Leadership is the most important factor in true business success…..Great Leaders will enable a doubling of Profits .
The Global marketplace is truly Brutaful( Brutal AND Beautiful) .Wow …..if anyone ever queried the VUCA( Volatile,Uncertain,Chaos and Ambiguity ) concept the world Corona crisis is living evidence !The challenges facing our South African CEO’s in this crisis are a wonderful crucible for true leadership .As we are immersed into our 2020 year the excitement builds dramatically in our week 12 pulse view. In essence ,We have a Global Crisis ….Time for Real Leadership in all areas of our lives !
Corona Chaos batters global markets, upends every facet of financial stability, utter pandemonium as legislators & Central banks slash interest rates & pump liquidity & stimulus into the system????????; “the real” CR steps up, locks down SA in response to coronavirus, declares national disaster????????; Treasury to make funding available for Covid19 management????; 1st cases of local transmissions as infections rise to 202????; SARB slashes interest rates by 1%????????; Blade closes tertiary institutions????; informal settlements to get Sanitation facilities????????; parliament suspends all activities until further notice⚖️; government to use UIF fund to ease burden????; SAA cancels all international flights✈️; foreign nationals from high risk areas banned from entering SA????????????; Unions formally reject state’s plea & threaten one day strike action????????♂️????; state owned properties to be used as quarantine sites????; government bans price increases on masks, Sanitizers & toilet paper????????????; all clubs, restaurants ordered to scale back, no Alcohol to be served after 18:00????; Patel allows competition law exemptions to fight Covid19????; PIC board working with Hawks to prosecute those implicated in Mpati report????????; MTN slashes data prices????; hospitality industry feeling brunt of Covid-19 effects????????; Transnet suspends Blue Train????; SA erecting fence on Zim border as crackdown escalates????; energy regulator eases hurdle to buying private power????; Deloitte pays back R150 million to Eskom in ill-gotten contracts????; internationally, FED cuts rates to near 0%, Capitol Hill approves massive $1 trillion stimulus package????????; BOE cuts rates to 0.1% as UK tightens Civid19 restrictions????; oil price war puts squeeze on US shale companies????; Italian debt exposes many EU banks to potential sell offs????; Zims inflation soars to 500% through feb????; China suffers historic slump after coronavirus shutdown????; Trump warns of global recession, urges Americans to limit social interaction????; Researchers make good progress in understanding Virus????; Iran temporarily frees 85 000 prisoners????; France promises Billions as economy takes a hit????; cautious return to “normal” shopping in China as no new cases recorded????; turbulence worsens in airline & hospitality industry????????; carmakers shutdown in war like conditions response????; Australia central bank chief admits “nothing off the table” with stimulus response????; Modi urges Indians to remain at home, halts all international flights????; encouraging early results show antimalarials could help fight Covid-19????; indices, JSE@40272⬇️; DOW@19173⬇️; FTSE@5190⬇️; R/$17.60; R/£20.49; R/€ 18.82; bitcoin $6071; sports front, World sevens postponed????; SA rugby postpones all rugby until end April????; Monaco GP cancelled????; Invictus Games cancelled????♀️; pressure mounts on IOC & Japan Olympics????????( Thanks to Dan Thomalla )
So …..As we face this Global Crisis ,what real Leadership change will we embark on this coming week ?