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Jerry Schuitema: The struggle of the self
JERRY SCHUITEMA

The struggle of the self

How a questionable assumption of human nature has polarised humanity.

Alan Hosking: Whose mistakes do you learn from?
ALAN HOSKING

Whose mistakes do you learn from?

It’s said that the person who has not made any mistakes has not made anything at all but, while accepting that we will make mistakes, the trick is to make as few as possible and learn the maximum lessons from the minimum mistakes.

Andre Van Heerden: Leaders unleash creativity
ANDRE VAN HEERDEN

Leaders unleash creativity

Leaders are called to ensure that creativity produces what is best for all people and the environment, while misleaders, as they have done throughout history, either repress or pervert creativity.

Richard Branson: Maintaining a work-life balance
RICHARD BRANSON

Maintaining a work-life balance

If you are struggling to juggle your home life with your career commitments, both can suffer. Part of the solution may be to treat time with your family as a priority.

Sihlangule Siwisa: The need to differ well
SIHLANGULE SIWISA

The need to differ well

Our interaction as citizens of South Africa has often been along party political lines in the past except for the few times that we meet on the sporting fields for a major event, then we unite for a while and forget our differences.

Jeff Haden: Bad day? 8 ways to feel better about yourself
JEFF HADEN

Bad day? 8 ways to feel better about yourself

If trying to think yourself into a better mood fails, try doing something instead. Here are eight ideas.

Peter Bregman: What to do when you’ve made someone angry
PETER BREGMAN

What to do when you’ve made someone angry

It’s not the thought that counts or even the action that counts. That’s because the other person doesn’t experience your thought or your action. They experience the consequences of your action.

Clem Sunter: Those were the days, my friend
CLEM SUNTER

Those were the days, my friend

Old age is not for cissies, but it is a privilege bestowed by surviving the slings and arrows of life. Enjoy it while you can.

Mzukisi Qobo: SA has all the elements to make a great country
MZUKISI QOBO

SA has all the elements to make a great country

South Africa is potentially a great country. We felt a glimpse of this when we managed to get through the initial tides of transition in the early 1990s.

Mike Freedman: The whole world is horseradish
MIKE FREEDMAN

The whole world is horseradish

As a person is a person through the eyes of others, so it is with a brand. Brands are everywhere and nowhere - networks of relationships continually in motion, growing, shrinking, sometimes changing almost beyond recognition.

John Powell: Lessons to learn from Margaret Thatcher
JOHN POWELL

Lessons to learn from Margaret Thatcher's legacy

Margaret Hilda Thatcher was the most divisive premier in recorded history. No one was indifferent to her and her policies. You either loved her or (literally) hated her.

Alan Hosking: How accountable are you?
ALAN HOSKING

How accountable are you?

One of the most common challenges business leaders and people managers face involves taking responsibility for their own actions and getting others to take responsibility for theirs.

Sculpting global leaders

Sculpting global leaders

At Wits Business School we recognise that our task, through our academic & executive education programmes, is to equip leaders, managers and entrepreneurs with skills to proactively address challenges presented by the changing environment.