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DECODING ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE
OUR THINKING
Smart conversations about the issues shaping organisational success today
– and how leaders can make sense of them.


PERFORMANCE IS AN OUTCOME
Performance is a lagging indicator. If you want better results, stop chasing outcomes. Start with the conditions you're creating.

Natalie Maroun


THE ART OF SEEING DIFFERENTLY
Performance rarely breaks where you can see it. This article explores how leaders can uncover the invisible forces shaping behaviour, culture, and results – and transform them into sources of strength.

Dr El-Karien van der Linde


GEN AI ISN'T JUST A TOOL. IT'S A TEST
Your employees are using ChatGPT right now. Not for fun. For actual work. The real question isn’t whether AI is coming into your organisation – it’s whether you’re building the capability to harness it, or watching it happen without you.

Yanai Klawansky


THE STRATEGIC POWER OF STILLNESS
Business has never been noisier. Notifications, dashboards, and constant meetings compete for our attention, leaving leaders exhausted and organisations mistaking activity for impact. In this always-on environment, one of the most powerful leadership tools is hitting pause and embracing stillness.

Dr El-Karien van der Linde


HIGH PERFORMANCE SHOULDN'T BREAK PEOPLE
Engagement scores may look strong, but burnout and fatigue are rising. The hidden flaw isn’t effort – it’s design. At TPA, we embed wellness as a structural condition, not a side programme, ensuring organisations perform at their best without breaking their people.

Brandon Lawrence


EXHALE, SOUTH AFRICA
Who could have imagined, just three months ago, that we would be here today? A little battered. A little bruised, for sure. But hopeful.

Natalie Maroun


BETTER ANGELS
Wednesday, 29 May will be a watershed moment for our country.

Natalie Maroun


THINK DIFFERENT
“Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, everything else will follow.” – Steve Jobs By Natalie Maroun Managing Director Steve Jobs’ legacy is ambiguous, dualistic, and complicated. As a human being, he was volatile and mercurial; often mean, often selfish, always demanding. He had a propensity for petulance, and an ability – some might say an appetite – fo

Natalie Maroun


HOPE IS A VERB
Glimmers remind us that there is good in the world. That hope is universal. That it is a verb, with its sleeves rolled up.

Natalie Maroun


THE URGENCY OF STEWARDSHIP
The work of growing the steward leaders who will leave our organisations better than they found them, has never been more important.

Natalie Maroun
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