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The World Is Going To Hell In A Handcart … And That’s Good For Smart Business
Consumers who have never had it so bad are presenting service-led businesses with an unprecedented opportunity to stand out. Smart business simply has to offer respite from a perfect storm of rising prices, strikes, violence and failures of leadership, says one of the country’s leading customer service consultants. Aki Kalliatakis shares his views with us. [...]
Demoautocratic Management Style Needed In Project Management
In project management there is a mixed method management style required. A balance between being democratic and being autocratic is necessary to keep complex projects running smoothly, within budget and on time. Mr Klaus Pannenbacker, ex-president of the IPMA and founder of the GPM and Wessel Pieters from Association for Project Management South Africa shares [...]
Entrepreneur Stories: What It Takes To Be Extraordinary
September has been a busy month for members of the Entrepreneurs Organisation’s Cape Town chapter. EO broke new ground when ten members of the chapter participated in the Steenberg trail run on Heritage day, but this experiment in outdoors activity did not detract from the time spent covering more familiar terrain in two very special [...]
Coaching Leaders To Embrace Organisational Politics
Are leaders above politics? Should they be above politics? These are interesting questions that many in the workplace grapple with. All companies are subject to the forces of competition and conflict that exist among co-workers. While many of us would like to believe that business decisions are made on the basis of rational thought alone, [...]
Endeavor South Africa Appoints Catherine Townshend As Managing Director
Endeavor South Africa announced today the instatement of a new Managing Director, Catherine Townshend, beginning 1 May 2012. Catherine’s appointment coincides nicely with the launch of Endeavor’s Cape Town office, which looks to expand rapidly owing to the hotbed of high-impact entrepreneurial activity in the city. Outgoing Managing Director, Malik Fal will remain on the [...]
Want To Be An Entrepreneur? Kick-Start Your Future With The Allan Gray Fellowship Programme
The Allan Gray Orbis Foundation is offering South Africa’s brightest young minds a head-start in life through its Allan Gray Fellowship Programme. This initiative aims to develop students, known as Allan Gray Fellows, into South Africa’s future high growth entrepreneurial leaders and includes comprehensive financial support as one its many benefits. Applications to the Fellowship [...]
Book Review: Bill Clinton ‘Back To Work’
Despite Clinton’s obvious human flaws, he’s shown a remarkable ability to thread his way through politics and public opinion with deft subtlety. This book proves he’s a smart guy – really smart – and if you want a lucid peek into the debate raging within United States politics, you’ll do worse than a light canter [...]
UCT MBA Course Up Six Places To Rank 54 in 2012 Global MBAs
The full-time MBA programme at the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business (UCT GSB) has been rated the best value-for-money MBA in the world, and has moved up six places to be ranked 54th in the latest Financial Times (FT) of London’s Global MBA Top 100, released today. The UCT GSB remains the [...]
Heyneke Meyer: Can He Fix South African Rugby?
Regular readers will know that the authors of Ideate are sports fans. The big rugby news of the weekend was that Heyneke Meyer will be the new Springbok coach after a Special General Meeting of the South African Rugby Union (SARU) ratified his proposed appointment in Cape Town on Friday. Why’s this such big news? [...]
Forbes Releases ‘Most Powerful Women’ List For 2011
Forbes, one of Ideate’s favourite publications, released its 100 Most Powerful Women In The World list for 2011. There were no real surprises in the top 10 with old staples like Angela Merkel (this year’s number 1), Hilary Clinton and Indra Nooyi familiar faces on the list. Eyebrows will be raised once you look a [...]
