Lead yourself first.
Personal values and self-discipline must exist before a leader expects those standards from a team. Credibility starts with the example set every day.
03 / Leadership Philosophy
The way
he leads.
Leadership is a continuing practice of self-discipline, listening, decision-making and accountability.
Listen more than you speak.
Leadership is about the team, not self-promotion. Feedback matters, especially from the quieter voices whose insight can easily be missed.
Lead with accountability.
Mistakes are inevitable. Leaders must own their decisions when outcomes are wrong as readily as when they are right, then explain, learn and improve.
Decisiveness
Indecisiveness
is a decision.
No plan is perfect. Leadership requires a decision, the humility to learn from outcomes and the adaptability to move again.
Leadership must evolve
The workforce changes. Expectations change. Leadership must learn with them.
Different expectations call for listening, understanding and adaptation rather than a fixed leadership formula.
Different expectations call for listening, understanding and adaptation rather than a fixed leadership formula.
Different expectations call for listening, understanding and adaptation rather than a fixed leadership formula.
The next generation
Opportunity+Accountability
Mothusi challenges “baholo ke baholo”, the traditional idea that age or seniority should automatically dominate. Younger colleagues need genuine space to contribute, including in the boardroom, with mentoring, coaching and accountable room to learn.