tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74333102009378210032024-02-19T03:53:44.216-08:00Siphiwe Moyo BlogSiphiwe Moyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01670478903822482705noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433310200937821003.post-46408604394371717172022-08-03T01:50:00.002-07:002022-08-03T01:50:29.686-07:00DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE PCBs TO THRIVE IN YOUR CAREER BY SIPHIWE MOYO<p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Now, more than ever before, employees must develop and demonstrate PCBs. Okay, let me put you out of your misery. ‘PCBs’ are Proactive Career Behaviours. “</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">PCBs refer to the deliberate actions of individuals to realise and achieve their career goals” (Claes & Ruiz-Quintanilla,1998). It includes initiatives and activities</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> to further</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> one’s career within the organisation, such as setting goals, exploring</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">options, developing skills and abilities, and building interpersonal networks (Claes &</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Ruiz-Quintanilla, 1998). </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span lang="EN-GB">‘Proactive behaviour’ refers to individuals' anticipatory actions to impact themselves and/or their environments (Parker, Williams, & Turner, 2006). Proactiveness is conceived of as a process that can be applied to any set of actions through anticipating, planning, and striving to impact the self or the environment (Grant & Ashford, 2008). <span style="color: #002060;">T</span>he key criterion for identifying proactive behaviour is whether the individual anticipates, plans for, and attempts to create a future outcome that impacts the self or environment<b style="color: #002060;"> </b>(Grant & Ashford, 2008; Parker et al., 2006).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span lang="EN-GB">Other terms such as ‘self-career management’, ‘individual career management’ or even ‘career initiative’ have been used to discuss the same concept. Employees who display Proactive Personal Behaviours are the most desirable and attractive during these tough times, and you want to be one of them.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span lang="EN-GB">“There appears to be a consensus among academics that <b>proactive career behaviours</b> lead to the attainment of desired career outcomes and to <b>general feelings of career success</b> (e.g. Sturges et al., 2002, 2005). Simply put, research proves that displaying these behaviours makes you more likely to succeed in your career. In these tough times, the gap between those who don’t demonstrate these and those who do can be huge. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span lang="EN-GB">Inherent to the notion of the new career is that the individual has the primary responsibility for managing his or her career (Briscoe & Hall, 2006; Hall, 2002).</span><span lang="EN-GB"> From many studies, two components of proactive career behaviours can be discerned, i.e. a cognitive and a behavioural component (De Vos & Soens, 2008). While the former refers to the <b>insights individuals develop into their </b>career aspirations, the latter refers to <b>the behaviours</b> they initiate to manage their careers.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span lang="EN-GB">So, how can you display these PCBs as a survival strategy in the workplace?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 24px;">Develop genuine relationships within and without the organisation. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 24px;">Take the initiative. Don’t wait for your managers. Go to them and propose solutions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 24px;">Seek feedback after performing tasks and use it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 24px;">Do not shy away from selling your ideas.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 24px;">Schedule a development discussion with you and your manager proactively.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 24px;">Anticipate the needs of your manager/leaders and meet them before they even know they have them. If you’ve watched the series <i>Suits</i>, be a Donna to Harvey Specter.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Your football-playing career may end if you are a professional footballer and get injured badly. But it doesn’t mean you will never have a football-related career again. You can <b>proactively</b> study and position yourself as a coach, analyst, commentator, stadium manager, sportscaster or sports kit designer. The list is endless. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;">There are two advantages to this strategy. You already have relationships in that industry and will be involved in an industry you love. Think about your industry. Where do you see opportunities? Is there a way you could position yourself in the part of your industry that is not as affected? <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;">A word of caution. Even if you display proactive career behaviours, some will still refuse to see them. Many people don’t have the eye to see a gift that is about to explode. Don’t blame them. They can’t see what you carry. They can’t see what you see. Stop trying to convince them. Don’t be bitter. Just focus on the work. And whatever you do, don’t stop. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Siphiwe Moyo is a location-agnostic Professional Speaker. 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</style>Siphiwe Moyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01670478903822482705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433310200937821003.post-11229463671213011372020-10-08T08:28:00.000-07:002020-10-08T08:28:17.302-07:00New Book by Siphiwe Moyo: Your Next Move: Career Strategies to Survive and Thrive During Covid-19 and Beyond<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 22px; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX_YspjtPcDP8h6_ormJvUFKLlEy0Eep9oEIZSMrcTn_9UwQHx6NPLHplrHb6jfIjRizz_InfGFWpadSxwheqmVCcTdBXPHTdDu1CjzLzKNjLXR_mu_03U-MMPkui_omRWPNa11XTNVMj9/s2048/cover+mockup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX_YspjtPcDP8h6_ormJvUFKLlEy0Eep9oEIZSMrcTn_9UwQHx6NPLHplrHb6jfIjRizz_InfGFWpadSxwheqmVCcTdBXPHTdDu1CjzLzKNjLXR_mu_03U-MMPkui_omRWPNa11XTNVMj9/s320/cover+mockup.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 26px;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 22px; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 26px;"><br /></span></b></p>From the author of #<i>StagnationMustFall</i> comes a comprehensive guide to constructing antifragile careers.<o:p></o:p></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 22px; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 26px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 22px; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 26px;">There are roof leaks that can only be revealed by a stormy, rainy season. These leaks are not created by the rain but they are revealed when it rains. When the sun is shining, when skies are clear, you think everything is perfect until you are hit by hail, rain and wind and you realise that the roof is leaking. This is so true about our careers right now. We were fine. We didn’t think that our careers were vulnerable. We thought they were robust. Or even antifragile. But we were exposed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 22px; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 26px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 22px; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 26px;">Building a resilient career enables you to anticipate and prepare for challenges before they even occur. But no one saw the pandemic coming. COVID-19 exposed how vulnerable most of our careers actually are. It’s not really our fault but now we have to think deeply about how we construct our careers. There’s an IsiZulu proverb that says “<i>Ukubona kanye ukubona kabili</i>”. In the figurative sense, it can loosely be translated as: an unpleasant thing that befalls you should serve as an alert to you to avoid the same thing happening to you again in the future. This is what this book is about. It is meant to help us close the immediate roof leaks exposed by COVID-19 on our careers. And, more importantly, help us construct resilient (even antifragile) careers beyond the crisis.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 22px; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 26px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 22px; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 26px;">With his usual mix of sound scholarship, practical HR experience, humour and storytelling, Moyo presents 50 career strategies to survive and thrive during COVID-19 and beyond. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 22px; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 26px;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 22px; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 26px;">It launched on October 6th and is available at Exclusive Books nationwide.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 22px; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 17.33333396911621px;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 22px; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 17.33333396911621px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 26px;"><br /><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 26px; margin-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><br /></p><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Siphiwe Moyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01670478903822482705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433310200937821003.post-54054621620834702922020-05-15T03:29:00.000-07:002020-05-15T03:29:38.251-07:00Mental health and COVID-19<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">I recently wrote an article about mental health & COVID-19, which was published on the Daily Sun newspaper this past Sunday. No theory, just practical tips to help us survive the lockdown. Here's the article <a href="https://www.dailysun.co.za/News/Eidos/mental-health-coping-during-covid-19-20200509" target="_blank">Mental health coping during COVID-19 by Siphiwe Moyo</a></span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">Regards,</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">Siphiwe </span>Siphiwe Moyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01670478903822482705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433310200937821003.post-17592494967417042662020-05-15T03:24:00.000-07:002020-05-15T03:39:38.768-07:00The impact of community in surviving the crisis <br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I had at an honour of being a guest at the news channel, eNCA this morning to talk about the impact of COVID-19 on our mental health and some coping strategies. One of the points I made was that now, more than ever before, being part of a community of like-minded people is critical. By immersing yourself particularly in a community of people who do what you do, you can share your fears and anxieties freely without the fear of being judged because those people are going through the same thing. You can also talk freely without having to minimize your pain because ‘other people are going through worse than what you are going through’. I’m so grateful that I’m part of a great community myself. I hope you have your tribe.</span><br />
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Siphiwe Moyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01670478903822482705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433310200937821003.post-85821820203711439582018-05-17T21:51:00.000-07:002018-05-17T21:51:08.506-07:00Fading into obscurity: avoiding the pitfalls that can move you from ‘promising young talent’ to the wilderness<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">One moment you are lauded as the
‘next best thing’, the ‘promising young star’ or the ‘rising star’ and the
next, you are in the metaphorical wilderness. We’ve always known that the career
of a footballer is very fickle but in this article, I will argue that so is
that of a young, talented corporate superstar. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">South African football fans will
remember this. It was in August 2003 when Mbulelo “OldJohn” Mabizela joined Tottenham
Hotspur and then went on to score that spectacular goal against Leicester City
in October of the same year. He was indeed the ‘next best thing’; promising
young defender from Pietermaritzburg, South Africa who was about to take over
the world. After just a year, his contract was cancelled and his career went on
a steady downward spiral from there on. He tried to resurrect it but it was
clear that the promising young talent that OJ was, had unfortunately just
remained that, promising.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">As a professional
speaker who has worked in talent development all my life, I’ve seen this
picture many times in corporate South Africa. I’ve seen promising, emerging
talent who suddenly faded into obscurity. I was already thinking about this
topic when I had an honour of chairing the knowledge resources talent
management conference on 16 May 2018. We had about 100 senior talent managers
in the room so I thought I would ask them to name one or two potential pitfalls
that could move young talent from ‘promising to obscurity’. Some confirmed my
own experience but I was also surprised by some responses. Here are the top six
potential pitfalls that could derail your promising career as young talent:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Lack
of self-control. Self-control is a key component to a successful corporate
career. How does this manifest in the workplace? Be productive even the manager
is not around. Have control over your emotions. You don’t have to party every
weekend and come back to work tired every Monday. You don’t have to be
available for every argument you are invited to.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Inability
to seize opportunities when they present themselves. As Sifiso Mbhele, talent
practitioner from one of the top telecommunications companies in South Africa
said at the conference, “failing to recognize opportunities to take oneself to
the next level within the chaos of everyday activity is a challenge for
promising young talent”. You have to an eye for opportunities.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Not
assuming personal responsibility & accountability for your own career. As a
professional speaker, I say this all the time; no one is coming to discover you.
Everyday you have to raise your hand by continuously adding value.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Inability
to promote your work. Young talent often thinks “I will let my work speak for
itself” and that is good but you learn very fast in corporate that you must
work but you must also be seen to be working. You have to find platforms to
promote your work. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Lack
of social intelligence and not appreciating the role of organisational
politics. Young talent is often politically naïve and tends to think that
politics should be left to politicians. It is true that dysfunctional politics
can sink you but so is being politically naïve. Don’t play politics but also
don’t be naïve to the power dynamics and informal networks in the workplace. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Inauthenticity. A conference delegate who
introduced herself as The Real Faith, said, “When we are not true to whom we
are. When we seek validation and look for acceptance, we run the risk of fading
into obscurity.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Is your star rising?
Be on the lookout for these potential pitfalls. It is not enough to have a
great start; you must finish strong. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Siphiwe Moyo is a professional motivational speaker.
His specialty is organisational behaviour & talent/career development. He is
co-founder and Chief People Officer at Twice Blue, a human capital agency that
specializes in human performance improvement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Siphiwe Moyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01670478903822482705noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433310200937821003.post-11070592734720483472018-04-24T07:51:00.001-07:002018-04-24T07:51:59.678-07:00An open letter to young talent by professional speaker, Siphiwe Moyo<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: white;">As a professional motivational
speaker who worked in talent development for many years, I’ve seen this picture
many times. Up until 16 January 2018, many South Africans had never even heard
of 21 year old Lungi Ngidi. In his debut cricket Test against India – he produced an astonishing
man-of-the-match performance with figures of 6/39, helping the Proteas to a 2-0
series victory with a match still remaining. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: white;">Many newspapers and
online sites carried his story, with a headline nicely captured, “a star is
born”. It was a great headline and a great story but the truth is that the star
was not born that day; it was just exposed to the world on that day. Lungi knew
he was a great bowler. Scouts in the South African cricket team knew he was a
great bowler but he had to go through what I call the pain of preparation,
which is what every talented person goes through. I think Lungi knew he was
talented. I mean the guy bowls at 140km/h and above, and appears to be similarly
comfortable opening the bowling or cleaning up the tail. He has obviously
watched other people who are probably less talented than him playing and was probably
frustrated but at the right time, he comes and does that on his Test cricket
debut, wow! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">It is possible that
you are where Lungi Ngidi was. You are talented but frustrated. You are
talented but concealed. I say this in conferences all the time; </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">your talent cannot be ignored or hidden
forever. Cream, poured in a cup of coffee, will inevitably and eventually rise
to the top. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">We all go through the pain of
preparation. Sometimes you dread Monday mornings because you don't get the recognition
you feel you deserve. You need to keep working hard where you are because your
time is coming. You might be thinking, yea Siphiwe, you are a professional
motivational speaker, you are just encouraging me right now but this is not
just motivation, it is a principle. "The longer you put in without getting
out, the greater will be your return when it finally comes" Ralph Waldo
Emerson. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Keep serving. Keep doing the job that no one else wants to do. Your
turn to be served will come. You may be in obscurity now and you feel people
take credit for your work. This is fine; it's the law of sowing and reaping.
You will be glad you served.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">"I'm always amazed how overnight
successes take a helluva long time" Steve Jobs. When things start happening
for you, some will call it "overnight success". They are not there
now when you are grinding hard alone, in obscurity. No one knows you. No one
acknowledges you but a time is coming, when they will ask, "where did she
come from". A time will come when your gift/talent will be in high demand.
A lot will be expected from you then. Keep going.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span>Siphiwe Moyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01670478903822482705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433310200937821003.post-10706030495295183362016-12-07T05:01:00.001-08:002016-12-07T05:01:33.372-08:00Are you being pulled or pushed?
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pushed </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 40pt;">by
people." Siphiwe Moyo</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">I know I’m a striker. The
leadership team (EXCO) knows I’m a striker so why am I in the bench? Why am I
the twelfth man, giving other players drinks when the coach knows I should be
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<span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">I’ve
been working on this new leadership development presentation for a while now
and I’m almost ready to present it. This is exclusively for talented junior and
middle management employees who are being earmarked for significant roles. You
know those that are on 9, 8, 5 and 6 on The 9 Box Performance and Potential
Matrix? It would be most relevant when you are launching a new leadership
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do some people seem to progress in their lives and careers and others
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Release date: 19 November 2015<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /><!--EndFragment-->Siphiwe Moyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01670478903822482705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433310200937821003.post-32917607397768316572015-07-03T03:00:00.000-07:002015-07-03T03:00:17.031-07:00A call to join the Public Sector<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many people have been
complaining about the level of political grandstanding that is happening in our
Parliament lately. There are concerns that while politicians are busy shouting
at each other, we are not, as a country, dealing with the serious challenges
that we have. We do have serious challenges in South Africa such as
unemployment (particularly youth unemployment), poverty, inequality, the
slowing economy and many more.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Look, this is my view:
political grandstanding is part of the game. That is what politicians do and it
is not about to change. What would make our country succeed though is having
skilled people, who are camera shy working behind the scenes to make the
country work. I believe, for example that ordinary Members of Parliament, the
so-called backbenchers should not be aspiring political leaders. The ruling
party and opposition parties should appoint technocrats and administrators who
will work while their leaders are competing for media attention. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The same applies to Government.
Ministers and Deputy Ministers are politicians. They will continue to do what
politicians do. We can’t change that. What we need is the professionalization
of the civil service. From the Director General, Deputy Director Generals, Chief
Directors, and Directors and all the way to the lowest position, we need people
who have skills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need people here who
do not necessarily have political ambitions. We need professionals who can just
get on with the job. Of course, professionals need an environment where they
will be given enough autonomy to do their jobs. Politicians need to give
professionals space to do that. They need an assurance that they will not be
made scapegoats when politicians have messed up.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the biggest challenges
we have in our country though is that the skilled professionals want nothing to
do with the Public Sector. Many of my educated, middle class friends wouldn’t
be caught dead working for the State. Here’s my question then: if all the
skilled professionals are not interested to work for the State, who will? I
will tell you who will. The people, who are unskilled, politically connected
and low ranking politicians who could not make it to the list of Parliament or
any similar lists will do it. The problem with those people is that, at the
core, they are politicians who are probably bored with office work. They will
collect their salaries at the end of the month but will not add much value.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We need skilled professionals
to join the Public Sector desperately. Will you consider working in the Public
Sector? Your country needs you.<br />
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Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Ten Ways to Improve Your Connection Skills:</span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">According to the Center for
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Lee Stallard. I thought I would share with you these ten tips to facilitate
connection adapted from Stallard’s new book:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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lead to disconnection and distrust.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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available.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Learn and apply
the five languages of appreciation. People respond to different types of
recognition. Gary Chapman and Paul White’s book, <i>The 5 Languages of
Appreciation in the Workplace</i>, is a great guide.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--EndFragment-->Siphiwe Moyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01670478903822482705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433310200937821003.post-40205702607451902792015-01-30T01:13:00.003-08:002015-01-30T01:13:57.830-08:00I won’t give up on the vision of a non-racial and non-sexist South Africa!
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The easiest thing to do when incidents such as what happened
at a Curro school yesterday happen, is to throw our hands in the air and
declare that “we knew that this Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s rainbow nation thing
was a farce” or “the vision of a non-racial and non-sexist South Africa died
with Mandela”. The easiest thing is for all of us “to go back to our people”
and to our comfort zones. It is so tempting to give up on the vision of a
non-racial SA, it really is but I refuse to give up. Not because I’m some
motivational speaker who is forever optimistic. Not because I’m some naive apologist
who thinks there are easy solutions to our past but because the alternative is
frightening. I get discouraged often but I will fight on. Aluta Continua!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Siphiwe Moyo</span></div>
Siphiwe Moyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01670478903822482705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433310200937821003.post-2030046122549661742014-06-25T07:01:00.000-07:002014-06-25T07:01:49.819-07:00South African Learning & Development Landscape in 2024: Ten years on – am I seeing into the future or am I seeing things?
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I spend a considerable amount of time
thinking about skills development or what some may call learning and
development in South Africa. The reason is very simple: I believe I was born to
contribute to skilling the unskilled. I was part of many meetings in the mid
2000s where we discussed the “skills revolution” but that conversation is no
more. In 2006 the government established a short-term skills intervention
called the Joint Initiative on Priority Skills (JIPSA), which was led by then
Deputy President, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka that was going to spearhead the
“skills revolution”. A lot has happened since. The Honourable Membathi Mdladlana
who was Minister of Labour led skills Development then.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I met the honourable Mdladlana a few times
particularly when I participated in the National Skills Summits. He has been
shipped to Canada now as SA ambassador to that country.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">In President Zuma’s administration, Skills
Development was moved to the Ministry of Higher Education & Training led by
Minister Blade Nzimande and has culminated in the formation of the Human Resource Development Council of South Africa (HRDCSA) which
was chaired by Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe and I assume will be taken
over by Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa. The HRDCSA has already developed and launched the National Integrated HRD Plan. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ok, enough with the background. I
think I can see into the future and I want to suggest seven ways I think the Skills
Development/ Learning & Development/ HR Development landscape will look
like in 2024.</span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Many South
Africans will finally regard being an Artisan as “cool” though not enough: I
don’t know if you know, 2014 to 2024 has been declared “the decade of the
Artisan” by the Ministry of Higher Education and Training. By the way, it was
in May 2007 when Minister Mdladlana said the following: “</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Artisan development
remains a vital program if the government’s skills revolution in the form of
ASGISA were to be accomplished” he continued to say ““As part of our response
to the JIPSA’s call to increase the numbers of artisans to 12 500 per annum in
order to meet the 50 000 target by 2010, we have embarked on a number of
interventions”. Minister Mdladlana singled out SEIFSA and the MERSETA (companies
where I worked) for praise, saying the duo had heeded the call and took
leadership in this regard. Artisan Development has eluded us so far but I have
a sense that Minister Nzimande has taken this as his main project and he cannot
afford for it to fail. I’m certainly going to join him in spreading the word,
everywhere I speak, that it is cool to be an Artisan because we desperately
need Artisans as a country.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">SETAs are not going anywhere: Sector Education & Training
Authorities are not going anywhere. There are some who think that SETAs will be
scrapped soon but this is absolutely not going to happen. If you read the
chapter that deals with Skills Development in the National Development you will
immediately see that SETAs are not going anywhere. I do feel though that some
are now trying to change SETAs into government departments, which was not the
intention. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Training Budgets will be smaller after adjusting for inflation: The SA
economy is not doing very well. Unless we meet the economic growth target of 5%
by 2019 as the President said, companies will be struggling and consequently
our training budgets.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Mobile Learning will be on steroids: Watch the space; in 2024, almost
50% of learning will be done in a mobile or table phone. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Learning & Development will still report to HR: There are some in
our profession who think that L&D will soon report directly to the CEO or
the Managing Director of a business. Well, this is not going to happen. Get
over it!</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Accreditation will be less of an issue: You must understand why people
insist that every program must be accredited now. There are two reasons. The
first is the current grant system means employers are pushing for accreditation.
The second reason is that due to the fact many people in this country didn’t
have an opportunity to get qualifications; accredited programs offer them this
chance. This would have changed in 2024. Accreditation is very important but it
will be less important in 2024 where most employers will be training people for
the skill and less about catching up on qualifications.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">The Learning & Development Industry will have an ‘African” feel:
For many years L&D in South Africa was modeled through the international,
but mostly American, L&D Industry. A few months ago, the L&D community
decided to take a new direction and rename ASTD South Africa, the African
Society for Training & Development and to quote our current office bearers “</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Although still
a strategic partner of ASTD International (American Society for Training and
Development), our focus will be more on adding value longer term in influencing
Senior Leadership in LEARNING and DEVELOPMENT in Africa. This ensures that with
the new image we have more flexibility to centre our efforts on actual local
challenges in Training and Development. Although it is still early days,
many of us will work hard to see how this journey will evolve and by 2024, the
industry will have a different feel. Oh by the way ASTD International, at the
recent 2014 convention, have also changed their name to </span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Association
for Talent Development. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Siphiwe Moyo is a Skills
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shop was busy. It was a major inconvenience, it meant we couldn’t chat the way
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shop closes to “fix” the mess created by these inconsiderate customers. For
some strange reason we didn’t really care whether the company made target or
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that starts in a new company is trained. The three areas that are never
compromised by Learning & Development departments when training new
employees are products, processes and systems. The reason is quite obvious
because without these an employee cannot be productive. I’m suggesting here
that we must focus more on training employees about the business they have just
joined. What is our business? How do we make money? What happens if we don’t
make money? How is my job contributing to this business? Unless we as Learning
& Development departments focus on this when employees are still new, we
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Siphiwe <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Siphiwe Moyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01670478903822482705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433310200937821003.post-71631091915686101692014-01-20T20:09:00.000-08:002014-01-20T20:09:17.594-08:00Seven things you should know about being an employee
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later.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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their manager is taking credit for their work. They would whisper “you know I
actually created that strategy and all she did was to present it”. Well in case
you didn’t know the job of a manager is to get results through other people.
You should instead be very happy if your manager presents your work as it is
because it shows the confidence they have in you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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saying “My boss does not want a yes-man/woman; he wants us to challenge him”.
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yes more than they say no. Nobody wants a “Lindiwe Mazibuko” in his team. For
those who don’t know, Lindiwe Mazibuko is the parliamentary leader of the
official opposition in South Africa. People must understand that a person like
Lindiwe is actually paid to oppose; you are not. I’m not suggesting you say yes
all the time but I promise you, you must say yes more that you say no. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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boss</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">. If you are not performing fully in your role, you must keep quiet and
do what you are told to do. Sometimes you get these people who are not even
fully performing who think they can just challenge their boss. Do your job
first, and then you will have your boss’s ear regarding a different way of
doing something. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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wants to have a high maintenance employee. This is a person who is way too
needy. You are actually employed to make your manager’s life easier not more
difficult. Some people are always taking leave for this and that and they have
all kinds of favours to ask for. For those who have never worked in HR, please
allow me to tell you a secret; if you are abusing sick leave, your manager
knows. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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all the time</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">. Many organisations have open plan offices now and some employees don’t
understand this simple thing: The fact that your manager is at her desk does
not mean she is available for you. Having an employee who constantly comes to
your desk unannounced is disturbing and irritating. Learn to schedule 30-minute
“one-on-one” meetings with your manager where you can discuss work and only go
to his desk when necessary. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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performance. If you really want to advance in the organisation get this now:
your development is your own baby. Always initiate discussions with your
manager about your development. Schedule a few minutes meeting with your
organisation’s Head of Learning & Development for advice; volunteer to do
other projects to learn. Your development is in your hands.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Excerpts from my book to be released on 13 December 2013<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I'm very excited that my
book, titled: <b>Bulls and Bears: LIFE
lessons from the financial markets</b> will be released in South Africa on 13
December 2013. The book is NOT about the financial markets but the
inspirational life lessons that I have derived from the financial markets in
general and the stock market in particular. There are some fantastic lessons
from the book including, but not limited to:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">1.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">All trends eventually end</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">. I have learned that there’s no economic boom that
lasts forever neither does the recession lasts forever. If you are experiencing
a “personal recession”, you must be comforted by the fact that, this too shall
pass. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;">2.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;">In the financial markets, just like in life: nobody
cares how good you used to be. </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;">Chief
Executives will know this:<b> </b>Shareholders
are ruthless – the fact that you have given them solid performance in the past
10 years, means absolutely nothing to them. If they start suspecting that the
prospects of your company are not that great, they will sell their shares and
move on. They don’t care how good you used to be. This is the same about life;
we don’t care that you passed Matric with a distinction ten years ago or you
whatever you accomplished in 1981; we don’t care. What are you doing today?<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Overconfidence is as bad as lack of confidence.</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">In the financial markets, when people become overconfident, they stop
doing the things that they used to do. They used to do a fundamental analysis
to understand the value of a share and now all they do is speculate and base
their investments on emotions. Never be overconfident, just do what you used to
do. If you’re now in a position of authority, it doesn’t mean you’ve made it.
Keep investing in yourself; attend leadership programs, you can just never know
enough. </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">4.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Investing in yourself, just like investing in the stock market, is
cheaper than you think.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;">5.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;">Exceptionally
high earnings growth rates are unsustainable for long periods. </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;">There
is no company that can sustain exceptional high growth rates for too long (I
show why in the book).<b> </b></span><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;">Even as human
beings, steady growth rates are always better. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;">Those who rise to
leadership and prominence too quickly are in a risk of falling as quickly.</span><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;"> You can’t always
take the short and easy way out. Just like in the markets, what you earn in
large numbers quickly doesn’t last long. There are no shortcuts to success,
wealth, maturity or wisdom. All these require that you do certain things and
therefore have to go through a process. </span><b><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;">Bull
Markets last longer than Bear Markets – Be Bullish. </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;">In
the book we trace certain scientific studies that prove that the good times
(bull markets) last longer than the bad times (bear markets). I show why this
should comfort any person. You maybe be crying now but this will not last
forever.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;">The
job of analysts is to talk;</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> <b>the job of Chief Executives is to run a
business</b>. If you are the CEO of your own life then learn this now: leave
the talking to the analysts and just continue to run your business.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%;"> Ok before I reveal all my
lessons here, let me stop. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%;">If you want more, pre-order
your own copy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%;"> of my book. Send me an email on: </span><a href="mailto:siphiwe@siphiwemoyo.co.za" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%;">siphiwe@siphiwemoyo.co.za</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%;">Regards,</span></div>
<!--EndFragment-->Siphiwe Moyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01670478903822482705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433310200937821003.post-74897577421749277782013-09-09T04:41:00.000-07:002013-09-09T04:41:21.853-07:00Why you should book Siphiwe Moyo as an MC at your next event.
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #365f91;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">Why you should book Siphiwe Moyo as an MC at your next
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Booking an MC for your next corporate event
is not an easy decision because everyone knows that an MC can either make or
break an event. Imagine the following scenario:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You are organizing an Awards evening for a
big organization, listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and you want to
book an MC and you want the following from an MC:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Someone who understands numbers
a bit because you will be awarding categories such as the division that has
displayed efficiencies, as measured by the lowest cost to income ratio etc.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Someone who is as comfortable
with the Board and Exco as he is with junior staff members who are using three
(3) taxis to come to the event.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Someone who is extremely funny
but who can still be prudent in managing time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">People tell you that this is too much to
ask but you somehow believe that there is someone out of there who can meet the
criteria and as you brainstorm with your team; you come up with the following
options:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Financial Journalist: A
financial journalist would definitely understand the numbers and would not have
a problem talking about things such as “quantitative easing” or “market
capitalization”. You might have two potential problems though: Will he be able
to connect with the junior staff? Is he not going to be boring? You wonder but
you are not sure.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Celebrity DJ: You think maybe I
should get a celebrity DJ and you are right, the DJ would probably be very
popular with the junior staff members but here is one problem – she speaks
slang most of her life and might not be “believable” when she speaks the
“corporate speak”. You know corporates have jargon right? I’m sure you do.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Comedian: If you hire a
professional comedian, people will have a lot of fun but you wonder; is there
something called too much fun at a corporate event? Of course there is, some
comedians do forget that your event is not a comedy show and therefore might
make a lot of jokes and there’s always that risk that the event will loose the
“dignity” it deserves as an awards function.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You are about to throw your hands in the
air and give up; you think to yourself “I will never be able to find someone
who is extremely funny, who was in Senior Management in Corporate SA, who is
relatively popular with Junior staff members and who is very comfortable with
numbers”. A friend calls you and tells you that you are not asking for the
impossible; there is a guy called Siphiwe Moyo who meets your criteria and she
explains to you why:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Understanding the numbers:
Siphiwe has an MBA and is a Certified International Retail Banker from the
International Academy of Retail Banking. You tick this box and can’t wait to
read more.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Comfortable with Board and
Exco: He is in fact Chairman of the Board at the South African Board for People
for People Practices, a very big organization.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Comfortable with Junior Staff:
Siphiwe stayed in an informal settlement of Orange Farm for many years and
therefore can relate very well with some of the junior staff members who might
still be there.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Extremely Funny: Every time
Siphiwe MCs an event someone is bound to ask “are you sure you are not a
comedian?” This guy is extremely funny but because he was in Corporate for 12
years before becoming a fulltime Speaker and MC, he understands the boundaries
and does not go overboard.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You are struggling to believe this, you
tell yourself “surely this is too good to be true” but it is not – try him you
will never be disappointed; you will realize that the synonym for the term
“value for money” is Siphiwe Moyo. Contact him on the details below:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Email: </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:siphiwe@siphiwemoyo.co.za"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue;">siphiwe@siphiwemoyo.co.za</span></span></a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Siphiwe Moyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01670478903822482705noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433310200937821003.post-62905382355302009122013-07-04T21:17:00.001-07:002013-07-04T21:17:39.242-07:00Broad-Based Black Economic ENTITLEMENT <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">BROAD BASED BLACK ECONOMIC <span style="color: red;">ENTITLEMENT</span> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">The chapter before this one I introduce the real meaning and intentions of BBBEE. In this chapter I would like to present the term I coined for BBBEE, namely Broad Based Black Economic <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Entitlement.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Dictionary.com defines entitlement as “the right to guaranteed benefits under a government program, as social security or unemployment compensation”. I would like to submit that BBBEE has had unintended consequences in this country, namely fostering a terrible culture of entitlement. People suddenly feel that they are entitled to get things from government even when they are unwilling to do any work whatsoever.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">A few years ago my wife and I attended a funeral in Mmakgabetlwane, a village in which she grew up in the North West province of South Africa. We were driving a decent car then and so after the funeral someone who grew up with my wife whispered to her “my friend, please ask Siphiwe to give us tenders as well”. There were a few problems with this statement: First, the lady assumed that the car just had to be mine and not my wife’s car which is an incorrect belief but secondly here was a thirty-something year’s old lady who believed that the only way I could afford to drive that car was if I was benefiting from tenders.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">This is unfortunately the unintended consequence of BBBEE – a bunch of people who believe that if they are to succeed there must be someone from somewhere who will come and offer them tenders. This culture of entitlement is so entrenched that many unemployed people in townships are obsessed with registering close corporations solely to benefit from the tender system. This entitlement mentality will cause a person to die in abject poverty and must be discouraged at all cost.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">My friend you are not entitled to anything in this country. No one is coming to give you tenders; no one is coming to save you from your poverty. No one must give you a bursary; no one must give you a job. I’ve seen a lot of people in Orange Farm and other informal settlements complaining that they have been on a waiting list to get houses from government for 20 years. If you are reading this, please hear me, stop waiting for government, you will wait forever; do something for yourself. I often tell people that it is much easier to help someone who has started doing something. Stop planning; stop dreaming; stop promising and simply start.</span></span></div>
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Siphiwe Moyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01670478903822482705noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433310200937821003.post-19703109461292246252013-07-02T06:55:00.000-07:002013-07-02T06:55:15.554-07:00Contrary to popular belief the world owes you absolutely nothing<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I was born in a two-roomed house in Mofolo South, Soweto. When I tell most of my friends now that I grew up in a two-roomed house, they often assume I mean a two-bedroom house but no, I actually do mean a two-room house. Most houses in Soweto are two-bedroom houses with a lounge and a kitchen so even amongst the poor people of Soweto, our neighbourhood was the poorest. For a very long time there was a huge open space next to our small neighbourhood until in the mid-1990s someone decided to build new, “bonded” houses in that open space. I had never seen such beautiful houses in my life; they were big and really looked amazing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I was in my teens when the new occupants moved into their new homes. I had never seen so much hostility directed at a people in my entire short life. The people who stayed in the “new houses” as they were called were ridiculed, ostracised and were made to feel guilty for buying houses in a beautiful neighbourhood with their hard-earned money. Most people in our neighbourhood almost felt like these people owed them something; how dare they move into our neighbourhood and display so much opulence when we were dying in poverty?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">My friend, if you still think like this, you must change your thinking; contrary to what you might think nobody owes you anything. If you are to succeed in life, it is up to you and nobody else. Those people in the “new houses” did not owe us anything, it was not their fault that we were poor and they should never have felt guilty about their achievements. I really love this statement by Bill Gates: ‘If you are born poor it is not your fault but if you die poor it is”. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I now stay in a good area that looks far better than the “new houses” which were next to my neighbourhood in Mofolo South, Soweto. Approximately five kilometres away from my home there is an informal settlement. I often witness the hostility some of the people who stay in this informal settlement have towards me and my neighbours. I can tell that somehow some of them feel that we owe them something. Somehow they feel that we must offer them jobs, money, food or something and I can see it in some of their eyes that they feel they are entitled to get these from me and my neighbours. According to the South African Police Service (SAPS) officials in our area, most of the burglaries in our area are committed by our neighbours from this informal settlement. This does not surprise me at all, in fact this was the thinking when I was growing up in Mofolo South, some people felt that they must go and steal in the “new houses” because they “owe us”. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Unfortunately many people who believe that the world owe them something will never get out of poverty until they change that mind-set. Until you own something, you cannot change it. If you believe that the reason you are not losing weight is because of your family genes, you will never lose the weight (note to self). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;"><o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My friends please get this and get it now: nobody owes anything in this world; if you are going to succeed it will be because of you and nobody else.</span></strong></span></o:p></span></div>
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Siphiwe Moyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01670478903822482705noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433310200937821003.post-37299459314617094942013-01-03T21:50:00.000-08:002013-01-03T21:50:37.946-08:00Ten Commandments addressed to the Matric Class of 2012<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">As I woke up this morning I felt compelled to write this as an advice to the young people who just received their Matric results yesterday, 03 Jan 2013. I have borrowed from the biblical phrase “ten commandments” hoping that it will inspire young people to read this, here we go:</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Thou art not educated</b> – If you are in the township or a rural area; there might be a number of people who now say to you <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ufundile</i>, loosely translated to “you are now educated”; this is not true – you have not even started. A study done for the Human Science Research Council conducted by Branson, Leibbrandt, Zuzu (in Cloete, 2009) analysed household data from 2000 to 2007 to establish clear, positive links between further study and access to the labour market (jobs). They found that obtaining a tertiary qualification compared to the group with a matric certificate improved the likelihood to be formally employed up to <b>three times. </b></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b>Thou shalt study Maths</b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> –<b> </b>If you have passed Matric without Maths or with Maths Literacy (which also means without Maths in my view) – make it a point that you study Maths. If you are going to University you may add this as an additional subject to whatever you will be studying. Maths will help any young person as they go forward in their life/career.</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b>Thou shalt stay away from those dodgy colleges in the CBD</b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> – Some young people think “as long as I’m studying it does not matter where I’m studying” – wrong it actually matters more where you are studying. If you can’t afford a University or a University of Technology, rather consider a Further Education & Training (FET) College.</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4.</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b>Thou shalt not look for a job</b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> – unless you really have to, please do not look for a job now. There are various reasons why you should not look for a job. </span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">a.</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It is very difficult for someone with only Matric to get a job. </span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">b.</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Most people who start working for companies when they only have Matric struggle to climb the corporate ladder, if that’s what you want.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">c.</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">When people start working after Matric; they say they will study part time but they never do or if they do they never finish their degrees. Studying by correspondence is very hard.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5.</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Thou shalt start a business</b> – Starting a business is good for the economy and for you; Professor Nicholas Biekpe<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> from Africagrowth Research found a </span>few reasons why:</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">a.</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">About that 95% of companies in Australia are from the <span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Small & Medium Enterprises (</span>SME) sector;</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">b.</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">America has the largest number of SMEs in the world;</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">c.</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">After the second world war the growth of both Japan and Germany were SME led;</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">d.</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">More tax revenue is generated from SMEs in the developed countries compared to tax from big business;</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">e.</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">SMEs create more employment compared to big business;</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">f.</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The above implies that SMEs are, truly, the engine of economic growth!!!!!<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">g.</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">In South Africa, SMEs </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">contribute between 52 to 57% to GDP and provide about 61% of employment; </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Contrary to popular belief starting you own business is a viable option. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6.</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Thou shalt be obsessed with learning</b> – commit yourself to life-long learning. This includes formal and non-formal learning. Never stop learning. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The last four commandments are taken from the book <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">"Dumbing Down our Kids" by educator Charles Sykes. I have changed them to fit in with my “ten commandments theme”:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7.</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">Thou shalt change thine expectations</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"> – Sorry, you won't make R500, 000 a year right out of high school. And you won't be a Chief Operating Office or have a company car in the first year. You may even have to wear a uniform that doesn't have a designer label.</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">8.</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">Thou shalt toughen up</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"> – If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. When you mess up, he's not going to ask you how you FEEL about it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">9.</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">Thou shalt get over it</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"> – You're offended? So what? No, really. So what? You are not a victim. So stop whining.</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">10.</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Thou shalt remember</b> – television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to work.</span></span></div>
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Siphiwe Moyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01670478903822482705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433310200937821003.post-61379200683734368822012-12-18T06:09:00.002-08:002012-12-18T06:09:28.191-08:00What does Mangaung mean for Skills Development?<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Inspired by Andile Khumalo who wrote a great article titled “What does Mangaung mean to Entrepreneurs”. I thought I would also investigate the following: What does Mangaung mean for Skills Development?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In his political report delivered on Sunday, 16 December 2012 at the ANC 53<sup>rd</sup> National Conference, President Jacob Zuma referred extensively to the National Development Plan (NDP), which is essentially South Africa’s vision for 2030. In my quest to assess what Mangaung would mean for Skills Development I then endeavoured to read this long but very important document which I doubt many people have even bothered to browse through. <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Humanist521BT-Light;">While the achievement of the objectives of the National Development Plan requires progress on a broad front, three priorities stand out: <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Humanist521BT-Light;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Raising employment through faster economic growth <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Humanist521BT-Light;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Improving the quality of education, skills development and innovation and <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Humanist521BT-Light;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Building the capability of the state to play a developmental, transformative role.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I was actually amazed at how thorough the NDP is regarding the issue of skills development, particularly for young people. Amongst others, the NDP purports:</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Humanist521BT-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">South Africa has an urbanising, youthful population. This presents an opportunity to boost economic growth, increase employment and reduce poverty. The Commission, recognising that young people bear the brunt of unemployment, has adopted a “youth lens” in preparing its proposals, which include:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Humanist521BT-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Improve the school system, including increasing the number of students achieving above 50 percent in literacy and mathematics, increasing learner retention rates to 90 percent and bolstering teacher training.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Humanist521BT-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Strengthen youth service programmes and introduce new, community-based programmes to offer young people life-skills training, entrepreneurship training and opportunities to participate in community development programmes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Humanist521BT-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Strengthen and expand the number of FET colleges to increase the participation rate to 25 percent.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Humanist521BT-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Increase the graduation rate of FET colleges to 75 percent.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Unlike Andile who managed to find some gaps in the policy documents of the ANC with regards to Entrepreneurship; I am totally impressed with the thoroughness of the NDP in addressing the skills challenges in the country.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">There’s only one problem: most of the delegates at Mangaung are less interested in policy discussions, including the NDP, as they are in the leadership race. In fact even the President and the cabinet did not speak much about the NDP until now at the opening of the National Conference of the ANC. I therefore propose Mr. President that after all the excitement of the conference; we go back to the National Development Plan and implement this great vision. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I know the President reads my blog so I will be waiting for your call, Mr. President.</span></div>
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Siphiwe Moyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01670478903822482705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433310200937821003.post-31113023564371917372012-11-28T05:50:00.001-08:002012-11-28T05:50:22.092-08:00No, it is not about who you know; networking is overrated<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have often argued that in looking for a job, networking is overrated. How often have you and I heard someone saying “it is not about what you know but about who you know”? Really, is this a fact or myth? How many of us are in the jobs we are in because we knew someone and we are employed in these jobs because of this person that we know? My guess is that most of us applied for these jobs in a normal way, we were interviewed, maybe did some psychometric assessments and we were the ideal candidates and therefore were offered these jobs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I think those who purport this view that it is about “who you know” are being economical with the truth. Most people study hard to develop themselves, work hard in their current jobs and apply for jobs and are offered these jobs predominantly based on merit. A study by Lombardo, Michael M. and Robert W. Eichinger shows that only 20% of someone’s career progression can be attributable to networking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I would contend that people advance in the careers because they have a deliberate attempt to acquire all the different types of knowledge, namely:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">•Learned Knowledge</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">ü<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">From universities, courses, books, …etc</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">•Activity Knowledge</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">ü<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Learn by doing</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">•Modelling Knowledge</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">ü<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Learn what successful people do!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">•Teaching Knowledge</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">ü<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mastery that comes through teaching others</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In his book, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Never Eat Alone</i></b>, <span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Keith Ferazziv talks about the kind of networking that I agree with and here are a few points from that book:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">These points are not about play golf with someone because you hope they will give you a job but they are about building genuine relationships. As a consequence of building good, genuine relationships and concurrently improving one’s skills and experience career progression will come but definitely not solely from “knowing the right person”.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">One friend of mine who is a Relationship Manager by profession does this very well. He is my friend, he is willing to do a lot for people without expecting anything from them and therefore we all would like a chance to help him with something but he got to where he is by being a competent, effective Relationship Manager not because he simply knew somebody. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Please engage me should you disagree with me.</span></div>
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Siphiwe Moyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01670478903822482705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433310200937821003.post-33083403614885378132012-09-26T09:54:00.001-07:002012-09-26T09:54:42.146-07:00I don’t know any unemployed Artisans!<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As a Learning Specialist, my heart bleeds every time I hear of a young person spending their parent’s hard-earned money to register for some course at one of those dodgy colleges based in the CBD of Johannesburg or in any of the major cities of South Africa. These flight-by-nights who are not accredited by the Council of Higher Education (CHE) or any of the relevant accreditation bodies have stolen people’s dreams and shattered the hopes of countless, gullible young people.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Why is it more attractive for young people to study at these institutions instead of Further Education & Training (FET) colleges which are a reputable alternative to Universities and Universities of Technology? In my view the answer lies in the madness that happened around 2003 when suddenly Apprenticeships were regarded as “uncool”.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can still remember the day vividly when I was a delegate at the National Skills Development Conference on 14 October 2003 where the then Minister of Labour, Minister Membathisi Mdladlana presented his opening address at the conference. After erupting in an emotive rendition of the song “Kubi, kubi kubi, siyaya, siyaya, siyaya ePitori” or is it Polokwane or Mangaung, he then proceeded to re-assure delegates that the Apprenticeship system is neither being abolished nor being marginalised in favour of the new buzz word of that time; Learnerships. This re-assurance was however too late because in the many factories across the country, a perception had been created by some that Learnerships were in fact here to replace Apprenticeships.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know a lot of unemployed people who studied in the colleges I have mentioned above but I have to admit I don’t know any unemployed Artisan. In my circle of friends, associates and business colleagues none of the people who were trade-tested with a “red-seal” as it is known in some circles, is unemployed. The unemployment levels in South Africa would be drastically reduced if more young people would consider being Artisans. In fact Minister of Higher Education and Training, Blade Nzimande’s plans to review FET colleges is welcome and long overdue. Artisan training is a major component of the strategy to reduce unemployment from the current 25% to around 15%.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So young people as you are considering your plans for 2013, please consider getting a Trade, it is cool. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Become an Artisan and forget about all those dodgy colleges in the CBD.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Siphiwe</span></div>
Siphiwe Moyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01670478903822482705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433310200937821003.post-33775243412384194892012-09-21T09:13:00.001-07:002012-09-21T09:13:49.387-07:00Misguided Hustle<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">As I was driving back from speaking at the 3rd annual Global Learning Academy conference yesterday, I saw them again; the windscreen-washers at Grayston drive in Sandton. I observed with great curiosity the passion, zeal and hustle that these gentlemen have for what they are doing. On most occasions, they wash a motorists' windscreen before they even get consent for this. After their windscreens have been washed, some drivers frown and not give these guys anything but others due to humiliation rather than goodwill; they offer a few rands as a token for their windscreens being washed. I once asked a few gentlemen how much they make in a good day. Answers vary but like a lazy business person I will resort to an average; R120 on a good day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">In comparing South Africans from people who come from other African countries, I often hear people saying that most unemployed South Africans are lazy; I beg to differ. I often see people in townships spending their full-days guarding cars in shopping centres, waiting for a full-day to push a trolley for a R2 coin, closing potholes in township streets for whatever the motorists can offer, selling cigarettes at traffic lights for the whole day for a meagre R10 net profit per day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">In my view these hustlers are not lazy, they work hard. They have something that this country desperately needs; hustle. I do propose however, that this hustle is misguided. Many of the people of this country have the spirit to hustle (ukuphanda) but this is channelled towards activities that at best help them to survive and at worst are total wastes of time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Channelled correctly - we have something the world can learn from us; to hustle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Siphiwe</span><br />
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