Tag: corporate culture

Given current threat levels, all organisations should assume that they will experience some sort of cyber security incident sooner or later—probably sooner. Plan for the worst and, most important of all, know what to do when an incident occurs.

Fantastic news is that your business is booming and it’s now time to start expanding the team. With the unemployment rate in South-Africa being extremely high (27%), how hard can it be to find someone to fill the gap? The answer: Extremely difficult! It’s not just about filling a seat with a bum but bringing a candidate onboard with the right skills and experience and someone who will live your values and sees your business’ vision as if it’s their own.

I asked the only woman to have made it to the senior ranks of a leading bank to what she attributed her success. “I was fortunate,” she said. “The bank hired a coach to teach me how to act and react like a man. I was even taught techniques to stop tears when I felt emotional.” Today this practice would be unacceptable, but the attitude still manifests in other ways.

Organisations looking for growth in 2020 and beyond should question long-standing beliefs about business growth in favour of fresh new beliefs and behaviours. This is the outcome of the most comprehensive global study ever done, spanning 73 countries, interviews with 500 senior executives, 1,500 online survey contributions, and artificial intelligence analysis of over 3,500 pieces of literature

Around the world, workspace requirements are changing dramatically. Fuelled by an increasingly tech-driven business ecosystem, office spaces have to evolve in order to meet new workplace demands.

Psychopaths are not just found in serial killer movies and crime novels – they stalk corporate corridors too, where their trail of destruction might not include murder, but can mean the death of productivity, motivation and profits.

Dr Renata Schoeman | Leadership Lecturer and renowned Psychiatrist | University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) | mail me  | Psychopaths are not just found...

Governing bodies, and the role they play, are under the spotlight like never before. How should members of governing bodies ensure that they are covering all the bases?