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FinSmart – New Year’s Finances with Mangaliso Mithi

(WATCH): Make sure your new year’s resolutions include your finances. Take control of your personal finances and ensure you’re in charge! Watch the interview with eNCA.

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As a leader, how do you handle situations where an employee is being or becoming too familiar?

Q: As a leader, how do you handle situations where an employee is being or becoming too familiar? Asked by Cindy A: You need to re-align the employee’s interest to why they are doing the job. In order to do this, you need to understand and probe the employee to find out what’s driving them […]

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If leadership is sacrifice of self-interest, why then do companies have CEOs – that one person that’s tasked to lead the team?

Q: If leadership is sacrifice of self-interest, why then do companies have CEOs – that one person that’s tasked to lead the team? Asked by anonymous A: You need to remember that the rest of the executive team are leaders too. Leadership is a skill and the CFO, CMO, CHRO, CTO, etc have all demonstrated […]

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As a leader, how do you learn not to compromise at such a level. To please shareholders and at the same time be considerate of people’s lives?

Q: As a leader, how do you learn not to compromise at such a level. To please shareholders and at the same time be considerate of people’s lives? Asked by Emmanuel A: The job is already half done because a shareholder is looking to earn a return, either through a dividend or capital growth so […]

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Mangaliso, how are you so confident? ​

Confidence /ˈkɒnfɪd(ə)ns/ noun noun: confidence “A feeling of self-assurance arising from an appreciation of one’s own abilities or qualities.” One of my former bosses told me time and again that he didn’t consider me average height, but that I was short – I’m 1.7m. I also tried modelling but the director of the agency said […]