Leadership Lessons from Emperor SHAKA ZULU the Great

The diary of Phindangene Mzwakhe ka Madi I Phinda

Mzwakhe Madi

Enthralling leadership secrets from another age, another empire...

Prof Phinda Madi's journey into the rich heritage of Africa's history unearths the dramatic truth of remarkable leader's victories and ultimate defeat. Shaka's story is heroic and inspiring. Madi brings it to life with a rich flowing narrative filled with imagery and drama which makes for a very pleasant reading experience.

What's more, by telling the full story of a real-life career of leadership-with its strong points and its weaknesses-Madi highlights essential and universal truths of good leadership. He translates Shaka's secrets into ten valuable leadership lessons in this modern world, namely:

1. Build a sense of mission
2. Mission is more important than convention
3. To be a conqueror, be apprenticed to a conqueror
4. Lead the charge (from the front)
5. Build a fanatical team
6. Go where angels fear to tread
7. Be a good strategist (or get one)
8. Know the battlefield (better than the enemy)
9. Be obsessed with world-class technologies
10. Never believe your own PR

Leadership lessons from emperor ZULU SHAKA the great will provide you with the skills and insight toapply these leadership principles to maximise.

Prof Phinda Mzwakhe Madi is a businessman, author, management consultant, speaker and academic of 30 years standing, who is based in South Africa. A corporate lawyer by training, he is chairman and founder of the diversified investments holding company, Madi Investments; Chairman and founder of the hedge fund, Mkhandela Capital; as well as founding member of the SA Black Economic Empowerment Commission. Over the past 20 years, he has served as Director at the following JSE listed companies: The Spar Group, Nampak Group, Illovo Sugar, Sovereign Foods Limited and the Automobile Association of South Africa. He also serves on a number of community-based organisations in his hometown, Soweto. In 2000 he was appointed Visiting Professor at Rhodes University Business School in Grahamstown, where he served for eight years. In 2018 he was appointed Professor of Practice at the University of Johannesburg Business School. He has written four management books over the past 25 years - Affirmative Action in Corporate South Africa, Black Economic Empowerment - The Rights and The Wrongs; Leadership Lessons from Shaka Zulu; and Black Economic Empowerment 20 Years Later. He is a graduate of the University of Zululand, KZN, South Africa; Northwestern University Kellogg Business School, Chicago, USA; and HEC Business School, Paris, France.