summarised by Carol Butcher   Setting up offices in Africa is about people performing against the odds. You only succeed in Africa because of the people that you have in your organisation. There are two critical things when

By Carol Butcher Legendary jazz musician and jazz educator, mentor of aspiring musicians and Head of the Gauteng Music Academy, Johnny Mekoa passed away recently. Mekoa has left a lasting legacy. He serves as a remarkable

By Marius Meyer On 3 July 2017 more than 30 professional bodies convened as part of the Independent Professional Bodies Forum at the SA Board for People Practices (SABPP) office in Rosebank, Johannesburg.  Dr Michele Serfontein

By Justin Bodill Those of us working in the corporate space, can learn a great deal from the world of elite sport. As someone who specialises in learning and development, the way in which sports teams

By Kerryn Kohl “Will we need leaders in the future?” Apparently so! If my research is anything to go by. However what is glaringly clear is that although leadership roles are safe, the current way in which we

Building Leaders for the Next Decade: How to support the workplace goals of Generation X, Y & Z Is there a gap between how one generation wants to lead and how another generation wants to be

Summarised by Carol Butcher   The state of ethics in business isn’t rock solid. You expected more when you cast your vote. We’re sick of dishonesty and unethical practices. What is the moral posture we should be

Summarised by Carol Butcher Kung Fu is a metaphor for a journey over the last three years. How do you affect cultural change across 6 000 people? Kungfu is the practices, habits and the habits, the things

By Marius Meyer  For decades management journals, analysts, the media and other interested parties have been fixated with the question of what keeps CEOs awake at night.  Top consulting firm PwC released an annual CEO survey

By Megan Yates - Ixio Analytics Data Science and Data Scientists are hot topics. The Harvard Business Review famously called the role of Data Scientist, the ‘sexist job of the 21st century’. Many organizations in fields