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Small acts, big impact: Why daily self-care matters
It’s easy to think that taking care of yourself requires grand gestures – a spa day,...
Prescription for the mind: understanding the unexplained sadness
Depression often carries with it a burdensome shadow of ‘shame’ and societal ‘stigma’. These aspects further...
In the world of credit: a network of trust
Let’s explore how the credit landscape resembles a soccer match, where trust, teamwork, and fair play...
The economic cost of SA’s mental health crisis
Mental health conditions cost the economy more than R200bn a year through people missing work and...
Medical costs a major money stressor for South Africans
People are downgrading their medical plans as they cannot afford the premiums — but at what...
Middle-managers and stress during the COVID-19 pandemic
Fifteen months into the global COVID-19 pandemic, many middle-managers feel like they are the proverbial ‘ham...
How to help employees deal with mental and emotional health stressors during pandemic
It has been more than a year since the first case of the Covid-19 coronavirus was...
Goodbye Johannesburg, Hello Boston!
On Friday 30th August, I bid temporary farewell to Johannesburg when my South African Airways flight left Johannesburg for...
Hello Boston!
Photo by Ira Ostafiichuk on Unsplash After a 15 hour Johannesburg to New York flight, I arrived...
Hello Harvard Square!
After some rest at the Sheraton Commander Hotel, the next item on my agenda was to...
Harvard AMP – a truly global programme
On 3rd September, I joined a diverse group of 162 senior executives from all over the...
Harvard AMP – a typical day
A friend recently asked me to describe my typical Harvard Business School Advanced Management Programme (AMP)...
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