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The Leadership Platform

The Leadership Platform show is a show on the fringe of change in leadership development, debating leadership issues and casting the spotlight on leaders. Adriaan Groenewald as an accomplished author and leadership advisor has been interviewing and working with top leaders for more than 15 years, and is therefore perfectly placed to present the show. The show includes the Youth Leadership Platform, presented by Bongani Tau.
Weekly English South Africa Business · Health & Fitness
794 Episodes
180 – 200

Youth Leadership Platform: Being Gay in SA

The LGBQTIA community is largely stigmatised and outright unaccepted by many. The YLP team chats to Given Stuurman who plays Reggie in MTV Shuga: Down South about playing a gay character and the topic of being gay in South Africa. How accepted and safe is it?
12 Jun 2017 28 min

SME Interview: Colin Timmis

The panel, including Safiyyah Boolay of New Habits, chats to Colin Timmis, Xero's Head of Accounting in South Africa and founder of South Africa's first cloud accounting practice.
12 Jun 2017 27 min

Leader Interview: Doug Smart

Adriaan and Louis continue their conversation with Doug Smart - CEO of KFC sub-Saharan Africa. In this conversation they focus on Doug’s passion for leadership and his personal #leader journey.
12 Jun 2017 27 min

Youth Influencers

The YLP team have a chat with participants at the official YLP launch about their thoughts of the launch, leadership and what needs to be spoken about amongst the youth. Les Allen joins the conversation, speaking about the Icon Convention this month and how social media influencing can actually be…
5 Jun 2017 55 min

Leadership Master Class - Executive Leadership Development with Cebile Xulu & S

Adriaan and Louis speak to experienced and current practising HR Executives Cebile Xulu - HR Business Lead of South Africa & Central East Africa at Mondelēz International, and Prof. Shirley Zinn - currently Group Head of HR at Woolworths. They discuss best practise as far as Executive Leadership Development is…
5 Jun 2017 56 min

Youth Leadership Platform: The Launch (sponsored by SIBANYE)

The team is excited to chat about and bring to you a conversation with various youths and SRC members. We’re speaking about our exciting new launch by the Leadership Platform in partnership with Sibanye that will be a great resource for youths in different communities. Tune in to hear the…
29 May 2017 56 min

SME Interview: Promoting Women Entrepreneurs

The panel, including Safiyyah Boolay of New Habits, chats to Elizabeth Vazquez - President, CEO and Co-Founder of WEConnect International - on the purpose of WEConnect in promoting women entrepreneurs. Joining them in the conversation is Jean Chawapiwa, Country Director for WeConnect International in South Africa.
29 May 2017 29 min

Leadership Master Class: Youth Leadership Platform Launch (sponsored by SIBANYE)

Leadership Platform - in partnership with SIBANYE - introduce the launching of Youth Leadership Platform in communities and in broader society. Together with Senior Vice President of Corporate Communication and Stakeholder Engagement, Thabisile Phumo and the presenters of the Youth Leadership Platform on CliffCentral, they discuss the vision, the vital…
29 May 2017 57 min

SME Interview: John Campbell

The panel, including Safiyyah Boolay of New Habits, chats to John Campbell, a disruptive innovator, about the impact of Fintech on traditional business models.
22 May 2017 29 min

Leader Interview: Hans Schulte

Adriaan and his team interview Hans Schulte: Human Capital Consultant Corporate Creativity Engineer, Researcher Project Manager, and Co-Founder of Verity.AI. He is a man in search of the "awsomeness" gene in all human beings, but what is really relevant is the leadership styles and paradigm shifts necessary to have creativity…
21 May 2017 30 min

Master Lesson: The Principle of Change

Adriaan, Louis and Prof. Theo Veldsman discuss the importance of understanding the principle of change - change navigation as a call to leadership competence in a hyper turbulent world.
21 May 2017 21 min

Youth Leadership Platform: Digital & Technology special

The team kicks off a digital and technology special by chatting to Warren and Misha Daniel who are the MD and COD of Big Bite Consulting. They speak about the digital space, how it is evolving, what plans Warren and Misha have in terms of educating SA on everything digital…
15 May 2017 36 min

SME Interview: Zandile Nzalo

The panel chats to Zandile Nzalo, founder and CEO of Zanenza about her wealth of incredible experience in the world of entrepreneurship as a black woman - the challenges within the South African market and the significant opportunities.
15 May 2017 28 min

Business Skills Conversation: The State of SA's Economy

Richard Angus and Safiyyah Boolay speak to Andrew Joubert, Director of Executive Education at the University of the Witwatersrand’s School of Economic and Business Sciences about the current state of the economy in South Africa and how this affects small and medium business.
15 May 2017 28 min
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