This eighth issue of the CHRO magazine contains a variety of stories, including the our cover story about Assore HR executive Bongani Phakathi who shares how his varied career prepared him for doing good for people and for the business. Also, Discovery’s global HR executive Steven Teasdale, describes how he has known from an early age that he was destined to be a leader in some capacity or another. And Barloworld’s Tantaswa Fubu shares an inspiring story of resilience based on how she saw the silver lining despite losing her aunt and father to Covid-19 in quick succession and then had to battle the virus herself.