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BUSINESSFIT

David White Akhona Mahlati Bruce Lennon
www.businessfit.co.za

CREATING SUSTAINABLE BUSINESSES
BusinessFit continues to strive towards supporting
and encouraging the growth and development
of entrepreneurs and SMEs in the South African
economy. Now in its eight year since inception,
BusinessFit has become a commanding force in
this space. The association is as passionate as ever
to meet its mandate of helping create employment
through ensuring the success and sustainability
of more businesses in the economy. BusinessFit’s
approach to support this outcome is through
providing leadership training and confidence
building, supporting development of functional
area foundations, and energising teams through
engagement methodologies.
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and innovative initiatives been as critically
important as they are today. Global challenges
for entrepreneurs, engineers and scientists are to
guide positive change to environmental and social
aspects of our living.
As consumers we are purchasing products and
services that are not energy efficient, and in fact
are the result, in many instances of Co emissions
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being pumped into the atmosphere, and waste and
pollution being poured into our rivers and seas.
The social divide between the haves and the have
not’s is also stretching wider and wider, with the
result being just a few owning the worlds riches.
The balance of the population being left to fend
for themselves with limited access to training, the
economy, and opportunities to raise funding.
Business leaders today are required to ensure that
they create sustainable businesses, that meet the
expectations of all stakeholders involved. This
higher level of sophistication in business leadership
has created the demand for business coaches and
mentors to share their wisdom, and to support the
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