FIVE KEYS TO OVERCOMING CHALLENGES IN BUSINESS
Founder, former CEO and former Deputy Chairperson of Smile Telecoms, IRENE CHARNLEY, shares five key areas to focus on when the going gets tough
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s we honour and celebrate all women during this month of August – highlighted by the public holiday on 9 August which has been observed since the start of our new democracy more than 27 years ago – we still have many hills to climb as women in business.
As the father of our democratic South Africa, Nelson Mandela wisely quoted: “After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.” We can be proud of what has been achieved and accelerated (albeit slow) in terms of the inclusion of women over the past decade and how many are now
found in government and in business and fulfilling the role of decision-makers that impact generations to come. It has been a challenging journey so far and our trials continue to stretch us and all those in support of (and opposed to) women empowerment and their role in transforming our economy.
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