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…
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…
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),…
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…
Beyond phenomenal These are the game-changers, the out of the ordinary under 35 CAs(SA) for 2017 Kubendren Pillay (32), CFO at TB/HIV Care Association Describe yourself in a few words. I can see the bigger picture and like to understand how things work. Your favourite hobby? I loved playing action cricket (which I haven’t done…
In an American law television series I had watched a manager who had been a critical part of the firm’s success and who had performed tasks beyond her role, approached the MD and asked to be admitted as a partner in the firm. She was not a lawyer, which is a generally accepted qualification for…