Rebuilding Trust If you look at the traits of the great leaders of our time, there is one that stands out: they are all highly trusted. As a CA(SA) you know that no matter how captivating your vision is, how great your strategy is, how effectively you communicate, or even if you have a team…
This article isn’t directed at the large multinationals with vast security resources but is meant for the individual who is keen to protect his privacy and small businesses who want to make sure they are protecting their information Over the course of the last decade, a new economy has come to dominate global markets; similar…
My previous article, ‘Debilitating Inflation’ in the July 2017 issue of ASA, was a warning not to assess growth in absolute rand terms but rather in percentage growth. Despite this, I found myself falling into this trap again. We’ve acquired a couple of new neighbours in the last year and being the sociable street that…
There may be times when you need to co-present with two or three other people as part of your talk. In order for you and your team to present with impact, follow the steps below. Present as a unified force: A group presentation is one presentation with a number of presenters delivering it. It is…
These are the four words that Parmi Natesan CA(SA) lives by. Besides her prestigious position as Executive: Centre for Corporate Governance at the Institute of Directors in Southern Africa, Parmi Natesan recently received a Rising Star Alumni Award from the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality (NMMU). She took time out to respond to our questions The…
Unhealthy lifestyles are clearly linked to serious long-term health problems as well as significant short-term wellness impairment. The answer is behaviour change, but this is not happening In the South African financial services sector, some 55% of people are overweight, 60% do not exercise, 20% smoke, and 20% report serious stress problems … the list…
Why transformation efforts fail Over the past decade, John Kotter has watched more than 100 companies try to remake themselves into significantly better competitors. Here is what he has to say … These have included large organisations (Ford) and small ones (Landmark Communications), companies based in the United States (General Motors) and elsewhere (British Airways),…
For the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Organisation of African Unity (now the African Union), African leaders adopted Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want – a vision for a prosperous Africa based on inclusive growth and sustainable development. One of the defining features of this agenda is the structural transformation of African economies…
That’s Paul and Courtney Esterhuizen’s motto. Both are CAs(SA) who landed in the UK just three years ago and already they have crossed 30 countries off their bucket list – and they are still going strong. Paul and Courtney Esterhuizen describe themselves as a down-to-earth couple who are passionate about travel, entrepreneurship, healthy and active…
There’s no doubt that the last 12 months have got most people muttering, ‘Well, truth is stranger than fiction, after all.’ It’s easy to get caught up in the mass, global Chicken Little, ‘the sky is falling in’ reaction to events such as the Trump election and the Brexit referendum. We’re used to keeping an…