Holding a functional leadership role isn’t the most direct route to becoming a CEO. Fewer than 15% of the CEOs in a data set we’ve been scrutinising for more than a year ascended to the corner office after serving as a functional leader such as chief financial officer, chief marketing officer (CMO), chief strategy officer,…
DetailsThe global workforce is undergoing a seismic shift: in four years, millennials – the people born between 1977 and 1997 – will account for nearly half the employees in the world. In some companies, they already constitute a majority. That shift may sound daunting to the managers charged with coaching these young workers, who have…
DetailsA sense of agility or corporate plasticity needs to be developed where the company is in a position to tweak itself depending on the needs and circumstances. And the operationalisation needs to be led proactively by people from the very top. Read the full story here.
Details‘I hail from the deep rural area called Bergville in KZN. It boasts the Drakensberg Mountains – a Unesco World Heritage site. I have always been curious, someone who likes to challenge the norms, coming up with solutions to problems or improving the way of doing things,’ he says. Read Mlungisi’s full story here:
DetailsDarrel Scott describes himself as ‘working in London and living in South Africa’, although he admits he doesn’t get here as often or for as long as he would like. The financial accounting specialist is based in the UK – his office is a short distance from St Paul’s Cathedral and the Tate Modern Gallery,…
DetailsOne of the myths around franchising is that it is only relevant to fast food and restaurants. In South Africa, there are numerous industries and business categories in which over 700 franchisors operate. These include: • Automotive aftermarket • Business to business services • Construction, office and home products and services • Financial services •…
DetailsLet’s face it. There are only two real certainties in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. One is that nobody is a real expert, because it’s all just too new. Remember when social media started moving into the mainstream around 10 years ago and suddenly we had ‘experts’ pouring out of the woodwork looking for their 15…
DetailsBusinesses of all sizes go through a growth journey − from start-up to a point where they can achieve rapid growth and scale into a large, successful business. The length of time a company may stay at a stage in its growth journey may vary, with some business never making it out of a stage…
DetailsThere is still much work to be done in South Africa to create an even playing field for women. In her role as president of African Women Chartered Accountants (AWCA), Zama Khanyile is playing her part. A fund manager at the National Empowerment Fund (NEF), she also leads a team that provides access to capital…
DetailsRooting out ‘negligent procurement spend and invisible inventory’ – the maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) dilemma By Dr Jan Nell Executive Summary How does MRO spend affect your statement of profit and loss and balance sheet? ‘How do we put our balance sheet on a diet?’ Introduction According to Brian Andrew, a speaker at…
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