Zamagias Consulting

This is one of those ‘do as I say, not as I do’ articles, and a bit of mea culpa. I have always been a cerebral type of person, I can see...

Loyalty has to be earned; platitudes and preachiness will not cut it and will only succeed in turning others away.

Any good manager will tell you how important it is to lead with your instincts. And this is true, your instincts, or gut, is often the...

Who are your stakeholders? Who would you consider important enough to your business, that you would consider buying them a cup of coffee?

Risk appetites are waning as there is no obvious relief in the future. 

Whether your waiting time is short or long, learn how to make time your friend.

Delegation is not about palming off tasks, it is about maximizing skills and energies to achieve best outcomes.

What does it mean to be Trustworthy? 

There are many good recipes for fried rice on the internet. The beauty of fried rice is the ingredient list is so flexible. You can put...

Not everyone is born or grows into being a leader, but everyone on this earth is a follower.

This is one of the most difficult articles for me to write, mostly because it is more worthy of a book than an article. But I think it is...

Many good leaders have developed their skills by learning from others as well, which means that they are likely to have been good followers

Regularly interrogate your chart of accounts, it will help you to understand your operations better.

A recent Harvard Business Review article on leadership caught my attention. It was entitled Practice leadership in low-risk environments,...

The musical, Hamilton, continues to be an inspiration to me, and I cannot listen to the song, “The room where it happens” without...

Seasons are all around us. As we enter spring we see the emergence of new life. In sheep country we see new lambs, we see new flowers...

There are many books written on negotiating, some of which are very good. This article is not going to attempt to summarize all the key...

Those who know me are often surprised that I haven’t written this article yet, as it is something I so often say. I have written about...

You may have come across the type of leader who says, “Because I said so.” You may have had it said to you, or you may have even said it...

In our outcomes-based society, and largely thanks to an over-reliance on, or perhaps a misunderstanding of cost benefits analysis...