On a personal level: • Mentoring/Coaching


• Identify young talent


• Speaking at Business Schools and Management faculties


At company level: • Influencing the creation of leadership-skills development programmes within their own organisations to actively promote a bank of leaders for the national economy


At community/society at large level: • Leadership development initiatives


• Commitment to systematically and deliberately identifying and developing future leaders


Scope and Coverage Membership exclusive to leaders who reached the upper echelons of the Boss of the Year®


Award


The membership profile is that of senior- level executives to ensure a high level of interaction and to strengthen the relationship among South Africa’s workplace leaders


All semi-finalists and finalists in the BOTY Award are leaders who have been identified by their teams as being role- models, and these are the people who set the standards and practices which define the age they live in.


Over the past 20 years, they have emerged from many and varied industries: • manufacturing and retailing


• mining and construction


• medical and financial • media and communications, • research and academia, • government… and many more!


Equally, the designations they hold cover a wide spectrum of management positions: Chairmen, CEOs, MDs, Directors, GMs, Managers and Heads of Departments.


This diversity of knowledge and experience of its members will constitute one of the Club’s richest assets as it will encourage innovative thinking, promote open-mindedness as well as the humility to continuously assess goals, better understand vulnerabilities, explore solutions to challenges and strengthen members resolve to strive for leadership excellence


The annual BOTY Club Convention The position of a “benevolent’ leader is often a lonely one, and the opportunity to exchange ideas and practices with like- minded peers is to be welcomed.


The annual Convention is the main means, and medium, to fulfil the mission of the Club and honour its vision.


The Convention takes place in early August each year, and coincides with the announcement of the 15 semi-finalists for the year.


The Convention programme design has the following components: Imbizos – for thinking through and examining key leadership trends and perspectives


In Conversation with – for asking and consulting


ClubSPEAK – for determining and sharing.


Keynotes – for listening and broadening perspectives


Lunch hour – for networking with peers and the media


The programme runs for a full day and at an exclusive and 5-star venue.


The Convention’s benefits for members • Being able to network, and build trusted relationships in a creative and exclusive learning environment through openness, integrity and confidentiality


• An outlet for sharing the trials and tribulations as well as the highlights of being a boss


• Unique knowledge enrichment derived from the various inputs on what worked and what did not work; the sharing of ideas and experiences at the coal-face


• Opportunities to pen down experiences, perspectives and expertise


• An immediate network of peer-to-peer advisors or mentors.


Staying in touch • A regular Circular is sent out to all members. The Circular aims to inform, update, inspire camaraderie and keep all in tune with what’s hot and what’s cool in the realm of leadership.


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