MODERN LEADERSHIP
Fuelling The Fire vs.
Dampening The Spirits
– Why The Biggest
Competition Is Yourself
By Janine Garner
T
he world is becoming
increasingly competitive – we
can see, feel, almost taste it
every day in our own businesses
areas and enterprises. Fast paced
and ever changing; the experts are
telling us that we are living in a world
that is volatile, uncertain, complex
and ambiguous. The job economy
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is evolving before our very eyes
as technology reshapes the what,
why and how we do things. The
increasing number of platforms
through which we can communicate
are equally putting control at our
clients fingertips. Customers,
clients and suppliers are becoming
more demanding. Resources that
were once plentiful are becoming
increasingly stretched and at the
same time we are all trying to make
sense of the significant knowledge
and data that is available in bucketloads.
We are living in an era where the
business of busyness is speeding