt in the beginning of the season will sort you out for the rest of the season”.

Try and conversion. Number two sets up and then backwards, forwards; dance, dance and then try. Conversion by little red head, number 10, who is apparently brilliant at distance. From halfway line into road. With two metres to clear. A budding Morne Steyn.
Few plays later and back at the try line. Wierdapark dominating this game. Sun hot and ref blowing. Possession dominated by Wierdas. Dominated cool term for this game. Wierdas hovering, charging attacking at the opposition line. Danie Malan het ‘n plan.

Clouds, i missed the try; taking a photo of the clouds. No replay so no idea who did what. Far kick easily converted. Redhead is a genius. Probably end up an accountant.
Charge down the flank, scrummer runs, tackled, try coming up. Ok not.
Halftime whistle. Parent male shouts something guttural. Move over now to shady side of field.
Quick half time. Wierdas still dominating. Ball out at 22m. Throw in. Always highlight of this game. Centers prepping, hoping for that leather to come out to them, to them, to glory. Driving scrum. Wierdas in charge of a Blue Bull style scrum charge. A terrible thing to happen to you. Especially if you only 40kg, Oom. Ball pops out; but Danie Malan get it away. Parents screaming. But he fumbles ball. Wierdas scrum.
Ball out, Wierdas motor down the left flank. A small collection of bones, number 5,takes the glory and scores. Redhead misses conversion, probably worried about road again. Afrikaans and rugby perfect language combo. Parents serious. Breakaway, kick back down left flank. Ball scooped by fullback, runs then drops to ground as per plan. Scrum at the five. Ball out and Wierdas short run to try again. Redhead second chance but that road again. He seems to hold back and misses.
Kick off, Wierdas play and back down the centre. A charge by number two, drops down and set up for a lightning fast run, by number 12, continuing down the centre. Try under the poles. Redhead no miss.
Kickoff and Wierdas kick out near 22.  Danie Malan throw in but messy. Scramble for ball and ref blows.
Scrum middle 22 meter line.  Ball out, Wierdas get it and ball goes to centre man with silver white hair, number 12 again. He tries, not afraid of small size vs large DM scrummers. Convert ball over bar and into road. Parents discuss merits of rugby ball damage to parked cars.
Scrappy play up and down. A father agitated. His son losing focus.

Wierdas dominate again. Nice charge. Number 3 front man,like wounded buffalo and grimace to match,smashes through and sets up. Neatly executed backline maneuvre gets ball and slick run and try left flank. Redhead converts. End whistle.
Aggro dad recriminates failure son, clenches teeth, expressing precisely how to tackle.

A great game. Clinical execution by Wierdas, following predetermined game plan. Flawless, achieving happy medium of team plays supporting individual talent. Interview with player 2 revealed the following: Reason for thorough win was their driving,attacking play and their judicial kicking. Ok he didn’t use the big words. Teamwork was another point. They did not have any tricky moves.

Coach instructed them to “Hak die balle as dit hulle balle is, skop vir pale en spanwerk….” (Hook the ball if it is their ball in the scrum, kick for poles and teamwork).Real basic stuff. Amazing how this always wins games. Wish the grownups would do likewise.

Rest of season beckons. Green grass strains towards sun. It rained later on.

Ball out…

Test first news commentary

First test news commentary. No news is good news. Lets surf instead.