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Title holder: The 2011 Boss of the Year, Chris Mukoki, of Standard Bank, is congratulated by semi-finalist Greg Solomon, MD of McDonalds SA.
Theo Garrun
It’s time to begin the search for SA’s top workplace leaders. Calls for nominations have opened for the annual Boss of the Year Award and the organisers are looking to people throughout SA to identify a likely candidate within their organisations.
Everything about the way we work, communicate and network has changed over the past 10 years, and we are expected to keep pace and transform alongside these continuing shifts.
It is a unique situation that calls for distinctive leadership.
This leadership is one of the most problematic challenges we face, not only in SA, but on a global scale; leadership that is able to guide us, embrace possibilities, inspire progress and master social change in uncharted waters.
The Boss of the Year Award, now in its 23rd year, looks to identify and reward these leaders annually. It is a vital exercise in keeping alive the critical awareness of sound leadership as a national priority in the sectors of private and public enterprise as well as civil society.
Ornella Trinco, of Dictum Publishers, founders of the award, says a key objective of the award is to pay tribute to leaders in the workplace who see people as the primary assets and invest in them.
“A contemporary boss is enlightened and values bottom-up input and insights,” she says.
The MTN SA Foundation is the patron and chief sponsor of the award for the fifth year in a row.
Robert Madzonga of MTN SA says 2012 presents workplace leaders with paradoxes of growth and careful housekeeping.
“This challenges leaders to ensure they understand what touches hearts and moves minds, ie the new ways of influencing and new ways of working,” he says.
“This year also challenges leaders to understand what engagement and involvement really means and how it is to be achieved if people are to find meaning and fulfilment in their work – opportunities need to be provided for people to develop themselves and their careers.
“In uncovering good leaders this award creates a leadership standard for SA – and by leadership here we mean leaders of people, which is a skill other than leadership of organisations or brands.
“The MTN SA Foundation is therefore an active supporter of this initiative because building a strong leadership pool of role models is imperative for the continued success of SA business and broader society.”
Nomination forms are available at www.bossoftheyear.co.za, via bossoftheyear@dictum.co.za or by fax by requesting a form from their offices on 011 616 7401.
Apart from the honour of being rated among the best bosses in SA, the recipient of the award and his/her nominator, as well as all the finalists and their nominators, will receive prizes from an A-list of sponsors, including the MTN SA Foundation, Arthur Kaplan Jewellers, The Blue Train, Europcar, Die Kunshuis Clanwilliam and World Leisure Holidays.
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