Leadership in Context: Perspectives from the Front Line

In Leadership in Context thought-leaders cover the following themes:

• Leadership as strategic organisational capability and intervention by Theo H Veldsman and Andrew J Johnson
• The world of tomorrow: leadership challenges, demands, and requirements by Theo H Veldsman
• School leadership by Louise van Rhyn, Gail McMillan and James Ndlebe
• Leading in South African higher education by Crain Soudien
• Public sector leadership by Vain Jarbandhan
• Community leadership by R Bricks Mokolo with Mokesh K Morar
• Sports leadership by Wim Hollander
• Leading professional firms by Jenny Greyling in association with Ajen Sita
• Business leadership by Hixonia Nyasulu
• Political leadership by Chris Landsberg
• Religion, spirituality and leadership by Anthony Egan
• Ecologically embedded leadership by Jess Schulschenk
• Leadership engagement with the context by Theo H Veldsman

Leadership in Context also features inspirational leadership stories from:

• Bridgette Gasa: Good leaders unite people
• Cheryl Carolus: Leaders must lead by example
• Ali Bacher: Captaining on and off the field
• Shameel Joosub: Creating movement as a leader in a constantly evolving and changing environment
• Herman Mashaba: Good leaders are guided by reality, not wishful thinking
• Pfungwa Serima: Head in the Clouds and feet on the ground

DR ANDREW JOHNSON Andrew Johnson is the Chief Learning Officer at Eskom's Academy of Learning. His career has included work at Edcon, MTN, Transnet, Anglovaal Mining and the JSE. He has held various non-executive directorships. He has consulted for several state-owned entities, private companies, and African and BRICS utilities. Andrew was awarded the HR Director of the Year Award by IPM, and a Lifetime Achievement Award by the SABPP.