top of page
RdL speaks with Sir Mahesh Patel about his Leadership Insights
Click the link below to listen to Sir Mahesh's Leadership Insights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVdeHPvk244

Robert de Loryn
Nov 9, 20201 min read
RdL speaks with Dennis Williams from the Digicel Group about his Leadership Insights
Click the link below to listen to Dennis' Leadership Insights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wDaj5MLCWo

Robert de Loryn
Nov 9, 20201 min read
RdL speaks with Bram Rutten about his Leadership Insights
Click the link below to listen to Bram's Leadership Insights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXSyRZKQpi4 Bram Rutten, born in the Netherlands, is a seasoned leader in the FMCG industry, with nearly 20 years’ experience in supply chain management, manufacturing, logistics and procurement. After leadership roles within production in The Netherlands and Nigeria he took up management positions in Suriname and Papua New Guinea. Bram is currently based in Hungary working as supp

Robert de Loryn
Nov 9, 20203 min read
RdL speaks with Tim Costello about his Leadership Insights
Click the link below to listen to Tim's Leadership Insights. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXpYqL-30vM Rev Tim Costello is one of Australia’s most respected community leaders and a sought after voice on social justice issues, leadership and ethics. For 13 years until October 2016, Tim was Chief Executive of World Vision Australia (WVA). Tim is the Executive Director of Micah Australia. He is also Director of Ethical Voice. Other positions Tim holds are Senior Advisor fo

Robert de Loryn
Nov 9, 20202 min read
RdL Speaks with Andrew Catford from Hagar International about his Leadership Insights
Click the link below to watch Andrew's video on his Leadership Insights. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mnyLaet5hA Dr Andrew Catford Andrew is the Global CEO of Hagar International, a non-for profit that works to free and heal communities of the trauma of human trafficking, modern slavery and abuse. He overseas five Program Offices in Asia with a staff of approximately 200 people and six Fundraising Offices in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, UK and US. A

Robert de Loryn
Nov 9, 20204 min read
Dealing with Change
Jim Hemerling from the Boston Consulting Group shares his thoughts on leading in an era of constant change. One of his points is to not impose change on your people Some of his key findings about the leaders includes the following; Too slow to act – leading to a constant crisis mode Short term approach – not securing a future for the company and its people Taking a 1 off approach to the issue and not establishing a long term strategy to deal with the issue. Jim shares in his

Robert de Loryn
Nov 9, 20201 min read
Mental Health Rep
When safety became the focus of all industry, we implemented the Occupational health, safety and environment representatives. Companies invested heavily into the education of these people to ensure they were well equipped to ensure the workplace risks were reduced and in the event that an incident did occur, were there to make sure things were put in place to ensure it does not happen again. As the environment changes around us, we now need to shift our focus to also conside

Robert de Loryn
Nov 9, 20202 min read
Tips to Consider When Planning to Reopen Your Business
Businesses need to plan for the time when they will reopen after the lockdown ends. If you want to open your business and want to stay ahead of others, you should ideally plan your strategy to restart in the post-pandemic world. There are many post-pandemic changes to expect in the workplace across different countries that are widely impacted by the coronavirus. If you open your business or plan to bounce back without an effective strategy, you might not know how to move a

Robert de Loryn
Nov 9, 20202 min read
Top tips for communicating in a crisis
A good leader would know that communication during a crisis is critical. They communicate with urgency, transparency, and empathy, it helps people adjust to the constantly changing conditions crises bring. A tone of urgency encourages people to make quick decisions to mitigate harm. Transparency builds trust in leaders and conveys respect for employees. Showing empathy and conveying a compelling message of hope can foster resilience. Following research by Harvard Business

Robert de Loryn
Nov 9, 20203 min read
The New Normal – Working from Home
The law or policies are usually very clear on who can work from home. This was all good and well up to Covid-19 but now things have changed. Whether we like it or not, the policies we once had on working from home now need an urgent review. You see, when we allow most of our people to work from home because the company or law states, it goes to show that it can also be done at other times. Is your business ready to accommodate the increase in requests and does your policy

Robert de Loryn
Nov 9, 20201 min read
bottom of page