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‘Overlanding Through the Boardroom’: The ferry and the fishing boat

A missed Cambodian ferry and the first rule of the Stoics

‘Overlanding Through the Boardroom’: The Lokobe rule

Johan de Villiers: company rules outlive the reasons they were written for

BERNARD SWANEPOEL: If you have the power, what are you doing with it? 

Leaders need to listen, and let others influence key decisions

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‘Overlanding Through the Boardroom’: why turnover hides the water

Johan de Villiers says rising turnover can hide a drowning business

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‘Overlanding Through the Boardroom’: importance vs urgency

Why the urgent so often distracts from the important – and what a Himalayan trek revealed about how easily distraction can tip into danger

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‘Overlanding Through the Boardroom’: why team selection matters

Johan de Villiers explains the psychology of sales, personality types and why team selection can make or break your business

Spar chair Mike Bosman. Picture: Spar Group.

Spar chair fails to soothe rattled investors  

Spar’s AGM was the chance for a rousing pep talk by chair Mike Bosman. But the problems with its guild are clearly far from over

Spar CEO Angelo Swartz

Spar CEO’s exit clouds turnaround hopes

Spar shares hit a record low after CEO Angelo Swartz resigned, leaving a leadership gap at a retailer still fighting to recover lost ground.