There are four key generations to consider in the workplace today, for the first time in history you get all four of them working together in the same organization, how odd is that, this must present a lot of challenges for the employers. These generations are the Baby Boomers (born 1946-1964), Generation X (born 1965-1980),...
Category: Business
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Perception Management – Corporate South Africa
“Explain to me why on earth you found it appropriate to test assets this way?” My manager impatiently asked, clearly very disappointed in my methods. “Well… I…” (I’m already too terrified to say anything) ” I thought…” Too tired to listen to my flimsy and soft spoken excuses, he impatiently cuts me off and replies:...
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Corporate Leadership
I would like to address corporate leadership in the modern world, business has become very global, and we can no longer operate in silos, as a country or continent. Leadership is a word that is thrown around in corporate and to most professionals all it means is a title of your position. All that leadership...
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Be. Honest. To. Yourself. First.
I need to make a statement, that’ll help you and your craft. Because really, I’m disappointed and feel that we are failing our journey to excellence. A friend of mine sent me a message on Facebook asking me when I’m changing my profile picture…Honestly, I don’t like taking pics. As I went through my profile...
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Young Professional Association Re-Boot Camp
It is very difficult to pin down what exactly it means to be a modern man in the modern world. The definitions are broad, varied and quite subjective yet so specific as to almost make a him a creature of myth. But what is ubiquitous with these checklists is a trait every man must possess: self-definition....
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Entrepreneurship Will Forever Change How You Think About Money
She has been crowned as an innovator and future business leader by Forbes. Bill Gates mentioned her as one of the millennials making a tremendous difference in their communities. And the list of global business awards that she has achieved is endless- and keeps on accumulating. She has launched two successful businesses that have received international accolades. The...
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Fak’imali uzobona – ‘Money Talks’
Anyway, money really it does talk; a very funny and complicated language that we all understand differently. Gone are the days when every cent that you got (be it from your mother, dad or whoever else felt generous enough to make your pocket / wallet shine) would be invested in something that you needed. Not...
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When Can Black People Emerge From ‘Emerging Markets’?
I’m exhausted and saddened by what happens on a daily basis in Corporate South Africa. I’m one of the few brownies who work in corporate South Africa and some of the things I hear and see leave me deflated. TIA. This is Africa. An acronym I feel usually rears its head to describe something negative...
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Nobody had told me …
Unfortunately, I entered corporate South Africa as myself. Nobody had told me that it was better to present a shrunken version of myself. Nobody had taught me to shrink so that others could be more comfortable with my black presence. Nobody had told me to be apologetic, for… existing as black, female and not a...
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Entrepreneur …
So much can be said about the entrepreneurial spirit, the need to create and advance your dreams. We stand in awe of those who continuously break the mould and reach for higher heights, with only their wit and fervour to excel as their propelling agent, thrusting them forward. I personally am always enthralled by...