Executive Education
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Click on the links below for Executive Education training courses in the following regions:
ENTERPRENEURSHIP VS LEADERSHIP
From entrepreneur to leader
Mon, 16 Aug 2010
The entrepreneur who starts a business first has to work as a hands-on manager. But when the business grows they have to transform their role into that of a leader, rather than just a do-er. Frances Wright from Trinitas Consulting has some advice for the developing leader.
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PE&R TRAINING
Formula for Success: Planning x Preparation = Performance
Thu, 22 Apr 2010
"We generally admire people who have achieved iconic status", writes Karen Hein, "whether it’s social entrepreneurs like Mother Theresa, rock stars like Jimi Hendricks, or business entrepreneurs like Bill Gates. "If you’re anything like me, you wonder why you’ve not reached this status too! I have a simple formula that will help you realize your dreams, quicker than you thought was possible".
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KLM EMPOWERED
Train yourself to be an executive athlete
Tue, 13 Apr 2010
Executives are required to call on super human energy every day. But where does this energy come from? And are you nurturing your time long enough to ensure that the energy you expend is at the right time and on the right projects? KLM Empowered's Lyn Mansour has some answers.
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ASTROTECH
Young managers battle with old saboteurs
Tue, 23 Mar 2010
There are more younger managers in the workplace today and they often have problems dealing with their older subordinates. "Our training courses are full of young managers who are often battling to deal with older staff who resent them being appointed over them," says Liza van Wyk from Astrotech. "The problem deepens if they are of a different gender or race group.”
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LEADERSHIP
Leadership and the changing playing fields
Wed, 24 Feb 2010
The business game is in a constant flux of change, particularly as the global economy is increasingly accessible. Ryan Grove, development manager at Performance Enhancement & Rewards (PE&R) explains the pivotal role that leadership plays in the corporate game.
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QED
Leadership Training: Are leaders born or made?
Thu, 04 Feb 2010
Leadership is a process of influencing people while operating to meet
organizational requirements and improving the organization through change, explains QED Marketing Director Rufus Ledwaba. Leadership training is the foundation of all organizations, whether corporate, nonprofit or government.
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IMSIMBI TRAINING
From expert to manager to leader
Mon, 16 Nov 2009
Management is the mass profession of today with almost any brainworker also performing the work of a manager. This means that management matters are important to every person in modern societies, explains Hans Stoisser. Without basic management skills you cannot be successful in business.
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ASTROTECH
King 3 sees directors queuing for courses on corporate governance
Fri, 18 Sep 2009
The King Three report on corporate governance, launched by AstroTech, has dramatically tightened directors’ responsibilities, making them personally liable for decisions that make their companies criminally negligent.
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BUSINESS LEADERSHIP
Leadership for a new economy
Thu, 23 Jul 2009
High noon in corporate SA - time for the new age entrepreneur
Mon, 18 May 2009
"It has become imperative for businesses to adopt a new approach or style of management – one that promotes the advantages of a combination of entrepreneurial flair and technical expertise," writes Robert Sussman. The way managers integrate people and information can strengthen companies' market share, but it's up to individuals to move with the times.
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INNOVATIVE TRAINING
Leadership board game launches in Jo’burg
Tue, 19 May 2009
Board games get people out of their traditional roles to express themselves freely, to draw out quiet or new staff, reveal hidden issues and talents and generate an atmosphere of energy and enjoyment - of generating new ideas, says Fiona Ross, who is pioneering the idea of customised training through board games.
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POUSSIÈRE D’ÉTOILES
Good records management could save your neck in court
Wed, 13 May 2009
In recent years, email and printed records have proven more effective in settling court cases than human witnesses. Learn more about Records Management in the South African Legislative Framework in Johannesburg via a two-day course at the close of May.
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COMMUNICATION SUMMIT
Leadership communication is critical in unstable times
Mon, 11 May 2009
An international survey indicates that 54% of employees do not hear from their leaders during a crisis - and yet, communication is critical for positive business environments. A Corporate Communication Manangement Summit will take place in early June to showcase leading SA companies and map out internal challenges that lie ahead.
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ASTROTECH
Failures in ethics are shaking politics and business – will anything change?
Mon, 11 May 2009
"Acquisition, entitlement and a failure to look at the big challenges have created major problems for economies," writes Liza van Wyk. Corporate governance means companies are considering business ethics in their day-to-day dealings, but a system of values has not been established such that crooks can be easily recognised.
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COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE
Beat your competitors: turn your information into intelligence
Thu, 30 Apr 2009
Competitive Intelligence (CI) could be just the strategy you need to gain an advantage over competitors. Dr Deonie Botha is running a workshop to introduce the concept of CI and guide managers to employ it as a tool to overcome threats and exploit oppurtunities.
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Click here for Training Providers specialising in Executive Education
Click on the links below for Executive Education training courses in the following regions:
ENTERPRENEURSHIP VS LEADERSHIP
From entrepreneur to leader
Mon, 16 Aug 2010
The entrepreneur who starts a business first has to work as a hands-on manager. But when the business grows they have to transform their role into that of a leader, rather than just a do-er. Frances Wright from Trinitas Consulting has some advice for the developing leader.
...moreFormula for Success: Planning x Preparation = Performance
Thu, 22 Apr 2010
"We generally admire people who have achieved iconic status", writes Karen Hein, "whether it’s social entrepreneurs like Mother Theresa, rock stars like Jimi Hendricks, or business entrepreneurs like Bill Gates. "If you’re anything like me, you wonder why you’ve not reached this status too! I have a simple formula that will help you realize your dreams, quicker than you thought was possible".
...moreTrain yourself to be an executive athlete
Tue, 13 Apr 2010
Executives are required to call on super human energy every day. But where does this energy come from? And are you nurturing your time long enough to ensure that the energy you expend is at the right time and on the right projects? KLM Empowered's Lyn Mansour has some answers.
...moreYoung managers battle with old saboteurs
Tue, 23 Mar 2010
There are more younger managers in the workplace today and they often have problems dealing with their older subordinates. "Our training courses are full of young managers who are often battling to deal with older staff who resent them being appointed over them," says Liza van Wyk from Astrotech. "The problem deepens if they are of a different gender or race group.”
...moreLeadership and the changing playing fields
Wed, 24 Feb 2010
The business game is in a constant flux of change, particularly as the global economy is increasingly accessible. Ryan Grove, development manager at Performance Enhancement & Rewards (PE&R) explains the pivotal role that leadership plays in the corporate game.
...moreLeadership Training: Are leaders born or made?
Thu, 04 Feb 2010
Leadership is a process of influencing people while operating to meet
organizational requirements and improving the organization through change, explains QED Marketing Director Rufus Ledwaba. Leadership training is the foundation of all organizations, whether corporate, nonprofit or government.
...moreFrom expert to manager to leader
Mon, 16 Nov 2009
Management is the mass profession of today with almost any brainworker also performing the work of a manager. This means that management matters are important to every person in modern societies, explains Hans Stoisser. Without basic management skills you cannot be successful in business.
...moreKing 3 sees directors queuing for courses on corporate governance
Fri, 18 Sep 2009
The King Three report on corporate governance, launched by AstroTech, has dramatically tightened directors’ responsibilities, making them personally liable for decisions that make their companies criminally negligent.
...moreLeadership for a new economy
Thu, 23 Jul 2009
Academia has the responsibility to develop a theoretical foundation – an academic base – to develop a system of capital that is socially responsible. If we continue to educate executives, accountants, teachers - without inculcating how they contribute to our economy, to our country, then we have failed.
From Business, we need executives who have a “contextual intelligence”. To simply close down factories without any regard to the effect upon the individuals, upon society, upon our country, or to extract our mineral wealth while completely disregarding the “person” – that ivory tower mentality is no longer appropriate.
These dual challenges - to our innovative ability and to our common humanity – were laid down by Iqbal Survé in an inspiring presentation this week to the UCT Leadership Forum.
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CORPORATE SAHigh noon in corporate SA - time for the new age entrepreneur
Mon, 18 May 2009
"It has become imperative for businesses to adopt a new approach or style of management – one that promotes the advantages of a combination of entrepreneurial flair and technical expertise," writes Robert Sussman. The way managers integrate people and information can strengthen companies' market share, but it's up to individuals to move with the times.
...moreLeadership board game launches in Jo’burg
Tue, 19 May 2009
Board games get people out of their traditional roles to express themselves freely, to draw out quiet or new staff, reveal hidden issues and talents and generate an atmosphere of energy and enjoyment - of generating new ideas, says Fiona Ross, who is pioneering the idea of customised training through board games.
...moreGood records management could save your neck in court
Wed, 13 May 2009
In recent years, email and printed records have proven more effective in settling court cases than human witnesses. Learn more about Records Management in the South African Legislative Framework in Johannesburg via a two-day course at the close of May.
...moreLeadership communication is critical in unstable times
Mon, 11 May 2009
An international survey indicates that 54% of employees do not hear from their leaders during a crisis - and yet, communication is critical for positive business environments. A Corporate Communication Manangement Summit will take place in early June to showcase leading SA companies and map out internal challenges that lie ahead.
...moreFailures in ethics are shaking politics and business – will anything change?
Mon, 11 May 2009
"Acquisition, entitlement and a failure to look at the big challenges have created major problems for economies," writes Liza van Wyk. Corporate governance means companies are considering business ethics in their day-to-day dealings, but a system of values has not been established such that crooks can be easily recognised.
...moreBeat your competitors: turn your information into intelligence
Thu, 30 Apr 2009
Competitive Intelligence (CI) could be just the strategy you need to gain an advantage over competitors. Dr Deonie Botha is running a workshop to introduce the concept of CI and guide managers to employ it as a tool to overcome threats and exploit oppurtunities.
...moreIn the new post-industrial era, the ‘book value’ of a company no longer has very much to do with its tangible assets. An analysis of today’s billion Rand acquisitions usually reveals that less than 10% of a company’s purchase price (in some cases as little as 3%) has anything to do with its buildings and equipment. The other 90% lies in its intellectual assets.
Over the last two decades, many well-known companies have shifted their efforts away from manufacturing, by outsourcing to suppliers and lower-wage economies, while they concentrate instead on leveraging their learning.
Thus the only form of organisational capital that has any lasting value in the new economic era is intellectual capital: human capital. As Winston Churchill said, “The empires of the future will be empires of the mind.”
Executive education is pursued by dynamic managers who seek careers as senior executives in South Africa. They may take courses and programmes in Personnel Management, Project Management, Production and Supervision, Risk Management, Economics and Finance, Marketing and Sales, Business Writing, Corporate Governance and more.
Business leaders may also seek executive education in the place of an MBA, as it is less time consuming and does not demand rigorous academic entrance requirements.
Managers attend executive education programs in order to design an organisational strategy and rise in a personal capacity to meet their business goals. In many ways, executives face a choice: continue to manage in the same way and struggle with issues that produce the same meagre results, or step into a new path of leadership through education.
To find out more, view the Skills Portal Training Directory.
QED - QUALITY EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT
An opportune time to stimulate training and development
Fri, 24 Apr 2009
"Stimulus package", "recession", "Bail-out", "AIG" - these have become buzzwords in recent times. But Rufus Ledwaba from QED has a different message from the doom and gloom emnating from the USA: re-skilling, training and entrepreneurial creativity.
...moreExperiential workshop offers talent management at its best
Thu, 02 Apr 2009
Vision Activ, an international company delivering HR Solutions covering Leadership development, Performance Management, Change Management and Talent Management, is holding a two-day roundtable designed to show you how to manage your employees' talent.
...moreFighting corruption with Unashamedly Ethical
Mon, 23 Mar 2009
“We believe that if enough of us stand together, we can make enough change to the morality of our country and the world,” says Graham Power, Chairman of Transformation Africa and one of the partners of Unashamedly Ethical, a new campaign driven to stamping out corruption and poverty in South Africa.
...moreA New Companies Bill for South Africa
Thu, 15 Jan 2009
The Bill is in the first phase of a larger South African corporate law reform process to modernise the existing Companies Act 61 of 1973.
...moreBusiness Process Management - Pre-empting Change
Thu, 03 Jul 2008
Business Process Management, or BPM, is an evolved form of change management and helps the organisation not only adapt to changes, but also to recognize the need for and initiate changes in the organisation.
...morePersonal Accountability of Leaders
Tue, 06 May 2008
When a doctor qualifies, he or she takes an oath called the “Hippocratic Oath”. The oath taken is a promise to practice good medicine to the best of his or her ability. This is a personal promise made to self and is intended to assist the new doctor in carrying out the tasks of his/her profession in a professional manner.
...moreFrom growing pains to greatness
Tue, 15 Apr 2008
Building and growing a great company is a challenging affair, not least in South Africa where small and medium size enterprise leaders often face a battle getting their firms off the ground. A growing number of companies however are mastering the take-off phase with some wise leadership and finding themselves soaring at a rapid rate.
...moreAnalyzing Inputs, Maximising Outputs
Thu, 10 Apr 2008
As a continuously evolving business, it is important to analyze and optimize all processes, data and workflows continuously within the organization. Business and Systems Analysis (BSA) assists an organization to improve processing its functions and activities in order to reduce overall costs, provide more efficient use of scarce resources, and better support customers.
...moreThe challenge of leadership is living up to promises and delivering
Sat, 29 Mar 2008
Major training company finds interesting trends in what courses business is demanding.
It is not only in politics that leadership issues are being hotly contested, business is doing more to build more effective leaders too.
...moreCorporate Governance Training Course
Mon, 18 Feb 2008
Corporate Governance is a complex and involved subject, but a subject that has implications which pertain to the entire company. Not only senior executives deal with Corporate Governance, but managers also play a critical role. A new training course from AstroTech covers the subject.
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ROWAN GIBSONRethinking the Future
Mon, 10 Dec 2007
We must learn to use discontinuous changes to shape our own future, before the future shapes us.
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ROWAN GIBSONRethinking The Leadership Agenda
Mon, 10 Dec 2007
What does it take to be a successful leader in today’s confusing, high pressure business environment?
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ROWAN GIBSONThe Future Of Work: Rethinking HR
Mon, 10 Dec 2007
The unmistakable message from my books and speeches is that ‘Linear thinking is useless in a non-linear world.’ I contend that we are in the midst of one of biggest changes - if not the biggest change -
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ROWAN GIBSONImproving business performance in the age of human capital
Mon, 10 Dec 2007
“Where is Michael Porter when you need him?” That’s the question posed recently by leading business thinker Gary Hamel in an article about modern competition.
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ROWAN GIBSONBreaking the legacy chains
Fri, 18 Jan 2008
For most companies, there comes a moment when the only way to
continue growing is, paradoxically, to divest things – to get rid of
traditional parts of the business where growth has stagnated and to get
into new, more innovative businesses that have the potential to grow
faster.
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ROWAN GIBSONConquering denial
Mon, 10 Dec 2007
Some time over the next decade (if it hasn’t happened already), your
company will be challenged to change in a way for which it has no
historical precedent.
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ROWAN GIBSONCreating Tomorrow's Advantages
Mon, 10 Dec 2007
"The important thing is to try to shape the nature of competition, to take control over your own destiny."
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ROWAN GIBSONThe real imperative for innovation
Mon, 10 Dec 2007
Ask any group of senior executives why they think innovation has become such an imperative, and the answer is invariably: “Because it drives growth.”
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ROWAN GIBSONWinning in the Innovation Economy
Mon, 10 Dec 2007
Pick up any financial newspaper or business magazine and look at Wall Street’s biggest winners and losers. What do you see?
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TRAINING FOR BUSINESS OWNERSSell, Franchise or Grow Your Business
Sat, 19 Jan 2008
Sell, Franchise or Grow Your Business: A practical template driven system to transform your business.
Would you like to build your business - faster? - more profitably? - and with less stress? This course is for you!
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