Feature: The age of speed how to raise your organisation’s metabolism
Organising for speed has become a critical component in today’s consumer market. Here are six things companies must get right Read the full article here.
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Advice: Leadership in difficult times
There are conflicting views on leadership and management – one being that they are not mutually exclusive and that leadership can only be demonstrated in contexts where people are being managed. My view is that entrepreneurs can be the first demonstrators of leadership. Read the full article here.
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Focus: Never hire leaders based on word of mouth
It is no longer sufficient to hire leaders based solely on performance data or the word of top executives. To ensure leaders not only deliver performance results but are also great people requires a more thoughtful view of hiring that considers a range of factors and procedures. Read the full article here.
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Feature: Facing your mid-career crisis
When is mid-career malaise a signal to change course, as opposed to changing how you think and feel? Midlife is not too late: the mid-career crisis can be a spur to radical, vitalising change. Read the full article here.
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Profile: Coaching with international insight
Debbie Ransby has more than 20 years’ extensive corporate multinational experience and she has learnt a great deal along the way. Earlier this year she decided to make a career change as MD of Takeda and launch her very own business coaching practice. She felt it was time to help others achieve their dreams and…
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Better board-committee communication will mitigate risk
By George Williams, Director of Risk Advisory Services at BDO Audit committees are an organisation’s primary resource for oversight of the financial reporting process, the audit process, the company’s system of internal controls and compliance with laws and regulations. However, recent corporate failures, and some of the revelations emerging from the Zondo Commission of Inquiry, indicate…
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Travel allowances – This is what you need to know
Travel allowance is granted to employees who travel for business purposes and it is granted to finance a portion of an employee’s transport costs. Many payroll professionals, however, struggle to come to grips with the South African Revenue Service’s (SARS) travel allowance system, and employees are notoriously lax when it comes to recordkeeping of their…
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Thorough background screening checks vs. online searches – a digital predicament we shouldn’t be caught up in
The evolving digital world and resultant online presence of the population is no doubt changing the way people engage and how business is conducted – but also what information can be sourced online, prior to such engagement taking place. While available online information may give previously unknown insights, is it enough to truly know who…
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Failure to innovate could spell the end for many a business
Opinion by Lee Stacey, Chief Broking Officer in Aon South Africa’s Commercial Risk Solutions Division The overall risk readiness for the Top 10 risks identified in Aon’s 2019 Global Risk Management survey has dropped from 53% in 2017 to 51% in 2019. Failure to innovate and meet customer needs is one of the top ten…
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Understanding the importance of asset allocation and stock selection
Andrew Möller, Director and Chief Executive Officer, Citadel One of the oldest debates in investment circles is whether asset allocation or stock selection is the main driver of portfolio performance. As with the active versus passive debate, however, any successful investor will have realised by now that it is foolish to be in either camp,…
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