SAICA is hosting a series of 8 events over 4 weeks to celebrate Women’s Month. The series is driven by inspirational, motivated and successful women, and advances gender equality while challenging the status quo. A poll conducted at the first session revealed that 85% of respondents (280 out of 305 responses) believed that gender bias…
To celebrate Women’s Month we take a look at seven inspiring females who are ‘seeing the greater picture’ and have blown us away with what they are doing to make South Africa and the world a better place. They are truly inspirational role models! Some candidly reveal that before attending the #FinBiz2030 launch in February…
Transformational leadership As we celebrate women this month we have dedicated this issue to inspirational women who are not only wonderful leaders, but who also are actively involved in projects to make the world a better place. We show you women who have challenged, questioned and propelled themselves forward in an environment where people haven’t…
The Maserati brand has always been synonymous with quality and speed, and we test drove the all-new Levante Torfeo to see if this still holds true, especially in an SUV body. The Maserati Levante (including the GTS) is not the most aggressive-looking SUV on the road, but this is all about to change with the…
Women have come a long way in transforming the gender demographics in the corporate world, but there is still a long way to go. They need to be proactive in being the change they want to se. According to the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Gender Gap Report 2020, there is a global labour force…
As South African corporates gradually return to the boardroom, road warriors are longing to take back to the skies and resume business negotiations, build relationships, and discuss new business opportunities. Although business travel is permitted in South Africa, the pandemic has kept everyone on their toes with regulations changing frequently. As consulting firm McKinsey put…
Tau Game Lodge is preparing for domestic travel post-COVID-19 lockdown by ensuring that health and hygiene measures are strictly adhered to at the lodge as well as on game drives. The Tau team has been working on and will be adopting additional health and hygiene measures to provide guests with complete peace of mind during…
With ‘working from home’ becoming the ‘new normal’ in South Africa in the light of COVID-19, many organisations are being forced to transition from being an input-based time watchdog to an output-based productivity matron. In my experience, the ‘old school’ directors who I work or worked with and those within my network are now entering…
‘The times they are a-changin’ … and with lockdown they surely have! If you’re tired of lockdown, have reached saturation point with home-based isolation and have been nostalgically dreaming of travelling again, then you should be looking for an alternative area to isolate where you can take a fun and relaxing time-out breather from lockdown.…
Ask Simonetta Giuricich the most useful quality a leader can have and her answer may surprise you: empathy. While empathy may traditionally have been thought of as a soft skill, Simonetta insists it is her ability to understand the qualities of each of her team members, and her respect for their individual viewpoints, that has…
