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On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Dr. Liziwe Masoga who is the Chief HR Officer at Massmart. She is a seasoned Executive who has worked in Retail and Financial Services industries over the last 25 years. Prior to joining Massmart, Dr. Masoga was the Executive for People, Brand & Customer Experience at Old Mutual Insure, and Head of People Operations and Discovery Holdings. Dr Masoga holds a Doctorate in Consulting Psychology and completed an Executive Development Programme through Oxford University’s Saïd Business School in London

She unpacked her journey, as proud Vista University alumnus and discussed the future of work, HR function, employee engagement and leadership skills for the new reality. She recommended 4 fantastic books

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Dr Andrew Johnson, who is a guru in leadership development. He is the Chief Learning Officer at Eskom and co-author of the book: Leadership: perspectives from the front line. It was named the biggest book on Leadership in South Africa, with over 100o pages. This episode is part two of the 90 minutes interview we had on leadership in crisis times

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Dr Andrew Johnson, who is a guru in leadership development. He is the Chief Learning Officer at Eskom and co-author of the book: Leadership: perspectives from the front line. It was named the biggest book on Leadership in South Africa, with over 100o pages. This episode is part one of the 90 minutes interview we had on leadership in crisis times

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Bohani Hlungwane, who is a Group Head of Sales for Trade and Working Capital at ABSA. He is a guru and a respected thought leader in finance and trade. Prior to this role Bohani was a Director and Product Lead at HSBC based in Hong Kong. He holds a Senior Executive Leadership Program qualification from Stanford University and an MBA from GIBS. He unpacked his journey, reflecting on his key career development and leadership drivers and principles that have served him well over the years. We also deep dived into how large and medium-sized organisations can be financially resilient as we navigate these challenging times. Additionally he shared practical ways in which banks can help to business avoid collapsing because of this crisis.

Challenge: Learn a new skill

Book Recommendations:

1) Long Walk to Freedom – an autobiography written by South African President Nelson Mandela

2) Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini

 

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Yandiswa Xhakaza CEO at Nal’ibali Trust. Prior to her  role as Chief Executive, she was a founding Head of  School at the Arrow Academy, in Centurion. She holds an MBA from GIBS and she is driven and committed to the uplifting of others, particularly children through quality education. She shared powerful leadership principles that has served her well over the years and how she is navigating the organization and championing the culture of reading for children in these unprecedented times.

Links from the discussion:

Nali’bali website: https://www.nalibali.org/

WhatsApp line: 0600 44 22 54

Book recommendations:

* The seat of the soul by Gary Zukaz

* Principles Ray Dalio

* [For kids] The Big Friendly Giant by Roald Dahl

Partnership portal (Become a Funda Leader: https://www.nalibali.org/become-funda-leader

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Prof Tshilidzi Marwala, who needs no introduction. He is the Vice-Chancellor and Principal at the University of Johannesburg. Prof Marwala is also the deputy chairperson of the presidential commission on the fourth industrial revolution, non-executive director at Nedbank. He has received in excess of 45 honours and awards. On this conversation, he unpacked his journey highlighting insights and principles to his success and how he is navigating the the University of Johannesburg through these unprecedented times.

Book Launch details: 30 June 2020

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As the economy opens up, for most companies digital transformation is top of mind, and to that end, we started our digital transformation sub-series. This is the third installment of the series. On this podcast Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Yolanda Cuba, who is the Group Chief Digital & FINTECH Officer at MTN. Yolanda’s experience include being CEO of Vodafone Ghana, executive director at SAB, also CEO of Mvelaphanda Group at age 29, making her the youngest CEO of a JSE listed company at the time. She served at the board of ABSA for 12 years. We had a fantastic 90 minuets conversation, and we have split the interview into two podcasts, this is part 2 of the interview where I started by asking Yolanda, how leaders should be thinking about digital transformation in the context of the Covid crisis. Yolanda’s book recommendations:

* Execution – The Discipline of Getting Things Done, by Charles Burck, Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan

* The Eagle and the Springbok: Essays on Nigeria and South Africa by Adekeye Adebajo

* Say It Right the First Time by Loretta Malandro

* The Mobile MBA by Jo Owen

 

 

As the economy opens up, for most companies digital transformation is top of mind, and to that end, we started our digital transformation sub-series. This is the third installment of the series. On this podcast Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Yolanda Cuba, who is the Group Chief Digital & FINTECH Officer at MTN. Yolanda’s experience include being CEO of Vodafone Ghana, executive director at SAB, also CEO of Mvelaphanda Group at age 29, making her the youngest CEO of a JSE listed company at the time. She served at the board of ABSA for 12 years. We had a fantastic 90 minuets conversation, and we have split the interview into two podcasts, on this first part Yolanda unpacks her journey and shares personal development and leadership lessons from her experience.

 

As the economy opens up, for most companies digital transformation is top of mind, and to that effect, we started our digital transformation sub-series. This is the second installment of the series. On this podcast Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Lunga Siyo, who is a the CEO of Telkom Business. We started by unpacking his journey before talking about how large corporates and medium sized companies can accelerate their digital transformation efforts as well as how one can disrupt oneself to win in the digital economy.

Lunga also talked about the Telkom market place app which was launched last week. Click on the link below for more information: https://businesstech.co.za/news/mobile/410713/telkom-launches-yep-an-online-marketplace-to-buy-from-small-businesses/#:~:text=Telkom%20Business%20has%20launched%20a,purchase%20from%20small%2C%20trusted%20businesses.

He also challenged everyone to buy local and support small and medium sized businesses

 

As the economy opens up, for most companies digital transformation is top of mind, and to that effect, we kick of our digital transformation series, starting with Maanda Tshifularo’s interview with the Priya Thakoor, who is a managing executive for digital channels at Vodacom, Priya’s digital experiences include being Chief Digital Officer at Coca Cola Southern Africa and heading up digital strategy and commercialization at Barclays Africa. We start by unpacking her journey before talking about how large corporates and medium sized companies can accelerate their digital transformation efforts as well as how one can disrupt oneself to win in the digital economy