Blanchard South Africa’s mission is to redefine leadership as influence rather than position.
Blanchard South Africa, a proud global partner of the Ken Blanchard Companies, hosted the launch of the organisation on September 28 at the Highline Restaurant Courtyard Hotel in Waterfall City.
As the sole licensee for South Africa, Blanchard South Africa is invested in realising its goal of seeing a change in the way African leadership is experienced.
Attended by captains of industry, entrepreneurs, and community leaders, the discussion on a new leadership language was well received.
Understanding that South Africa is filled with highly competent individuals, the challenge for many remains being able to motivate and/or keep teams/employees motivated by the changes the country is experiencing.
CEO of the organisation, Jayson Naidoo said, “Taking advantage of Blanchard’s 40 plus years of experience across the globe, we aim to shift the leadership narrative to solve the triple ills around unemployment, inequality, and poverty in this country.
Naidoo explained that through the development of inspired leaders at all levels, the organisation’s desire is to shift to a culture of connection that will unleash talent and deliver extraordinary results and relationships.
The organisation is committed to helping leaders to learn a new language of leadership, increase the quality and frequency of conversations, and ultimately to help develop self-reliant achievers in all walks of life.
With ‘Ubuntu’ (I am because you are) being a core value of Blanchard South Africa, the organisation believes that the country is well positioned to embed the Blanchard Servant Leadership philosophy — ‘leadership is not something you do to people, it is something you do with people’- into South Africa’s culture.
As the COO of the organisation, Vivien Katzav expressed concern that a large number of people in leadership positions feel they can act any way they want.
“This is based on the fact that many see the title of ‘leader’ as a ticket to act with little regard for others. Despite short-term gains, leadership malpractice causes serious and enduring poisonous effects as the rules and regulations in place have left many feeling powerless,” says Katzav.
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