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KZN LEADERS’ FORUM

he KZN Leaders’ Forum, growth of KZN enterprise Che Mokoape who did a sterling Cathie closed with the behaviour of others. In so doing it
convened by DRG Human through effective leadership job of introducing speakers, observation that organisations helps them to adjust their style to
TCapital and co-sponsored ■ To create an opportunity for providing continuity between should test their impact according ensure productive and sustainable
by Standard Bank and KZN Top dialogue at a senior level within them and ensuring the efficient to their ‘Why’, namely: Why, relationships. The profiling
Business took place at Butlers the KZN province execution of proceedings. do you as an organisation exist? process also helps teams to operate
Restaurant in Hillcrest, KZN. The ■ To gather business leaders, Why would it matter if your efficiently.
theme centred upon sustainable government officials and The keynote speaker role organisation doesn’t exist and
enterprise growth through professional service providers was taken up by Cathie Lewis, the test question: “What is your The final contributor, Rajes
effective leadership practices with to help build effective group company secretary for net positive impact in your three Govender CA(SA) who,
the intention for the forum to be relationships and partnerships Grindrod Limited who framed realms of economic, social and through her consultancy FD
the forerunner of regular events ■ Listen to keynote speakers her talk around sustainability environmental performance? Vedanta, guides enterprises
geared towards leveraging the KZN on interesting topics related to as a business leader priority. in the implementation of
economy. Participants were senior enterprise sustainability She pointed out that, whilst The first industry expert speaker financial management and
enterprise leaders and government ■ Hear commentary from sustainability has a diversity was Charles Henzi, director at corporate governance best-
representatives. industry specialists of meanings, her preference DRG Human Capital who spoke practice. Governing bodies of
was for that of the Brundtland on employee engagement. He organisations need to set policies
The Aim of this Forum: The master of ceremonies role Commission (Our Common described it as a critical leadership and have oversight of compliance
■ To support the sustainable was kindly accepted by Karabo Future), namely, “meeting the responsibility in fulfilling with policies as part of building
needs of the present without the principle of stakeholder sustainability. There is a need for
mindsets in the boardroom to
engagement, from the perspective
compromising the ability of that employees, as stakeholders shift from a management mindset
future generations to meet in their own right, leveraged to a governance mindset to drive
their own needs.” Cathie meeting the expectations of other the right actions and entrench
referred to the three domains stakeholders such as shareholders, governance processes within
of sustainability as being customers and society to grow organisations.
economically productive, and sustain the enterprises which
socially inclusive and they depend upon. He noted that The conclusion drawn from this
environmentally sustainable the start-point of sound leadership meeting was that it represented a
with the challenge being finding practice is self-awareness as it good start for an ongoing process
balance and managing trade- impacts upon leadership style. for dialogue between business
offs. She introduced the ‘Net The next speaker was Cheryl leaders in discovering initiatives
Positive Approach’ i.e. putting Mackinnon, principal partner, driving enterprise sustainability
more back into society, the KZN PDA International, which in support of growing the KZN
environment and the global specialises in behavioural economy. 
economy (an organisation’s profiling. Such profiling helps
handprint) than what is taken leaders to recognise and define For more information contact, David White,
david@drg.co.za
L- R: Youshi Naidoo, Cathie Lewis, and Karabo Che Mokoape out (an organisation’s footprint). their style in influencing the www.drghumancapital.com

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