Tag: resilience

Over 21 years of building a business have taught me many lessons about people, leadership, and sustainable growth. These lessons apply across industries and business environments. They also offer valuable guidance for South African business leaders navigating changing markets, evolving technologies, and complex workplaces.

Your firewall cannot save you because the workplace it was designed to protect barely exists anymore. Employees work from anywhere. Applications sit in the cloud, while data moves between platforms and devices. Businesses also increasingly rely on third parties and connected services. The office may still have a firewall, but the business itself has long since moved beyond its walls.

Cheslin Kolbe: Sidestepping the Odds offers readers an intimate account of one of South Africa’s most recognisable rugby figures. Kolbe wrote the book with award-winning writer and broadcaster David O’Sullivan. The memoir traces Kolbe’s journey from Kraaifontein to international rugby. As a young boy, he was consistently the smallest player on the rugby field.

From the sawdust-covered floors of a small Krugersdorp joinery to Johannesburg’s boardrooms, Forged in Grit tells an extraordinary story. Barry Philip Lok, founder of William Tell, traces his journey from humble beginnings in the 1970s to building one of South Africa’s leading publicly listed manufacturing businesses.

The Golden Thirteen were the first African American men commissioned as officers in the United States Navy. Their story is more than a historical milestone. It is a powerful example of how teams can perform under pressure, overcome systemic barriers and create lasting change.

When the body breaks and the mind spirals, this is what it takes to fight your way back. Born with a congenital aortic valve defect, Brandon Fairweather was always destined for open-heart surgery. However, he never expected to need it at just 28 years of age. He shares his encounters with gripping spells of physiological and medical-related anxiety throughout his journey to, and beyond, the life-changing surgery.

Blending personal testimony with practical tools, the book examines how trauma and adversity shape the way people live, work, lead and relate. It also offers a path toward healing, self-awareness, and authentic transformation. In Trauma to Triumph, Botha draws on her lived experience and her professional work in law, mediation, and conflict resolution.

Trust is the foundation of every relationship, whether in business, sport, friendship, or marriage. Once broken, can it ever truly be restored? Or must we create something entirely new?

The author returns with an urgent call to reimagine the essentials of courageous leadership. In a time of deep uncertainty, bluster, hubris and even cruelty are increasingly being accepted as acceptable leadership traits. However, the author delivers practical and actionable insights.

Let’s clear something up straight away. There is no such thing as overnight success. This is where the overnight success myth begins. It’s an impressive phrase. However, it belongs in the same category as “instant legacy” or “effortless empire”. In fact, the overnight success myth is catchy and marketable, but largely fiction.