Stop To-Do
By Dr J Stanko When Peter F. Drucker was alive, I tried to attend his Foundation’s annual leadership conference every year. For me, it was always a time to reflect and refocus on the…
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It’s time for the She-Suite to take their seat in the boardroom
By Simthandile Ford with Gladys Chandia The world at large is currently faced with lurking signs of systemic stress in the global economy. The implications are possible increases in unemployment, poverty and other social…
3 ways your tongue is sabotaging your marriage
By Jolly Mokorosi Not so long ago I attended a women in leadership conference. One of the subjects raised was on how it seems men do not always ‘cooperate’ whilst in relationships with ‘strong’…
Purpose driven reading
Few great leaders have not been great readers. Former US president and Nobel Peace Prize recipient, Theodore Roosevelt, read a book a day for most of his life. Last year the CEO of a…
Five ways the church can affirm leading women
By Jolly Mokorosi With the rise of women in the marketplace it should be no surprise that churches are seeing in increasing numbers members who reflect this demographic in the communities they serve. But…
Tough Choices by Carly Fiorina : A Book Review
By Jolly Mokorosi I was given this book by some friends who lead one of the London chapters of the church I attend. Once I had introduced Top Women for God to them, they…
Developing my personal business plan – God is my CEO workbook review (Part 1)
Having developed a number of business plans for projects of varying sizes, I was intrigued by the God is my CEO Workbook by Larry S Julian. The funny thing about thinking strategically about your…
3 things to remember when you ‘miss the train’
I realised a bit belatedly that my train would be departing from platform 3 in about a minute – tops! With the small ounce of energy I had I rushed to catch it. This…
Cracking the Mentor Code: Is it really necessary to have one?
To be entirely honest with you, when given the task of writing this article on mentorship, I was not entirely sold on the idea. Firstly because I did not have a mentor of my…
Blessed for Success
A few years ago a former colleague of mine and I would recite the famous Klingon war cry “Qapla’ batlh je”, which means success and honour, before every important meeting or trip. It was…