- By Tracey Swanepoel
Burning Up or Burning Out...
In 2008 21 CEOs of South African-listed companies resigned.
In 2008 21 CEOs of South African-listed companies resigned.
The one thing you can say about life is that it goes on... and on....and on.
It's the time of year for getting merry (so they say) rather than heavy. Judging by the sighing, fraught, exhausted shadows of our former (January) selves that we seem to have become, it has indeed been a hard year and there's an almost desperate "can't waitness" in the air.
The coffee we buy. The cars we drive. Our laptops. Cell phones. Wristwatches. Shoes. Bags. We are driving, talkin' sleepin' walkin' living brands.
Two is the magic number
Do you have a best friend at work? This question, strange as it may sound is part of an internationally renowned study by Gallup, which investigates the correlation between employee attitudes and company profitability. Over the course of nearly ten years they have whittled their findings down to 12 questions, (The Gallup Q12) which have proved to be key indicators of increased business performance.
Do you ever wonder what world leaders talk about when they get behind closed doors?
By all reports just a few weeks ago at the World Economic Forum in Davos they were talking about "swimming naked".