VIEWPOINT: Evolving Leadership

Leadership is evolving with the next generation. The way things were done in the past, from pyramid corporate structures to top-down budgeting, has slowly fallen away as new generations come along with their own views on how things should be and where the generation before has gone wrong. This is nothing new – it is…

Vanessa Olver – Soars to greater heights

Vanessa Olver, Business Connexion deputy CEO and group executive of its largest division Shared Services with 2,600 employees, is not only one of the country’s leading businesswomen, but was acknowledged as such when nominated as CEO magazine’s ‘South Africa’s Most Influential Woman in Business for 2013’. Her success stems from combining a strong financial acumen…

UP-TO-DATE: Keeping you informed of business today

Women reinventing leadership There’s an incoming wave of female talent that is reinventing and reimagining leadership in today’s time. These women leaders are resetting the new stage of leadership and reshaping our world view. Join SAICA at the second annual ‘Women in Leadership’ event and be inspired to re-evaluate your position. Guest speakers: Dr Mamphela…

June 2013

Some say that these are three attributes that a great leader must demonstrate. Motive is the reason why you chose the role you have. Passion is what makes you laugh and what makes you cry … or occasionally angry. Spontaneity is the ability to answer a question you haven’t heard before. The quality of executive…