Becoming an African Lion/Lioness – experiential talk, finding leadership through music

Barbara has been writing about African culture and why it is important to corporate South Africa, for more than 15 years.  She has been a champion of ubuntu and has published internationally through the World Business Academy, a cutting edge think tank. Barbara delivers her passion and commitment to this work in an articulate and gentle manner, and embodies an undefeated spirit of courage, empathy and strength in imparting a deep knowledge of what makes us truly human.

We live in a world in which we are deeply interconnected. The word “ubuntu” has become overused and cheapened in South Africa and yet is vitally important to our own evolution as citizens of this country and the world.  Barbara’s ability to articulate and integrate ubuntu with leading edge thinking is refreshing and stimulating.  She is optimistic, passionate and inspirational.

Ubuntu’s intelligence: Why Ubuntu appeals to thought leaders in the West

This talk looks at why ubuntu has global relevance, and why, as increasing numbers of thought leaders are articulating the shift from separateness to interconnectedness, ubuntu is resonant with new paradigm thinking.

Personal Growth African Style – Stepping into Larger versions of ourselves

The talk, taking key messages from Barbara’s latest book, will cover the inspiration for a new and exciting book, which places humaneness at the forefront of leadership.  The book meets a gap in tertiary education and in traditional workshops on leadership. It speaks to the need to focus on our essence, on being, and is an invitation for all to understand more about what ubuntu offers to leadership.  The book also speaks to the need for awareness, consciousness and compassion in the way we lead.

How and why African values are relevant to the workplace

For whatever reason, our workplaces are still highly Eurocentric. This means that corporate cultures are consciously or unconsciously unwelcoming of the unique contribution that African values can bring.  Sawubona Africa documented important case studies, still relevant today, about how individuals and companies championed and supported African values with great benefit – to employees and to the bottom line.

How we all benefit from increased knowledge and awareness of ubuntu in the business context.

Practical examples and entertaining stories about how and why African values have added to South African workplaces.

How global thought leaders are passionate about ubuntu and why we’re well placed to be leaders of emerging trends in global leadership, if we stop our cynicism and negativity around ubuntu.

What African management looks like in the lives of real people.

What ubuntu looks like in the lives of real people.

• Increased knowledge

• Inspiration

• Increased reflective capacity