"Always prepare yourself for the next role. It's not about who sits where on the table, but what you bring to the table."
In this episode Mzwandile is joined by Musa Mabasa a brilliant leader with vast experience in Mining, Management & Theology. He was also identified as the Standard Bank rising star in the year 2018.
Learn how to lead within a context.
Learning is what separates average leaders from great leaders.
What will set you apart as a leader is your ability to intentionally learn about yourself, learn more about your craft and learn more about others.
In this episode learn how to master the art of leadership & learning.
"Be yourself, everyone else is taken."
Why be a copy, when you can be the original?
In this episode Mzwandile speaks of the dangers of imitation and how it can rob you of your curatively.
Learn five ways you can be more innovative as a leader; Think out of the box, be willing to be uncomfortable, surround yourself with people who think differently, study innovators and create time to innovate.
Wondering what lessons one can learn from horses?
In this two-part episode learn what horses have to do with empowerment, leadership and personal growth.
Mzwandile has a fascinating conversation with Carmen Theobald Director & Facilitator from Horse Sense North Canada on the roles of a Master Herder and how you can use your power in balanced and healthy ways that are good for the "herd".
Wondering what lessons one can learn from horses?
In this two-part episode learn what horses have to do with empowerment, leadership and personal growth.
Mzwandile has a fascinating conversation with Carmen Theobald Director & Facilitator from Horse Sense North Canada on how one can go about empowering themselves with Clarity|Connection|Courage.
"‘Normal’ doesn’t really test your integrity. Crises do. But when a crisis comes, it’s often too late to fix what’s wrong."
- Carey Nieuwhof
Are you the same person in private as you are in public?
Integrity is one of the crucial factors that contribute to leadership success.
In this episode Mzwandile shares five ways you can build your integrity.
"There's a constant tension in climbing, and really all exploration, between pushing yourself into the unknown but trying not to push too far. The best any of us can do is to tread that line carefully." -Alex Honnold
Not too sure how to choose vocation, how do you deal with the tension/conflict of pursuing what you feel called to do? How to build a strong healthy marriage and grow in confidence while living out your purpose?
In this episode Mzwandile talks to Gugu Ndlovu a full-time pastor, passionate about marriage ministry and family, on how to deal with the internal resolution vs the external voices that make you doubt yourself.
Your emotional intelligence (or lack thereof) is already affecting far more than you think at work and at home. The beautiful part is that emotional intelligence can be learned. It’s not genetic, and pretty much anyone can get better at it.
In this two part episode Mzwandile shares on the five key components of Emotional Intelligence namely: Self Awareness, Self-Regulation, Social Skill, Empathy & Motivation and how you can grow into an emotionally intelligent leader.
Behind the positions and titles are human beings. It is so easy to get caught in the rut, focusing on the production and targets and overlook the individuals who are doing the job to the best of their ability. It is the human element that makes business & production possible.
In this two part episode Mzwandile shares on the importance of 'Emotional intelligence' played out in the ability to recognise, understand and manage our own feelings and to recognise and understand the emotions of people around us.
Do you enjoy your meetings or do you have to endure them?
As author and educator J.R Miller said " There have been meetings of only a moment which have left impressions for life, for eternity. No one of us can understand that mysterious thing we call influence..."
In this podcast episode learn how to have effective and meaningful meetings with a clear agenda, and a clearly defined win for the whole team. Mzwandile shares 5 check in prompts and 1:1 meetings for mentorship, coaching and accountability.
When you think back to the greatest leader you've ever known, what are the traits that stand out to you?
Leaders oftentimes are individuals who stepped forward while everyone else was still waiting for a convenient time, this is because leaders aren't afraid to take risks.
Leaders create vision, leaders inspire and motivate.
In this episode Mzwandile shares practical ways that a leader behaves and carries themselves.
How do you lead when you have no background of leadership?
Have you been promoted into a position of responsibility and now feel the pressure to level up?
In this podcast episode Mzwandile shares 3 ideas around personal leadership, reintroducing yourself and team leadership.
You'll be empowered on how to lead when you have no prior leadership experience.
Part 2, in this episode Mzwandile has a conversation with Bokang Kelepa a Certified John C. Maxwell Facilitator and Trainer, Entrepreneur, Mining Engineer and Global Speaker just to mention a few of the accolades he boasts. A thought leader with a heart for people.
Bokang explores how to lead and not manage as well as the importance of a leader connecting with his team and how it moves the ball forward.
"Environment everything, Hereditary nothing."
In this episode Mzwandile has a conversation with Bokang Kelepa a Certified John C. Maxwell Facilitator and Trainer, Entrepreneur and Mining Engineer amidst the array of things he is involved in.
Bokang shares how the environments we find ourselves in contribute to who we are becoming.
Purpose, culture and strategy... What ties all of these building blocks together?
In this episode Mzwandile shares building blocks necessary to accomplishing your mission and vision:
Clarity- Define the win
Evaluation- Are you winning?
Culture- What’s the behaviour that’s contributing to our win?
Systems- Is there alignment?
Team Leadership- Are we all moving in the same direction?
Imagine a world, where people believe the best in one another, want the best for one another and expect the best from one another.
How do you go about creating this remarkable culture?
In this episode Mzwandile shares five ideas to creating this remarkable culture: Love, Trust, Awareness, Diversity & Growth.
Why limit goal setting to the only the beginning of the year?
Goal setting can be spread across your different life domains and be cascaded to your daily decisions and how they contribute to the person you want to become.
In this episode Mzwandile, walks us through 7 pocket tips that you can always pull out when you're looking at setting achievable goals.
Would you willingly follow yourself as a leader?
In this episode Mzwandile shares Five Traits of a leader worth following;
Before having a candid conversation ask yourself whether you have invested enough into the relationship to withdraw from it.
In this episode Mzwandile walks us through a grid of questions he recently learnt from John C. Maxwell to ask before having a candid conversation with someone.
Make sure that you can answer yes to the following questions:
If you can answer yes to all of these questions, then your motives are probably right and you have a good chance of being able to communicate effectively.
That can be very hard; but in the long term, it’s best not only for the organization, but also for the person who needs to hear what’s not going right. If your goal is to help the individual, improve the team, and fulfill the vision of the organization, then this is the path you should follow as a leader.
"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear." - Nelson Mandela
The role of courage in leadership is invaluable, what separates successful leaders and unsuccessful leaders is the courage to take step up when everyone else is stepping down.
In this episode Mzwandile shares how a leader can be courageous in making decisions, having uncomfortable/candid conversations and stepping into uncharted territory.