The Leadership Platform

Adriaan and Richard, CEO of The Finance Team talk to Werner Jansen Van Vuuren about "5 easy steps to closing a sale”. Werner is a “young entrepreneurs” franchise owner that is passionate about empowering and teaching children about business and money, ultimately to help them start and grow their own micro enterprises. He is actively involved in sales on a daily basis.

Gordon Tredgold (@GordonTredgold) - International Opinion Leader, Consultant, Leadership Expert and Author of his soon to be released new book FAST - shares inspiring and relevant leadership thoughts with Adriaan.

The panel, along with Peter Turner, SVP Sibanye Gold, Dr Caryn Abrahams and Mzwanele Manyi, continue the discussion about racial barriers by discussing solutions/case studies of leaders that have confronted this issue and conquered. Some feel we are worse off than 15 years ago, while some feel we have progressed. Are we still looking for a huge symbolic intervention or are we simply on the right track as a nation and must just be patient?

Adriaan Groenewald asks this question: “Could this be one of the solutions to the “Race” challenge - a way to restore some of the distrust between black and white in South Africa?”

Sizwesihle Gumede, General President and Zanele Njapha, Deputy President of the UKZN Enactus student team walked away with first prize at the Action Leaders Forum: Enactus South Africa National Competition recently and will now participate in the World Cup to be held in Johannesburg in October. Richard, Adriaan and Louis talk to them about their entrepreneurial spirit and this tremendous achievement!

Adriaan and Louis welcome Peter Turner, SVP Sibanye Gold as part of the panel for this Masterclass. They debate the race issue as a barrier to leadership in South Africa with Dr Caryn Abrahams, an avid researcher on the subject for many years. Mzwanele Manyi, ex BMF President also participates as a very vocal voice around this issue.

Paul Mumba, Principal of LEAP Science and Maths School in Diepsloot joins the panel to talk about his experience of leading a school in a township context. He also talks about the South African Extraordinary Schools Coalition (the community of practice he belongs to) and what it has meant to him to be part of that collaborative platform.

International opinion leader Dan Rockwell (@leadershipfreak) shares a powerful leadership thought about creating and harnessing positive energy in the workplace.

Adriaan , Louis and Rich talk with Robin Perks Chief Executive Officer and Founder at Aperture Group about the African leader within the context of Africa (future; opportunities; etc) and then the kind of leader one must be to lead in Africa.

Catherine Constantinides (@ChangeAgentSA) shares an inspirational thought to kick off the show. Richard and Adriaan are joined by Taryn Sydow (@TarynSydow) from Optimal Coaching to discuss "10 ways to keep your head together whilst managing."