A new breed of leaders is needed to meet the challenges of global social, political and economic turmoil. Yet leaders of the right calibre are in short supply. “The main obstacle,” according to Sandra Burmeister, CEO of the Landelahni Recruitment Group, “is that businesses are operating under false assumptions about what constitutes leadership.” “Opportunities for expansion abound in local and global markets,” says Burmeister, “but the rules have changed. Established business models and systems are missing the mark. Ageing leadership and the rapid rate of change is resulting in a shortage of leaders. Insufficient bench strength to meet rapidly changing... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, May 7th 2012 |
25 April 2012 – The Hospital Association of South Africa (HASA) has noted the public address by the Minister of Health in Sandton on 23 April. The Association is particularly supportive of the call by the Health Minister for South Africans to start viewing the health sector as one of diverse resources that must be used collectively to address service delivery challenges, using both the public and private sector resources. HASA maintains that the huge unmet need for healthcare services in this country can best be addressed through innovative and new ways of solving these service delivery challenges. For HASA... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, April 25th 2012 |
Rampele Morewane, Chief Director for the District Health System for the National Department of Health, on Tuesday 27 March 2012 delivered an address on behalf of the honourable Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, on the issue of South Africa’s under-five child mortality rate. Morewane served as the keynote speaker at the launch of Dettol South Africa’s Health for More Life campaign which was held at the Bathokwa Primary School in Saulsville, Pretoria. As part of the campaign, Dettol donated R1 million to the Children’s Hospital Trust, fundraiser for the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital and Paediatric Healthcare in... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, April 12th 2012 |
There is a critical shortage of the technical skills needed to support the fast pace of telecommunications growth sweeping across SA and the African continent. This is one of the main findings of the 2012 Telecommunications Survey, carried out by Landelahni Business Leaders, a member of the global Amrop executive search group. “Information and communications technology is a pre-condition for socio-economic development and national competitiveness. However, a shortage of key skills is a huge constraint,” says Landelahni Amrop CEO Sandra Burmeister. “Opportunities abound throughout Africa, despite the challenges of poor infrastructure, disparate regulatory environments and ferocious competition. Spending on ICT... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, March 26th 2012 |
It’s Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month (CCAM) – a global initiative held annually in March. This year, to help create awareness for this disease that few talk about, Barry Hilton is collaborating with Be Cancer Aware (BCA). At a media brunch held in Johannesburg on Friday 23rd March, Barry Hilton shared the impact of losing two dear loved ones to cancer. Here he discussed both the emotional and the financial impact of having them diagnosed with the dread disease. Barry lost his mother to cancer in 2002 and again endured a similar reality when his brother informed him that he had... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, March 26th 2012 |
