Season 2 Episode 1: From Adversity to Achievement: Thembeka Maseko on Resilience, Education, and Leadership.

Join us for an inspiring episode featuring Thembeka Maseko, Non-Executive Director of Standard Trust Limited. Raised by her grandparents in Cape Town’s informal settlements, Thembeka’s story is a powerful testament to resilience and the transformative power of education. She shares how her grandfather’s belief in her potential shaped her success and leadership style, where storytelling plays a vital role in connecting and motivating her team. Thembeka also reflects on the importance of auditing relationships, embracing empathy, and the impact of mentorship on personal growth.

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Kingsley Aikins: Why your next opportunity is hiding in your weakest connection

Difference Makers Discuss, season 5, episode 1. Sinead Donovan talks to Kingsley Aikins, founder of Diaspora Matters. This is the second of a two part conversation, the first of which closed season 4.

Difference Makers Discuss Season 4 Highlights

Six conversations, one thread: the best of Difference Makers Discuss Season 4

Season 4 of Difference Makers Discuss covered a lot of ground. Six guests, six very different lives, and on the face of it not much in common beyond a professional qualification and a willingness to talk honestly. Watch them back to back, and something else emerges. Every one of these stories turns on the same thing: the decision to connect with another human being when it would have been easier not to.

Remote working across borders: The hidden risks businesses need to understand

Remote working across borders: the hidden risks businesses need to understand

In this special edition of Difference Makers Discuss, recorded for the Chartered Accountants Worldwide UAE community, host Carla Wilson is joined by international tax specialist Hugo van Zyl and HR leader Sarah Brooks. Together they unpack the tax, payroll, and governance risks of letting employees work across borders, along with the practical steps every organisation should take.

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