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We work with recognised leadership experts from across the world to create powerful learning experiences for South African business leaders.

The Upside of Turbulence: Don Sull

Turbulence creates both winners and losers. The current environment can lead to disaster for organisations or generate untold opportunities to create economic value. The upside is that those companies that seize the opportunities will become tomorrow's champions.

Don Sull, The Upside of Turbulence archive page - Click here

Leadership in Extraordinary Times: Jim Collins.

Overview:

Following breakthrough success with Built to Last and Good to Great, Jim Collins and his research team are now deeply engaged in the 3rd leg of their groundbreaking research on business leadership. The question they are resolved to answer is "Why do some organisations prevail in uncertain and brutally turbulent environments, while others do not?" For over a decade, Jim Collins' work has been at the forefront of management insight. He is a student of enduring great companies - how they grow, how they attain superior performance, and how good companies can become great companies.

"It was exceptional. Jim was outstanding. The day was very well organised. I feel that my thinking has been challenged and I have real take aways to apply."

Jim Collins, Leadership in Extraordinary Times archive page - Click here

The Future of Management - Led by Professor Gary Hamel, 5 March 2008

Overview:

Gary Hamel and the Management Innovation Lab are involved in breakthrough work. The new century is presenting organisations with complex challenges that cannot be addressed with a business model that has its roots in the 19th Century. Hamel's mission is to figure out the management practices that will allow companies to cross new performance thresholds and build enduring advantages in the next 100 years.

Learn:

1. How tomorrow's most successful companies are being organised, led and managed.
2. Ways to make dramatic changes in the way human effort is mobilised and organised.
3. How to accelerate the pace of strategic renewal in your business.

Also featuring The Innovation Hour: 20 Top South African leaders talk about how they are using management innovation to produce business results.

"This learning experience was worth every cent and it has refreshed my mind so much. Thank you."

Lead Without Title: Robin Sharma - 30 October 2007

Overview:

The best-selling author of The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari on his first visit to South Africa.

Leadership is not a concept to be displayed by only a few people at the top of an organisation. It is a much bigger idea than that! Leadership is what we do with our lives. It is the dreams and visions we have and the responsibility and passion we display to grow and take the steps required to get there.

In a business, when everyone shows leadership at every level the entire organisation wins. When leadership is displayed on the front line - then the customer wins too. This means creating a culture where individuals take personal responsibility for results, contribute to innovation and seize the opportunities that change presents - to become part of the solution rather than the problem.

"Yesterday's conference was absolutely fantastic. Robin's energy and message was powerful and it was just what I needed to refocus before the end of the year. Thanks for an exceptionally well organized day!"

Ricardo Semler and the Leadership Habits of South Africa's Business Champions - 10 July 2007

Overview:

There are 3 ways we learn about leadership; Personal experiences, books / other forms of learning and then direct contact with great leaders. This conference is about the latter. It creates the unique opportunity to learn about leadership from practicing leaders who are at the frontline of South African business life.

South Africa needs leaders who build winning businesses and who truly release the full potential of the people who work there. The objective of The Leadership Habits conference is to learn from the very best and to explore new ways to lead. Ways to dramatically increase productivity and competitiveness and also the quality of our lives and working experience.

Featuring:

1. Ricardo Semler: The Next Century of Work - A Leader's Journey.
2. The Business Champions Panel. Phuthuma Nhleko, Prof Gill Marcus, Mark Lamberti.
3. The Leadership Hour: Intense discussions with well known and established South African leaders.
4. Professor Gary Hamel: Thriving in Turbulent Times - Leadership and Innovation.

"I was particularly impressed by the flawless organisation of the day's events. Managing 700 delegates with Swiss precision is no mean feat and you and your team did an extremely professional job. If was a pleasure just being part of that let alone being exposed to the caliber of leaders that you lined up for us. Thank you."

The 8th Habit, From Effectiveness to Greatness: Dr. Stephen R. Covey - 14 March 2006

Overview:

The 8th Habit - Finding Your Voice, is the culmination of Covey's work on personal and organisational effectiveness.

Finding your voice is about reaching significance in your life. That unique and powerful place where everything is lined up: Talent - what you are good at, Passion - what you love to do, Conscience - what is right and fair and what the world really needs. When these are in place, your actions are real, authentic, principled and inspired. Finding your voice is both an act of creation and an act of service. It is the hallmark of great leadership.

www.stephencovey.com

"The day was so outstanding in that it has unearthed a lot that I was not aware of."

"So excited. Cannot think of anything that could be improved on. The conference was breathtaking."