The Magnificent Seven Steps to Success

The Magnificent Seven Steps to Success

The old pyramidal corporate structure, with its paternalistic attitude is being shuffled out of the picture. Professional managers, middle management, call them what you will, are a dying breed. Young Turks are moving in and getting the job done right, first time. The...
Let’s Kill the Business

Let’s Kill the Business

  I created the 13 articles in this booklet especially for Successful Salesmanship. Published as a series under the generic title Let’s Kill the Business, they proved so popular with the readers of the magazine that I decided to publish them in a more...
Good News for the Modern Manager

Good News for the Modern Manager

    Nearly ten years into a new government and South Africa has quickly established itself in the global arena. Some of the world’s leading business icons have jumped onto the local retail and service stage: McDonald’s, Gucci, Levi’s, Kookai, Microsoft,...
Workwear

Workwear

INTRODUCTION “Organisations need fewer and fewer of better and better people.” – Michael Hammer, reengineering expert Alan: “Hey, Mark, how goes it?” Mark: “Oh, man! I just got laid off. Twenty-two years with the company and I’m out.” Alan: “So, how’s everything...
Look Out

Look Out

  I couldn’t have written this book without input from some truly remarkable people. F W de Klerk and Nelson Mandela were instrumental in creating an environment in which international competition has become a reality again. And South African business...