Roy Andersen on Leadership
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Roy Andersen is a man of many diverse talents. Besides being Chairman of the Board of South African insurance giant Sanlam and civil engineering contractors Murray & Roberts, as well as of the South African interests of Richard Branson's Virgin group, he also serves as a major general in the South African National Defence Force, where he commands the Defence Reserves for the South African Navy, Army, Air Force and Medical Services. He is a chartered accountant by profession, which all goes to show that one should never underestimate those that choose to arm themselves (primarily at least) with pen and pocket calculator! Being an artilleryman, this particular accountant's other weapon of choice would no doubt be be the G6 Self Propelled 155mm Howitzer!
General Andersen recently did a presentation titled Leadership Lessons from the Battlefield to the Boardroom (click to download a summary) at the Gordon Institute of Business Science (also known as "GIBS" and arguably South Africa's top business school,) in Johannesburg.
Coincidentally, my colleagues Ed Wesemann and Gerry Riskin will likewise be presenting a one day seminar at GIBS, this time on professional service firm strategy, in October. At the same time, I'll be doing a paper titled Five Important Trends You Didn't Know Existed at an Association of Legal Administrators Conference in Columbus, Ohio!
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