On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed a phenomenal leader! Sihle Mdluli! She is an associate director at Deloitte Consulting and a senior leader at her church - Let’s Go To Glory Worship Centre. She holds an MBA from Wits Business School and studied Metallurgical Engineering at Wits for her undergraduate.

She shared insights from her leadership journey, especially succeeding in a male-dominated environment (reflecting on her 7 years at De Beers), how she manages to do everything given her demanding consulting job. Sihle is happily married with beautiful two children. So in her consulting role, Sihle and her team help companies with strategy, operational improvement and innovation.

So we unpacked strategy and she simplified strategy and offered a fantastic framework we can all apply for ourselves, departments and organizations! So, here it is my conversation with Sihle Mdluli take a listen!

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Mamello (Lekena) Selamolela, a managing executive for group strategy at Vodacom. Mamello holds a Masters degree in Economics from UCT and an MBA (with distinction) from London Business School.

On the interview, Mamello shared the rules of engagement to fasting-tracking and accelerating one’s career and leadership. She challenged our listeners to get feedback more frequently and recommended an awesome book for our listeners to read!

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Themba Baloyi on how he has successfully applied the principles of Grit as outlined in Angel Duckworth’s book.

He highlighted the importance of finishing what one starts and how that is a rare trait. Themba gave tips for having uncommon patience that enables one to overcome obstacles and persevere to the very end. He recommended three books and gave an awesome challenge!

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Dr Maxwell Masakona discussing his leadership insights from over 30 years of leading. Dr Maxwell also unpacked his latest book – Succeed against all odds.

He gave advise to younger leaders that maybe in their earlier years of ministry, recommended three books and gave a fantastic challenge!

On this podcast interviewed Dr Roche Mamabolo an Entrepreneur, Author of the Start-Up Revolution (Fit In or Stand Out). Dr Roche unpacked a new category of innovation he refers to as Catalytic innovation which is innovation for social change and has the following characteristics:

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo continues his conversation with Prof Saurabh Sinha, the Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University of Johannesburg. Prof Saurabh continued unpacking artificial intelligence, decolonization of knowledge and the reality of the fourth industrial revolution.

Under his leadership as the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, the UJ faculty of engineering was ranked number one in Africa in Engineering and Technology according to the Times Higher Education (2017).

Prof Saurabh formerly served as Director of the Carl and Emily Fuchs Institute for Microelectronics at the University of Pretoria, where he graduated with a PhD in electronic engineering. He has authored / co-authored over 100 journal articles and conference papers as well as three books, under his leadership.

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Prof Saurabh Sinha, the Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University of Johannesburg. Under his leadership as the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, the UJ faculty of engineering was ranked number one in Africa in Engineering and Technology according to the Times Higher Education (2017). We discussed what it takes to build an award-winning faculty.

He shared his self leadership principles as well as organizational leadership principles. We also discussed artificial intelligence development in Africa and how the University of Johannesburg is preparing graduates for the fourth industrial revolution.

Prof Saurabh formerly served as Director of the Carl and Emily Fuchs Institute for Microelectronics at the University of Pretoria, where he graduated with a PhD in electronic engineering. He has authored / co-authored over 100 journal articles and conference papers as well as three books, under his leadership.

On this podcast Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Caroline Mbi-njifor CEO EndLess Life Group, a R10 million SA Company, a pioneer in the provision of comprehensive and integrated medical home health and social services to individuals, families, corporates, bilateral and multilateral organizations.

Caroline shared her personal secrets to success and how she manages to succeed in areas of her life. She unpacked the journey of EndLess Life group and how they are driving the healthcare industry to be more customer-centric.

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Rendani Mamphiswana, an inspirational and visionary leader. He is the founding president of the Takalani Foundation, which is a organization of professionals and students dedicated to developing future leaders.

Rendani shared leadership insights from the journey of Takalani Foundation including mobilising volunteers, building a strong team and scaling through strategic partnerships. He charged the listeners with a challenge of taking up our roles in shaping our society. He believes in reading and he challenged us to read at least one book a month – 12 books in a year.

On this podcast Maanda Tshifularo interviewed the winner of the MTN Business App of the year (2017) – Donald Valoyi – CEO of Zulzi. Donald spoke about what it takes to building an on-demand App in the groceries, liquor and food industry. He shared insights on tech evolution, start-funding and building a sustainable business.