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25 strategies to make 2012 work for you
It’s easy to be successful when times are good. But if the first few years of the 21st century have taught us anything, it’s that the good times don’t last - and it’s critical to know how to deal with the bad as well as the good.

Sales & Marketing | Service: Invest in your people

Service: Invest in your people

Tom Peters reminds us that improving the appearance of a business is wasted effort if employee attitude isn't similarly upgraded.

Career Development | Media24’s new CEO, Esmaré Weideman

Media24’s new CEO, Esmaré Weideman

Media24’s recently appointed CEO, Esmaré Weideman, plans to strengthen the industry stalwart’s print legacy by working with its digital platform.

Sales & Marketing | New Sales Award offers the chance to win R50 000

New Sales Award offers the chance to win R50 000

In order to highlight the hard work done by those in sales positions, Groupon South Africa and 2oceansvibe are hosting the Sales Master 2012 awards.

Economics | South African Prospects 2012

South African Prospects 2012

Most of us will be giving it our best, hoping we won’t get a global wave hitting us sideways and overturning our little sloop.

Politics | ANC's finest hour

ANC's finest hour

And so they assembled in Mangaung, where it all began a century ago - the wounded, the aggrieved, the alienated and the forgotten, some barely recognising one another, or one another’s right to be there.

Sales & Marketing | 7 habits that will help improve your sales abilities

7 habits that will help improve your sales abilities

Improvising sales conversations is something anyone can do, if they develop the right habits. Like anything we learn to do, we get better at ditching the pitch once it becomes so familiar that we don't have to think about it.

The Henley MBA

The Henley MBA

A Top 20 ranking. The only Triple Accredited MBA offered in SA. Offices in 14 countries. Students from 100+ nations. 40,000 alumni. World-leading faculty & research. Fortune 500 clients. The Henley MBA. Truly global.


Science & Technology | Stuart Ntlathi: Consumed with the wonders of science

Stuart Ntlathi: Consumed with the wonders of science

Stuart Ntlathi has been consumed with the wonders of science from a young age. In fact, he recalls, at the age of 13 he started participating in science festivals – one of very few black children from the North West to do so.

Trends | Music Industry: Killing me softly

Music Industry: Killing me softly

As people go online to buy their music, the industry needs to find a new business model if it is to survive, reports Zweli Mokgata.

Politics | An occasion to reflect on the hard truth about today's ANC

An occasion to reflect on the hard truth about today's ANC

The party that has shaped our history turned 100 years old on Sunday. This formidable liberation movement has been in the vanguard against an evil dogma that should never have been given space in South Africa.

Career Development | Your problem isn't motivation

Your problem isn't motivation

We've all experienced our mind sabotaging our aspirations. We decide to go to the gym after work but then, when it comes time to go, we think, It's late, I'm tired, maybe I'll skip it today.

Career Development | Glamour can be effortless, on budget

Glamour can be effortless, on budget

As the CEO of fashion chain Queenspark, Catherine Radowsky lives and breathes beautiful clothes.

Sales & Marketing | The ‘FAKE’ epidemic

The ‘FAKE’ epidemic

It’s the world’s fastest growing and most profitable industry and it’s reaching epidemic proportions, estimated to be between 7% and 10% of the world’s total trade. And the counterfeiting industry is growing at just as fast a pace in SA.

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