Harvard AMP – a pit stop on my road to personal renewal
Since completing the program a week ago, family, friends and colleagues have asked me many questions about the Harvard AMP. Here are my answers to some of the questions.
Harvard AMP – thank you Boston!
Looking back to my stay in Boston, that has recently ended, I can certainly say that I fell in love with Boston and running along the Charles River was one of my highlights.
Harvard AMP – my summary of Professor Porter’s lecture
Today I attended Professor Michael E. Porter’s lecture, The Looming Challenge to U.S. Competitiveness. Professor Porter is the Bishop William Lawrence University Professor at the Harvard Business School.
Harvard AMP – the U.S. federal government shutdown
Today, in the middle of a catch-up conversation with a colleague at home in South Africa, on the happenings at the Harvard Business School (HBS) where I am participating, with 160 other executives from 42 countries, in the school’s renowned Advanced Management Programme, the colleague asked “So, tell me, how is the U.S. government shutdown affecting you?”
A Song in the Night – a memoir of resilience
In October 2013, Bob Massie was a guest speaker at the Harvard Business School where I was participating in the Advanced Management Program (AMP). He opened his speech to a group of AMP participants eagerly waiting to hear his amazing story of overcoming great...
SA Downgrade & the Money Mindset
What is your money mindset? A mindset is defined as a set of attitudes and beliefs that affect one’s behaviour. So what’s a money mindset? Simply, it’s your money belief system. Common money beliefs can be uncovered by completing this statement: ‘Money is…’ Here are...
What’s Your “Money Script”?
From history, we now know that millions across the globe commit themselves with atypical vigour to achieving their goals, such as losing weight, finding more happiness, eating more healthfully, quitting smoking, obtaining a better education, changing jobs and better...
Money Lessons from Dickens’ A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is probably his most famous book. The book hit the shops 173 years ago on December 19, 1843, and sold out in three days. In this classic tale, Ebenezer Scrooge left behind his miserly ways and transformed into a joyful, compassionate...
Needs & Wants
Festive Season Savings Campaign The South African Savings Institute (SASI) recently launched its annual Festive Season Savings Campaign. At the launch, SASI Acting CEO Gerald Mwandiambira said “We feel that a message which recognizes the hardships and savings...
Career & Job Changes: 3
Today’s post is Part 3 of a Post Inspired by a Client who got in touch with me to get some advice on a possible job/career change. Here is my advice to this client. Now that you have made the Decision to Make a Career/Job Change ...It is important that you keep your...
Career & Job Changes
Today’s post is inspired by a client who got in touch with me to get some advice on a possible job/career change. Next year, I will be celebrating 20 years in financial services in South Africa! Over this period, I have had my fair share of job and career changes....
An Ode To Coffee
I love odes to coffee! I love coffee…..enough said! ‘Essays’ on coffee, I love them too and here is one of the best! “The Pleasures and Pains of Coffee” by Honore de Balzac translated from the French by Robert Onopa Coffee is a great power in my life; I have observed...
The Holy Grail To Managing Your Finances
Financial Problems Many South African households suffer from financial problems and are financially unwell. A few examples of these problems are increasing consumer debts, emolument attachment orders (garnishee orders), resignations in order to access retirement fund...