BOSSWANA Talks: Recent Episodes
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BOSSWANA TALKS by Jeroen Nys [Belgium] and Peter Henssen [Netherlands]. We both left Europe to live and work in Botswana and we met each-other in Maun. We share our experiences from our personal and professional view and talk with other people on topics like leadership.
This Podcast we talk to Moraki Mokgosana, CEO of Bomaid Botswana. We talk with him about leadership, especially as CEO of a health assurance company in crisis times as we had now. Different stakeholders, different expectations and they all want there needs to be satisfied. Next to this we talk about why, the people of Botswana are actually not that happy and in comparison to other countries they are in the bottom five. [Source; World Economic Forum] Interesting views on this topics and we are learning more and more about Botswana.
As it seems that the C19 Crisis comes to an end, Jeroen and Peter question if there actually was a crisis. From there we talk about the consequences for the mental health of people and how it will be as people are returning to work. What do they expect from their managers and what are the managers expecting. Are the managers ready to receive their employees again? All of this off-course from our own perspective, with the knowledge we have now and just chatting together. Enjoy listening and feel free to give feedback.
In this podcast we talk with Corlize Viljoen. Corlize has been around. In South Africa, Israel, America and back to the roots in Botswana. She was in the army, worked for a big corporate for a while and left to be free. It was very interesting the hear her talking about the traditional why of leadership and how it is changing for the good or bad.
We are happy to welcome our first guest of this season, the very inspiring Mrs Veronicah Letlhare. Veronicah is director North West Botswana of the Ministery of Basic Education. Listen to her view on leadership and what she thinks are the key elements of great leadership. We loved talking to her and how she welcomed us at her office.
Thank you again dear Veronicah!
We kick off our second season with a look back to the last 4 months and talk about the circle of trust, crisis management and even the weather.
In our last podcast (12) of this season we look back at 2020, corona and the changes it brought us and will bring us and the boost of creativity.
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In our eleventh episode we talk with Dorian Hoy (Regional Managing Director at Great Plains Conservation) about leading by positive encouragement, career planning, conducting interviews and training, recruitment in India and is what you do now helping you to get where you want?
In our tenth podcast we talk with Kim Nixon (Managing Director of Wilderness Safaris Botswana) about the influence of culture in leadership, leadership in corona times, that you don't need to be friends with your staff, education and being humane.
In our ninth episode we talk about training and education in the hospitality sector for management, why education is better in Gaborone, if we should always promote staff internally and if stepping back is a failure.
In our eighth podcast we talk with our first guest, Yvonne Ward-Smith (coach, NLP practitioner, Trainer), about the unique set up of managing a lodge, why involvement of top management and making time for your team is crucial.
In our seventh podcast we talk about the different styles of leadership and the values connected to it.
In our sixth podcast we talk about Leadership and Management linked to Botswana, local versus international management, the main motivators of wanting to be a manager, ...
In our fifth podcast we talk about work ethics, greetings, education and prejudices that exist.
In our third episode we talk about the first months of living and working in Botswana, the honeymoon phase.
In our second episode we talk about everything leading up to the day we move to Botswana.
In our first episode we talk about who we are and why we moved to the other side of the world, Botswana.