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CHRO SA's recent webinar featured Torque MD and employee experience expert Sally Acton.

Liziwe is a seasoned executive with over 25 years' experience.

The indomitable founder of CFO SA, CHRO SA and M&A Africa has passed away in his home country, The Netherlands.

Greg Pryor advised HR leaders to hone in on the IDEA principles of Inclusion, Digitalisation, Enabling employee experiences, and Agility, during a CHRO Community Conversation. 

Webinar explores the subject of fraud and corruption, and why instances are likely to escalate in a Covid-19 world where pressures of the economic downturn.

This week's CHRO Community Conversation focussed on the importance of self care.

Trishana Maharaj, Bongani Hlophe, Ruth Wotela share advice on what it takes to become an executive by 40.

This CHRO South Africa webinar looked at how Covid-19 has changed remuneration practices. 

Employees aged 60 plus and those with underlying conditions require special attention in the workplace. 

Donald Khumalo, Kammy Sing, and Avanthi Maharaj say they will continue working from home, at least in the short term.

HR leaders from Alexander Forbes, LexisNexis, and Altron say the trick is to get buy-in from employees.

HR leaders shared insights around values-led leadership and communication.

Marketers should share their companies' stories on LinkedIn as people are noticing brand news more.

Altron employees don't want to just innovate, they want to make a difference, says Mteto. 

Laura says managers should take the potential fragility of employees' family members into account.

Different organisations have differing views on what is the best approach, given the stigma surrounding Covid-19.

Cathy says it's difficult to figure out what clients need because backward-looking data doesn't answer that question anymore. 

She says different home environments mean some employees are more eager to return to work than others.

Mercedes-Benz executive director Abey Kgotle led the discussion in which he detailed their plans for ensuring the safety of employees back at work. 

This week's Community Conversation was about paying attention to the silver lining. 

Sameera says the importance of emotional intelligence has never been more pronounced than it is now.

The digital guru discussed reinventing branding during the Covid-19 crisis with marketers.

HR leaders discussed coping with preserving their businesses while people's livelihoods hang in the balance.

Covid-19 can make workplace environments ripe for discriminatory attitudes and behaviours.

Dolores explains why organisational culture and values have been central to all their decision-making.

HR leaders discussed what they were doing to take care of employees as well as themselves.

With many moving parts and misinformation floating around, Candice says staying informed about Covid-19 is a challenge in itself.

CHRO Community Conversation focuses on measures to avoid exposing employees to unnecessary risk.

Maggie is the founder and an executive director of HR consultancy and business management company The HR Touch.

Excited about the opportunity, Alice says learning and development have always been her passion.

Malisha Awunor joins EOH after five years with Barloworld Handling/BHBW

Finance and HR leaders 'had it out' at the #StrongerTogetherSummit

Devashnie Singh's human capital career began 15 years ago in the telecoms industry.

Compliance Online has thrown its weight behind CHRO South Africa with an associate partnership.

Eric started his new role at Sibanye-Stillwater on 1 February 2020.

Starting in January 2020, she will be the new Group Executive for Human Capital.

This is the second board she has departed from in the space of a month.

She has been appointed as the HR director for SA and SSA

Melissa joined Kempinski as the regional HR director for the Middle East and Africa in 2013.

If media reports are anything to go, she certainly has her work cut out for her.

More than two years after becoming Lonmin's executive vice president of HR, Khaya says he's taking a much-needed extended break.

Top HR executives discussed office bullies and how to deal with them in big corporates. 

Danie is a former CEO of Mediclininc International where he currently sits on the board.

Psychopaths aren't just in the movies. They're in the boardroom and the staff room too. Up to 4 percent of CEOs display the traits associated with this sort of condition.

He joins Deloitte after four years as head of organisational effectiveness at ABSA.

Khanyisile has held various roles in the financial services and transport and logistics sectors.

Tantaswa, who serves as a non-executive director on a number of boards, joined Barloworld in February 2017.

For Mechell, 'purpose' is the key to success in life and in business.

Greg, who is also a non-executive HR director of Solaray, joined Mediclinic in 2013.

During the first annual CHRO Awards on 27 November 2019, the HR community celebrates excellence in human resources.

Graeme Codrington explained what individuals and organisations need to do to prepare for future longevity.

Tania has replaced David Moloto, who has moved on to Nestlé UAE.

It remains to be seen whether the group plans to appoint a new CHRO.

HR and finance professionals share ideas on big thinking and collaboration at Get Smart Summit.

CHROs and HRDs have been invited to exclusive dinner to discuss their future readiness.

The former SAPO Group Executive of Human Capital is now running her own consultancy.

Attendees will hear from speaker and strategist Mqondisi Gumede on how to think outside the box.

The Peregrine CEO will share valuable insights on this topic at the upcoming Get Smart summit.

Boost your career and learn from South Africa's leading HR executives and specialists - for free.

Candice was the first member of the CHRO SA community. 

They got an insider's perspective on getting the most out of high-potential individuals during dinner at Marble.

However, traditional organisational structures are slow to embrace a new way of thinking.

Dr Pat Smythe believes that more African female role models are needed.

Courage, honesty, communication, tact and knowing where and how to draw the line - those were some of the recurring themes during a powerful conversation between HR executives at the first ever CHRO South Africa summit in Cape Town on 13 March 2018.

The event was the company's best-attended country launch globally.

Brigitte Da Gama, Human Capital exec at McDonald's SA, is passionate about developing people

Do you have a track record of building a network for business? And do you possess outstanding communication skills, are you capable of representing the company on and off stage at events and beyond? Finally - can you close a sale? Then you might just be our next Community Manager.

Progress is very important to Hellen.

"Total engagement of employees is key to moving forward," says Khaya.

"HR is about understanding the context and the environment that you are in," says Trevor.

Mhlo says his first job prepared him for being an HR business partner

She says HR execs could find a solution to SA's social challenges if they work together.

Juliet was involved in the merger between Momentum and Metropolitan Life to create MMI Holdings

"I basically had to learn on the job."

"Transformation is not only about diversity but also about inclusivity," says Khosi.

Tiger Brands' CHRO says appointments must be made from a viewpoint of setting people up for success

CHRO SA hosted its second ever roundtable in which the theme was to rediscover the humaneness of the HR profession

Growing up, Sungeetha wanted to be like Ally McBeal

Malisha found the recent CHRO roundtable rewarding

Trevor has been with Deloitte for 22 years

CHRO SA's executive manager Didi Sehume met with Shireen Maharaj of Pernod Ricard.

Attendees caught a glimpse of what CHRO SA can become.

Paul Norman, Group Chief HR and Corporate Affairs Officer at telecommunications company MTN, is a qualified psychologist and MBA graduate with vast corporate experience spanning more two decades.

Busi Mtsweni, HR executive at the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA), says she consciously chose to have a career in people management unlike many people in the profession.

Nomakuze Mguqulwa-Nyembo, group HR director at Servest South Africa, is passionate about issues concerning women in leadership, especially with regard to creating a culture that allows women rise to senior positions within their organisations, and stay there, without having to emulate the leadership styles or characteristics of their male counterparts. In fact, the natural traits of women, such as their propensity to empathise and nurture, gives them an upper hand in being able to grow people, motivate them and, therefore get the best out of employees.

Sun International's group director of Human Resources Verna Robson is a lawyer by training, who spent much of career practicing labour law. She believes it has been an advantage to have a career where she has worked closely with HR but not necessarily within it, because that has allowed her to think about her role from a very different perspective.

Before coming to Openserve to become the managing executive of HR, Kgomotso Molobye (pictured on the right) worked predominantly in the mining and oil & gas industries, having been at AngloGold Ashanti and within the mining division at Sasol.

Anneke Andrews, the Director of Human Capital at Deloitte, is a chartered accountant and was already some way into her auditing career when she made her the transition to talent acquisition. Her move from auditing was initiated from her involvement in a management solutions division, which, essentially, sought to assist clients with whatever business problem they might be facing.

Unlike most human resource practitioners who unexpectedly stumble into their careers, Vodacom's Chief Human Resources Officer Matimba Mbungela has had his heart set on HR since the beginning of his working life.

Candice Watson, Southern Africa Area Head of Talent at British American Tobacco (BAT), has garnered a lot of experience as an executive-level human resources professional in a short space of time. Since September 2014, she has been the HR partner at Lenovo, HR director for Sub-Saharan Africa at Pernod Ricard and now at BAT, where she has been for three months.

Nova Human Capital Solutions is a company that offers turnkey HR solutions to companies of all shapes and sizes. From simply providing payroll services to doing a total overhaul of a business's HR function, they do it all.

Sheila Motsepe, a trained clinical psychologist, has worked for a variety of companies, ranging from the Reserve Bank, where she was former governor Tito Mboweni's director of human resources to her current role as HR director of German telecommunications company T-Systems.

Blair Mackenzie, vice president of human resources Sub-Saharan Africa at Ericsson, is an entrepreneur at heart. Having worked in management consulting and sales, he started a recruitment business, Ethoz, which evolved into South African's first true Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) business.

Valentine's Day 2017 marked the start of CHRO South Africa, a deeply connected organisation for HR directors.