The power of a personal vision is it helps you direct your energy to what you want, it gives you focus, and clarity and it helps you make wiser decisions when you reach a conflict of priorities. You go in the direction of your vision instead of being misaligned to who you really want to […]
What inspired you to start your company? Looking at a property that had all the potential to become a holiday destination for a lot of people out there, my brother and I decided to put in resources and refurbish whatever we could to create a space for any tourist, local or international, to be comfortable […]
What does your company do? We recruit and place domestic workers. We also have part-time domestic workers available for part-time contracts. What inspired you to start your company? My personal experiences. When I had my first child, I struggled with getting the “perfect” domestic worker. In a space of 6 months, I had changed workers […]
by Kathy Mann In my book Harnessing Stress, I wrote about how expectations can be a source of stress. What we expect of others can lead to disappointment, what others expect from us can lead to stress and what we expect of ourselves can lead to a great deal of unhappiness if we don’t manage […]
by Lionesses of Africa Operations Department We were in London this week, the global centre for Insurance, in discussions with a seriously senior insurance guru in charge of major Financial and Professional Lines. What that means is that he insures major financial and corporate customers (the Fortune 500/FTSE100 types) for (amongst other things), securities lawsuits […]
Book Review Rachel E Turner, serial entrepreneur and author of the new book, The Founder’s Survival Guide: Lead your business from start-up to scale-up to grown-up, understands all too well that start-up leadership skills and experience will only get you so far. The founder path is isolating, stressful and overwhelming, and few founders survive the […]
Impact Partner Content / Absa / Relationship Banker Profile – Maureen Ntsane In this week’s edition of Lioness Weekender, we are publishing the fourth in a series of regular profiles featuring Absa Relationship Bankers whose role it is to support entrepreneurs. The fourth of our profiles introduces Maureen Ntsane, Regional Head: Sales & Service Enablement – […]
A collaboration between South Africa’s ZURI and IMANI, a passion-driven surface and textile design studio, and decorative flooring specialist, Airloom Decor, has resulted in the launch of a limited edition rug collection. The ‘UNafraid’ limited edition rug collection is a collaboration between ZURI and IMANI founder, Joy Ezeka and the founders of Airloom Decor, Rosie […]
Through various board appointments in numerous industries, Tsitsi has had exposure to many global business development strategies especially in Africa. She has vast international business and family business experience. Today, Tsitsi is the founder and owner of Nhaka Legacy Planning which she formed in 2018. Her main focus is on working with Individuals, family businesses and families of […]
by Tapiwa Matsinde Busyness and working hard are often aligned with an assumption of making progress. That, however, isn’t always the case. In fact, they could be doing just the opposite by lulling you into a false sense of productivity and distracting you from nurturing the specific tasks that are moving your business forward. As […]