Tendai Mapuranga – Director: Human Capital and Development, Mikateko Chauke – Director: PR, Comms, Activations and Digital, Manzini Zungu – Chief Executive Officer, Zizipho Zungu – Finance Director, Xolisa Moerane – Director: Enterprise and Supplier Development, Lesego Ngobeni – Managing Director
nimble and relevant to each client who comes with their own processes which we sometimes need to emulate. Ensuring that we deliver on our mandate for our clients. This is a non-negotiable for the Pacinamix team; it is what keeps us in business!
What drives you each day to strive for even more than you achieved the day before? My drive is based on one fundamental principle: creating a legacy, not only for my household but for my colleagues and those who come across my path.
What does a typical work day look like for you? It differs every day, there is no prescription on how this Monday is going to look like based on the previous Monday. I am not a routine type of CEO, of course there ae meetings scheduled on the calendar that I need to deliver on but I mostly create each day as it happens. As CEO at Pacinamix I ensure that I lead in a manner that I am a very handsnot only inspires my colleagues but spurs them on to deliver on CEO who talks to his amazing work that puts the score on the board; and I am the colleagues. I encourage walk-ins to my office first one to do it! or walk-arounds in my office. I do not expect an email from a member of my team when they are just at Pacinamix I ensure that I lead in a manner that not a few meters away from me. I expect us to engage and only inspires my colleagues but spurs them on to deliver make decisions right there and then. There is space for an amazing work that puts the score on the board; and I am email of course, things need to be documented, but when the first one to do it! decisions need to be made we need to talk to each other. Our space is nimble, creative, fast-changing so it is very What traits does a leader require to ensure the success important for me to lead in that way and to inspire my of a business? team to do the same. I believe that a leader should be someone that empowers his or her people. What legacy would you like to leave behind? At Pacinamix I ensure that our people are empowered to As an entrepreneur, my intention is not just to provide make decisions, they create and execute ideas from inception employment, but rather to leave a legacy by creating right till implementation. I am also a leader that listens, opportunities for my teams, stakeholders and for every someone who genuinely cares about his colleagues, first as person who has the experience of engaging with my vision people then as Pacinamix team members. In essence I believe and business model. that to succeed, a leader needs to put his or her people first. What are some of the greatest business lessons you have learnt and how has this affected the manner in which you lead Pacinamix? In my career I have learnt that Leadership is very important – it can make or break the business. As CEO
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