Tag: leadership

It doesn’t matter where you lead from, but today the world requires business leaders to step up and contribute. Not only in their respective organisations, but to lead the charge from the front or, as Madiba popularised, leading from behind.

About seven years ago, the United Nations introduced the concept of gender-aware economics and transformative financing. The idea is that funds and other investment vehicles become aware of what they are investing in, taking the time to consider different assets and businesses with a focus on financing women entrepreneurs.

The Upside of Being Myself and Other Leadership Stories is a unique opportunity to catch a breath, step back, and take a long, hard, reflective look at who you are as a leader and where your odyssey will take you. 

Leadership seems deceptively simple to explain, yet in its essence, it is multifaceted and complex. This practical handbook for leaders is structured around a series of key themes and thought-provoking reflective questions.

What you don’t measure, you don’t achieve. It is the reality in just about every organisation. However, despite the progress in gender equality over the years, issues of gender mainstreaming in the workplace are still commonly seen as a sundry matter – and this needs to change.

Throughout the business world, old assumptions about what makes a good leader and what success in the workplace looks like are being discarded. As Gen Z and Millennials - loosely defined as those born between the early 1980s and early 2000s - continue to advance up the career ladder, their distinctly different outlook on work and life is changing age-old notions of success and leadership.

Global spending on digital transformation is projected to reach $1.8 trillion this year, reflecting just how important the integration of digital technologies into all aspects of an organisation has become. And thanks to the impact of the pandemic, local companies have also accelerated their transition into a more digital-forward way of thinking. 

Read our exclusive cover story titled SUITS & SNEAKERS - A MILLENNIAL PERSPECTIVE ON WORKPLACE LEADERSHIP by Wayne Meisel, Business Manager, SAP Africa as well a host of other topical management articles written by professionals, consultants and academics in the August/September 2022 edition of BusinessBrief.

Change continues to drive the business world, creating a need for executive development and growth.

In 2021 alone, The Great Resignation saw 47 percent of high-performing employees leave companies to join another - for better perks, for greater resonance with their values or for more flexible, remote working - or to seek the fertile, fast-growing pastures of digital nomadism. And in terms of those who stayed?