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The Role Of The Chief Human Resources Officer - Perspectives, Challenges, Realities And Experiences (Paperback): Dave van Eeden The Role Of The Chief Human Resources Officer - Perspectives, Challenges, Realities And Experiences (Paperback)
Dave van Eeden
R1,069 Discovery Miles 10 690 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Increasingly, the Chief Human Resources Officer is being challenged to add value to the organisation’s strategy, to focus more on the transformational as opposed to the transactional, and to provide effective leadership. The Role of the Chief Human Resources Officer provides clear guidelines to HR executives charged with taking the HR function to the next level.

The text, which consists of 23 chapters, focuses on the challenges which modern-day CHROs face, regardless of the type of organisation they serve.

Amongst the contributing authors are renowned industry leaders and academics such as Theo Veldsman, Shirley Zinn, Steve Bluen, Frank Horwitz, Nolitha Fakude, Penny Abbott, Mark Bussin, Barney Jordaan, Clifford van der Venter, Tjaart Kruger, Linda van der Colff, Johan Ludike, Johann Coetzee, Amanda Glaeser, Dave Duarte, Tony Davidson, Lele Mehlomakulu, Seshni Samuel, Linda Fine, Peter Warrener and Tjaart Minnaar who share their extensive knowledge gained through years of practise in the HR field. While some chapters follow an analytical approach, others are more conversational in nature, yet collectively they offer the reader a wide range of fascinating perspectives and valuable insights.

Co-Operatives In South Africa - Advancing Solidarity Economy Pathways From Below (Paperback): Vishwas Satgar Co-Operatives In South Africa - Advancing Solidarity Economy Pathways From Below (Paperback)
Vishwas Satgar
R365 R285 Discovery Miles 2 850 Save R80 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Co-operatives in post-apartheid South Africa have featured in the Reconstruction and Development Programme, legislation, vertical and horizontal state policy and various discourses from Black Economic Empowerment, `two economies' and `radical economic transformation'. In practice, the big push by government through quantitative growth, seed capital and top-down movement building has not yielded viable, member-driven and values-centred co-operatives leading systemic change.

Government looks to the experience of Afrikaner nationalism for keys to success, while some co-operative development programmes are breaking new ground in co-operative banking and community public works programmes. Yet, government co-operative pathways are facing serious limits. At the same time, solidarity economy practitioners have been fostering pathways from below, both actual and potential, within various co-operative experiences. Solidarity economy practice is not seeking government validation nor demanding recognition through adoption. Instead, solidarity economy forces are seeking to work with, against and beyond the state to build institutionalised and decolonised solidarity relations in a society increasingly grounded in market values of individualism, competition and greed.

This volume builds on a previous collection, The Solidarity Economy Alternative: Emerging Theory and Practice (2014), and inaugurates a debate between leading government co-operative development practitioners and its critics, many of whom are working to advance bottom-up solidarity economy pathways.

Leadership Coaching For Results - Cutting edge practices for coach and client (Paperback): Sunny Stout-Rostron Leadership Coaching For Results - Cutting edge practices for coach and client (Paperback)
Sunny Stout-Rostron
R826 Discovery Miles 8 260 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book will help you transform your leadership coaching practice. Helping the coach and client deepen their “mastery of practice”, Leadership Coaching for Results propels us into the best possible practices for leadership coaching in the twenty-first century. Leadership now isn’t what we considered it in the past – increasingly diverse and decentralised organisational teams, and continuing economic turmoil, demand a different style of leadership development. Starting with a broad-ranging and indispensable review of the literature on leadership, this book examines current cutting-edge practices in coaching. It moves on to a comprehensive and practical global description of leadership coaching, and concludes by offering several challenging scenarios of what the next ten years may hold. This book will give you a myriad of perspectives, insights and pearls of wisdom to use in strengthening your practice and your leadership. Dr Sunny Stout-Rostron is one of the leading practitioners in this field; the Founding President of the professional body Coaches and Mentors in South Africa (COMENSA); and a Founding Fellow at the Institute of Coaching at Harvard/McLean Medical School. Sunny is the author of six books, including Business Coaching Wisdom and Practice: Unlocking the secrets of business coaching, and Business Coaching International: Transforming individuals and organisations.

The South African's Guide To Global Investing (Paperback): D.A. Joshua The South African's Guide To Global Investing (Paperback)
D.A. Joshua
R320 R256 Discovery Miles 2 560 Save R64 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Too many South Africans are excluded from the benefits of the international marketplace. This book aims to change that, by showing how to grow your wealth through simple, sustainable investment principles, and how to harness the fundamental drivers of global growth.

Drawing from a career providing international investment solutions to global clients, David Joshua addresses the most common and costly blind spots individual investors have, and lays out the key fundamentals everyone can learn to transform their financial future.

This book provides the tools to understand:

  • Why South Africans have a unique mindset when it comes to investing, and why what you think you know about investing might be wrong because of it.
  • The power – and necessity – of investing in global assets rather than only in South Africa.
  • How to harness global growth and generate compounding, Einstein’s ‘eighth wonder of the world’.
  • How and when you should exchange your rands for hard currency.
  • What your financial goals are, and how to invest in the best solutions to meet them.
  • How to manage yourself when managing your investments.
This book aims to bring global best practice to South African investors, addressing the specific challenges South Africans face when investing to secure their financial future.
Business Coaching - Wisdom And Practice (Paperback, 2nd ed): Sunny Stout-Rostron Business Coaching - Wisdom And Practice (Paperback, 2nd ed)
Sunny Stout-Rostron
R816 Discovery Miles 8 160 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The book provides a revealing overview of the entire coaching process, examining the latest theoretical trends and cutting-edge theories and providing practical advice: from how to pursue your own professional development to drawing up a contract with clients. There is a handy, wide-ranging assessment of the bewildering array of coaching models, helpful clarifications about core competences, existential and experiential learning factors, and detailed advice on question frameworks. Here, too, is guidance on the need for supervision, and an examination of ethical dilemmas which face all coaches and mentors. Of particular interest to South Africa is the in-depth study by Marti Janse van Rensburg on diversity, personality and cultural complexity. Dr Stout Rostron also explores your clients' existential issues and discusses the crucial impact of the "coaching relationship." Dr Sunny Stout Rostron coaches at senior executive and board level, and has a wide range of experience in leadership development and business strategy. Director of Sunny Stout-Rostron Associates, she is a Research Mentor for the Institute of Coaching at Harvard/McLean Medical School, and a non-executive director with Resolve Encounter Consulting in Johannesburg.

Word 'n Influencer - Hoe Ek Geld Verdien Uit Sosiale Media (Afrikaans, Paperback): Elma Smit Word 'n Influencer - Hoe Ek Geld Verdien Uit Sosiale Media (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Elma Smit
R250 R215 Discovery Miles 2 150 Save R35 (14%) Ships in 7 - 11 working days

Moet ’n mens gewild wees om geld te maak uit sosiale media? Nee!

Daar ís egter ’n hele rits duur lesse wat verified influencers, of erkende meningsvormers (dáái met die blou regmerkies), almal op die harde manier geleer het.

Tradisionele media speel toenemend tweede viool vir digitale en sosiale media – ’n rewolusie wat aan inhoudskeppers ongekende (en lonende!) nuwe geleenthede bied. Elma Smit het in 2019 as aanbieder die hoogste sport bereik: sy is deur twee globale organisasies gekies om die verteenwoordiger van hul digitale inhoud by twee verskillende węreldbekertoernooie in minder as ses maande te wees. Tóg het sy in dieselfde tydperk meer munt daaruit geslaan om ’n influencer te wees as uit enigiets anders.

In Word ’n Influencer laat een van SA se topinhoudskeppers en -influencers vir die eerste keer die aap uit die mou oor hoe ’n mens ’n lojale gehoor opbou, hoeveel jy vir geborgde veldtogte kan vra en hoe om die vele slaggate te vermy. Nadia Jaftha, Katinka die Kat, Bouwer Bosch en Rachel Kolisi tel onder die uitgelese geselskap van influencers wat ook hul geheime deel, terwyl plaaslike en oorsese bemarkingsghoeroes verduidelik waarna hulle op soek is wanneer daar op influencers vir veldtogte besluit word.

Talent management in emerging markets (Paperback): Steve Bluen Talent management in emerging markets (Paperback)
Steve Bluen
R789 Discovery Miles 7 890 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

While much has been written on talent management in the global context, talent management in emerging markets and the unique challenges and opportunities it presents has received little attention in the literature. This book explores these issues through theory, practice and case studies with contributions from scholars and practitioners based both in emerging markets and in Canada, the United Kingdom and The United States.

The book provides the reader with a guide to setting up a talent management function in a multinational operating in emerging markets, including some 70 learnings and a set of key performance indicators with indicative targets to achieve when managing talent effectively in emerging markets.

The book is divided into three parts. In part 1, key characteristics of managing talent in emerging markets are covered. In part 2, case studies of seven multinationals operating in emerging markets are presented. Each case highlights particular aspects of talent management and provides practical, first-hand experiences of the challenges faced and how the companies successfully addressed those challenges.

The book concludes with part 3, where key learnings, derived from parts 1 and 2, are consolidated and provide guidelines for emerging-market talent management for HR practitioners, consultants, line managers, and scholars alike.

Retire Rich Through Property - How to Fast-Forward Your Retirement Through Property in South Africa (Paperback): Jason Lee Retire Rich Through Property - How to Fast-Forward Your Retirement Through Property in South Africa (Paperback)
Jason Lee
R350 R273 Discovery Miles 2 730 Save R77 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Your indispensable guide to a stress-free retirement at an age of YOUR choice …

In this new edition of South Africa’s bestselling property book, Fast-forward Your Retirement through Property, Jason Lee provides up-to-date information on how to build a property portfolio that will allow you to take charge of your financial security for a stress-free retirement.

Retire Rich through Property takes readers through every step of the property process, but goes further by focusing on: finding the right deals for retirement purposes; how to negotiate and finance a property with retirement requirements in mind; and whether to hold on to or sell a property for financial gain.

With myriad insider tips from a property-investment expert, this book will allow the reader to push aside reliance on state- and employer-sponsored retirement benefits and work towards a secure retirement through property.

This easily accessible guide is a must-read for first-time property purchasers and experienced investors alike who are looking to fast-forward their retirement or to retire comfortably at their chosen age

Mentoring & Coaching In Organisations (Paperback): Johan Herholdt Mentoring & Coaching In Organisations (Paperback)
Johan Herholdt
R463 Discovery Miles 4 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

How do you Mentor people? How do you Coach people? The Bottom-line Impact of Mentoring and Coaching Team Mentoring and Coaching Impact on Diversity Mentoring Formal, Structured Mentoring Programmes Perspectives of Mentor and Mentee Mentoring Flaws and How to Correct Them Coaching Selecting the Right Coach Coaching for Rapid Change Calculating the ROI Manager as Coach Teaching Managers to Coach A Coaching Model for Managers Some Coaching Models The authors include Dr Sunny Stout Rostron, Niel Steinmann, Marius Meyer, Dale Williams, Penny Abbott, Kathy Bennett, Natalie Witthuhn-Cunningham, Helen Minty, Prof David Clutterbuck

The Anatomy Of Leadership In Industry 4.0 - The 4.0D Leadership Development Model (Paperback): Johann Uys, Ronny Webber-Youngman The Anatomy Of Leadership In Industry 4.0 - The 4.0D Leadership Development Model (Paperback)
Johann Uys, Ronny Webber-Youngman
R581 Discovery Miles 5 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

With the large-scale advent of the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR), the world is in constant flux. This has been exacerbated by the fallout of Covid-19. To be relevant in the next few decades, any business that wants to develop their Leadership cadres will have to embrace drastic transformations in their approach to every area of leadership formalisation, modelling, training and development.

This newly developed 4.OD Leadership Development Model is the departure point for business to embark on new leadership journeys appropriate for the future. The new Leadership Skills required are comprehensively addressed. The model will become one of the main contributors in the field of future business leadership and leadership preparedness for Industry 4.0 for most organisations.

4.OD Leadership Development Model is scientifically based within the context of organisations and business.

The Anatomy of Leadership in Industry 4.0 is a detailed exposition of the model, the technical and dynamic aspects of the model application as well as the implications for leadership in business.

Eff You Very Much - How You Are Screwed By The Dealerships And Banks When Buying A Car (Paperback): Crystal Slabbert, John... Eff You Very Much - How You Are Screwed By The Dealerships And Banks When Buying A Car (Paperback)
Crystal Slabbert, John Titmus
R150 R119 Discovery Miles 1 190 Save R31 (21%) Ships in 3 - 5 working days

This non-fiction book is about the illegal activities in the vehicle and vehicle finance industries. It is factual with hard evidence for all the statements made in the book.

The car industry has been ripping off the public regarding illegal costs that they charge. These include the so called “On-the-road-fees”, “Agents fees”, “Admin fees”, etc. There are also explanations of what goes on behind the scenes at the dealerships – date of 1st registration, which affects your insurance premium, warranty, maintenance /service plan and your eventual trade in. (A 2017 model sold as a 2018).

According to the National Credit Act and the National Consumer Act these fees are illegal. The only fees that may be charged are for registration, licensing, number plates and fuel. In addition to this, they may not make profit on 3rd party “add-ons”, like “Smash & Grab”, “VPS”, etc. which is however done. The banks are not allowed to finance these illegal fees, but do so. This exposé should be read by the whole public as these activities need to stop and the money should be returned to the customers. The book also explains how it is in the process of a Class-action suit against these industries, and they may join in to become part of this.

At this stage the authors have accumulated sufficient material for a sequel, which will be forthcoming in 2019.

The Future Starts Now - Expert Insights Into The Future Of Business, Technology And Society (Hardcover): Theo Priestley,... The Future Starts Now - Expert Insights Into The Future Of Business, Technology And Society (Hardcover)
Theo Priestley, Bronwyn Williams
R578 Discovery Miles 5 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The future is an uncertain, uncomfortable prospect for employees, employers and society at large. A flurry of unprecedented events have proven that, despite what some politicians and economists may tell us, the future is not set in stone. Instead, it is constantly being shaped and redefined by the everyday decisions of individuals and organizations.

In light of this uncertainty, The Future Starts Now looks toward the various innovations and technologies that may shape our future. Authors Theo Priestley and Bronwyn Williams have brought together the world's leading futurists to articulate and clarify the current trajectories in technology, economics, politics and business.

This is a comprehensive history of tomorrow, exploring groundbreaking topics such as AI, privacy, education and the future of work. While the guidance, insight and predictions are fascinating for anyone curious about what the future may hold, the book also functions as an invaluable guide for business professionals looking to steer their career or their organization with foresight and confidence.

What's Your Move? - A Collection Of Ordinary Financial Lessons (Paperback): Nicolette Mashile What's Your Move? - A Collection Of Ordinary Financial Lessons (Paperback)
Nicolette Mashile
R545 Discovery Miles 5 450 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In What’s Your Move? Nicolette Mashile, founder of Financial Bunnies and a champion of personal-finance education across the African content, shares stories from her own life and journey with money in order to redefine personal-finance management.

An intimate and deeply personal book, in What’s Your Move? Nicolette talks openly about her experiences with money and the way she was brought up. She shares her beliefs about how our everyday behaviour influences how we manage our finances, and how, in spite of knowing better, we sometimes make the wrong financial decisions.

What’s Your Move? is a challenge: a challenge to you to make a move that will be financially rewarding. A promise to yourself that you are more than capable of managing your money.

Become An Influencer - How I Monetized Social Media (Paperback): Elma Smit Become An Influencer - How I Monetized Social Media (Paperback)
Elma Smit
R250 R215 Discovery Miles 2 150 Save R35 (14%) In Stock

Do you need to be popular to make money from social media? No!

There are, however, a few important lessons verified influencers (those with the blue ticks and paying clients) have learnt through trial and error. As traditional media keeps losing eyeballs and revenue to digital and indeed social media, this content revolution presents unprecedented opportunities for those who know how to make the most of their interests and smartphones. In 2019, Elma Smit was hand-picked by two global governing bodies as the face of their World Cup content campaigns, in the space of only six months. Yet, she generated more revenue from influencer work in that same period than from anything else.

In Become an Influencer, one of South Africa’s leading content creators and influencers spills the beans on how to build a loyal audience, how to charge for paid campaigns and how to avoid running into a social media meltdown. Maps Maponyane, Rachel Kolisi, Nadia Jaftha and Liesl Laurie and a whole host of other leading influencers also reveal their influencer secrets, tips and hard-won lessons to Elma, while leading strategists who select influencers for global and local campaigns share what they look for in an influencer.

State, Governance And Development In Africa (Paperback): Firoz Khan, Greg Ruiters, Euonell Grundling, Zwelinzima Ndevu, Basani... State, Governance And Development In Africa (Paperback)
Firoz Khan, Greg Ruiters, Euonell Grundling, Zwelinzima Ndevu, Basani Baloyi 1
R358 R280 Discovery Miles 2 800 Save R78 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

The inspiration for this book was a Summer School on State, Governance and Development presented by distinguished academics from the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. Written by young African scholars, the chapters here focus on state, governance and development in Africa as seen from the authors’ vantage points and positions in different sectors of society.

The book opens with three forewords by eminent African scholars including Ben Turok, Johan Burger and Mohamed Halfani. The chapters that follow examine rent-seeking, patronage, neopatrimonialism and bad governance. They engage with statehood, state-building and statecraft and challenge the mainstream opinions of donors, funders, development banks, international non-governmental organisations and development organisations. They include the role of China in Africa, Kenya’s changing demographics, state accountability in South Africa’s dominant party system, Somalia’s prospects for state-building, urban development and routine violence, and resource mobilisation.

At a time in which core institutions are being tested -- the market, the rule of law, democracy, civil society and representative democracy – this book offers a much-needed multi- and inter-disciplinary perspective, and a different narrative on what is unfolding, while also exposing dynamics that are often overlooked.

The Poetic Journey Of Self-Leadership - Leadership Development Along Stages Of Psychological Growth (Paperback): Babar Dharani,... The Poetic Journey Of Self-Leadership - Leadership Development Along Stages Of Psychological Growth (Paperback)
Babar Dharani, Kurt April, Kathy Harvey
R691 Discovery Miles 6 910 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Everyone is on a journey of growth, from birth to death. The authors used their research data, to tap into the vital stages of this journey of growth from a psychological growth perspective. They linked the stages of psychological growth to self-leadership development. Additionally, they linked different stages of self-leadership development to different types and styles of leadership. For example, they found that authoritative leadership is linked to earlier stages of psychological growth, while inclusive leadership is linked to latter stages of psychological growth.

The Poetic Journey of Self-Leadership: Leadership Development along Stages of Psychological Growth is relevant to those interested in self-reflection (as it assists to assign oneself to a stage of psychological development), personal growth (as it anticipates processes to follow during one’s current stage of development), self-leadership development, as well as useful for leadership assessment by practitioners (by assigning leadership to stages of development). Additionally, from an academic perspective, the book is relevant to psychology, sociology and leadership students.

Contents include:

  • Surviving: Abandonment versus overwhelment; Survival-stage leader
  • Conforming: Internality versus externality; Conforming leader
  • Differentiating: Social predestination; Differentiated leader
  • Individuating: Guilt versus fear; Journey to individuation; Conquering complexes; Authenticity; Individuated leader
  • Self-actualizing: Kintsugi; Traumas; Magical other; Self-actualised leader
  • Integrating: Values; Heroes; Purpose; Integrated leader
  • Serving: Servant leader

Books about leadership and poetry are mostly written from the perspective of leaders, but The Poetic Journey of Self-Leadership: Leadership Development along Stages of Psychological Growth, focuses on self-leadership development, and not the usual listing of heroic leader capabilities that must be strived for. The authors used self-reported poetry from diverse participants, and in their own voices as their main data collection source. The book presents a diversity of writing styles and topics, and makes it much wider in scope and richer than other books.

Collaboration In Development - A South African Heritage (Paperback): Godwin Khosa Collaboration In Development - A South African Heritage (Paperback)
Godwin Khosa
R180 R141 Discovery Miles 1 410 Save R39 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

South Africa is under-capitalising on its rich ways of doing business. One such way, the focus of this book, is collaboration. The collaboration approach should be promoted to the same extent that the Japanese have entrenched and exported their 'small incremental improvement' Kaizen approach.

There are many such underexplored indigenous ways of doing business in Africa. Where improvement is required in relation to development and organisational performance, the need is not so much building new capacities as discovering and implementing more strategic and effective utilisation of existing indigenous ones. And there is no need to cringe when African culture is used to inform science.

This book uses history, interviews and documentary evidence from South Africa to weave together a story, arguments and lessons about collaboration.

Truly Prospering In Good Health - Revealed Secrets To Help You Make Money And Protect Your Health In South Africa (Paperback):... Truly Prospering In Good Health - Revealed Secrets To Help You Make Money And Protect Your Health In South Africa (Paperback)
Eric Boakye, Augustina Boakye, Peter Asafo-Adjei
R275 R215 Discovery Miles 2 150 Save R60 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

This book has been produced to educate readers about how lack of finances impacts a person’s health and how bad health impacts finances, as well as the right actions to take to achieve a success in these two areas.

The book has been ‘tagged’ as a life-long reference and educational book, which is bound to make users aware of their financial and health conditions, and more importantly, help them take the necessary action. It contains a wealth financial and health nuggets that can propel readers to achieve their objective in these two intertwined areas of life.

Welvaartskeppers - Strategieë Wat Jou Lewe Kan Verander (Afrikaans, Paperback): Riaan Botha Welvaartskeppers - Strategieë Wat Jou Lewe Kan Verander (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Riaan Botha
R250 R215 Discovery Miles 2 150 Save R35 (14%) Ships in 7 - 11 working days

Wat is die geheim van selfgemaakte miljoenęrs, dié uitgelese groep wat welvaart skep, hetsy as entrepreneurs, professionele lui of as salaristrekkers, selfs te midde van uitdagings en ná terugslae? Die skrywer, ’n onafhanklike finansiële adviseur, het oor jare heen ontdek dat sekere strategieë suksesvolle welvaartskepping aan die hand werk. Hierdie boek bevat 68 welvaartstrategieë asook suksesstories van ’n diverse groep gewone Suid-Afrikaners wat soms van voor af oor moes begin maar steeds ’n uitdagende omgewing suksesvol kon navigeer.

Dié boek bied praktiese advies asook toerusting om oor elke strategie na te dink, jou eie finansiële posisie te verbeter en selfs, uiteindelik, inkomste vir ander te skep. Dit sal jou help om ’n kopskuif te maak en moontlikhede in ’n bitter moeilike ekonomiese klimaat te identifiseer. Die stories sal jou inspireer en ook help om hierdie strategieë in jou daaglikse handel en wandel toe te pas.

Personal Branding For Entrepreneurs - Actions And Insights To Build Brand YOU, The Foundation Of Your Business (Paperback):... Personal Branding For Entrepreneurs - Actions And Insights To Build Brand YOU, The Foundation Of Your Business (Paperback)
Donna Rachelson
R170 R136 Discovery Miles 1 360 Save R34 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Personal Branding For Entrepreneurs provides quick-fire, practical advice and real-life examples and success stories to help entrepreneurs build and market their own personal brands.

In today’s fast-paced, interconnected world, you need to have a personal brand, apart from that of your company. If you haven’t already got one, you need to start cultivating it into something of your choosing before it becomes defined by those around you. Learn what your personal brand is, why it’s critical to your success as an entrepreneur and what you need to do to grow, maintain and nurture it.

Donna Rachelson, a specialist in branding and marketing, and the author of three books, distils and shares her insights from years of experience in helping entrepreneurs grow and scale their businesses through the building of their authentic personal brands. Jam-packed with easily digestible nuggets of information and easy-to-apply actions, and with contributions from seven other entrepreneurs from different industries and at different stages of their personal branding journeys, Personal Branding For Entrepreneurs is a must-have in any entrepreneur’s personal development toolkit.

Failing To Win - Hard-Earned Lessons From A Purpose-Driven African Startup (Paperback): Mike Quinn Failing To Win - Hard-Earned Lessons From A Purpose-Driven African Startup (Paperback)
Mike Quinn 1
R285 R223 Discovery Miles 2 230 Save R62 (22%) In Stock

In 2009, Canadian entrepreneur Mike Quinn packed his backpack and moved to Lusaka, Zambia on a mission to find African entrepreneurs building scalable, high-impact businesses. There he stumbled across two South African brothers who had founded a business to help unbanked smallholder farmers receive mobile payments in a market where cash was king. After convincing his retired parents to mortgage their house and lend him $100,000, Mike joined as a co-founder of Zoona and became CEO for nine of the next ten years.

With his partners, Mike built a network of more than 3,000 entrepreneur agents across Zambia and Malawi that enabled millions of unbanked consumers to send and receive $2.5-billion in money transfers and remittances. Headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa, Zoona raised over $35-million of venture investment and operated on the leading edge of Africa’s emerging fintech ecosystem.

Mike’s remarkable story gives a rare and honest glimpse into the workings of a pioneering African startup through the lens of a purpose-driven entrepreneur who went “all in”. Zoona faced tremendous adversity along the way: currency crises, investment round collapses, ruthless pushback from the major mobile network operators, and a continuous internal struggle to discover and execute a growth strategy that matched the company’s billion-dollar ambition.

It was by failing to win that Mike learned what entrepreneurship – specifically entrepreneurship in Africa – is all about, and it was what motivated him to double down and try again.

Refractions Of The National, The Popular And The Global In African Cities (Paperback): Simon Bekker, Sylvia Croese, Edgar... Refractions Of The National, The Popular And The Global In African Cities (Paperback)
Simon Bekker, Sylvia Croese, Edgar Pieterse
R250 R195 Discovery Miles 1 950 Save R55 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Case studies of metropolitan cities in nine African countries – from Egypt in the north to three in West and Central Africa, two in East Africa and three in Southern Africa – make up the empirical foundation of this publication.

The interrelated themes addressed in these chapters – the national influence on urban development, the popular dynamics that shape urban development and the global currents on urban development – make up its framework. All authors and editors are African, as is the publisher. The only exception is Göran Therborn whose recent book, Cities of Power, served as motivation for this volume. Accordingly, the issue common to all case studies is the often conflictual powers that are exercised by national, global and popular forces in the development of these African cities.

Rather than locating the case studies in an exclusively African historical context, the focus is on the trajectories of the postcolonial city (with the important exception of Addis Ababa with a non-colonial history that has granted it a special place in African consciousness). These trajectories enable comparisons with those of postcolonial cities on other continents. This, in turn, highlights the fact that Africa – today, the least urbanised continent on an increasingly urbanised globe – is in the thick of processes of large-scale urban transformation, illustrated in diverse ways by the case studies that make up the foundation of this publication.

How To Change Business Paradigms - 10 Organizational Development Interventions (Paperback): Ruth Tearle How To Change Business Paradigms - 10 Organizational Development Interventions (Paperback)
Ruth Tearle
R532 Discovery Miles 5 320 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This practical book contains 10 interventions any facilitator can use to help a team to change their paradigms. These interventions can be used in both online and physical meetings.

The interventions will help a team to:

  • Recognise their existing paradigms and develop new paradigms.
  • Change from a product to a customer paradigm.
  • Reduce costs using a different paradigm.
  • Change from a silo mentality to a customer paradigm.
  • View a problem from a different perspective.
  • Help a team to adapt to a new normal.
  • Identify trends that may shape the future.
  • Identify new opportunities from trends.
  • Develop a scenario of the future environment within which their organization is likely to operate.
  • Identify new paradigms for being successful within a future world.

Whenever you need to help a team or a company to develop, improve, innovate or change, you will more often than not, be blocked by outdated paradigms. However, if you begin your session with an intervention around paradigms, the team will become more creative and more open to change.

In this book, we give you 10 tried and tested 'recipes' for helping a team to change their paradigms. Like any good recipe we provide all the information you may need to successfully facilitate each intervention.

Mind Your Own Business - The Ultimate Business Handbook Perfect For Aspiring Entrepreneurs And Business Owners (Paperback):... Mind Your Own Business - The Ultimate Business Handbook Perfect For Aspiring Entrepreneurs And Business Owners (Paperback)
Nevi Letcher
R577 Discovery Miles 5 770 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

12 Crucial lessons on entrepreneurship; offering a fresh perspective, savvy advice and practical measures to put into place.

The journey of an entrepreneur means being a risk-taker, a visionary, a leader, a pit bull and essentially a superhero all rolled into one. Nevi Letcher found herself doing this. She worked her way up in corporate, invested in her personal development and climbed the ladder fast, racing down the same track every day, plugging holes, negotiating deals, coaching and directing her team, developing and tweaking successful strategies to bring big brands to life. She only really learned about business when she started her own agency and she reveals aspects that business school didn't teach her.

In Mind Your Own Business, Nevi shares what she learned and how she managed to implement strategies that saw her business grow and grow.

Find something you want to do – and then just do it. That's how real entrepreneurs always start. This is your time. Make your mark on the world.

From Logistics Strategy To Macrologistics - Imperatives For A Developing World (Paperback): Jan Havenga, Anneke de Bod, Zane... From Logistics Strategy To Macrologistics - Imperatives For A Developing World (Paperback)
Jan Havenga, Anneke de Bod, Zane Simpson, Ilse Witthoft
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Macrologistics is a strategic view of logistics as a production factor on national scales to support a shift towards sustainability. The book details logistics' evolution from a functional discipline to a value chain optimiser and, ultimately, an enabler of sustainability, including the evolution of metrics to support this shift. Macrologistics instrumentation involves striving towards the lowest total cost of ownership for national economies where, to improve decision-making, these costs should ultimately include the societal and ecological costs incurred due to logistics activities.

From Logistics Strategy To Macrologistics represents macrologistics research outputs for a number of developing economies, identifying distinctive macrologistics policy and infrastructure investments themes to address national logistics challenges in developing economies. The book culminates in a discussion on the potential future role of logistics to support the shift to a more sustainable society, where an acceptance of a degrowth paradigm might be required, and even advisable, for a more secure, fulfilling future. Logistics (and economics) scholars, researchers and practitioners should steer their work towards contributing to the development of an ecologically sustainable society, where resources and returns are shared widely, sustainably and equitably.

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