Photo Gallery: 4 July 2023, CHRO Day, The Leonardo, Sandton, Johannesburg

HR leaders from Standard Bank, Tsebo Holdings and Deloitte discussed the disconnect between organisational values and employees’ experiences at the 2026 HR Indaba, emphasising the need to balance business performance with workplace behaviour.

Middle managers carry significant accountability, often without the authority to match. This was a talking point at the 2026 HR Indaba.

With thousands of attendees at the 2026 HR Indaba, top HR execs tackled the critical conversation about strategies for correcting undesirable manager traits early in organisations.

Sakeena Adams, regional people director for Africa and the Middle East at Sage, believes the future of HR is about giving people more time to do what they do best. By using technology to take care of repetitive tasks, she sees an opportunity for HR to focus on people, nurture talent and help businesses grow.

The mining industry knows all about digging deep. CHROs from across the mining sector kicked off the month of October by doing just that, gathering around the dinner table at Seven Villa Hotel in Sandton to dig deeper into the financial pressures shaping employees’ lives long after payday.

The missing ingredient in many employee experience strategies is often the simplest one of all: Care.