Diversity & Inclusion – your high-performance game plan

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Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) is the game-changing ingredient in maximising a business team’s potential and capability. This is according to business consultancy GameChangers who will be hosting an interactive, online Masterclass on the topic of D&I on 23 June.  

Cape Town, Western Cape: The SA 7s is arguably one of the most high-performing sports teams in South Africa. They are also one of the most diverse teams in our country. GameChangers, whose unique style of business consulting draws lessons from the sports field into the boardroom, will join in conversation with this power team’s captain, Shakes Soyizwapi, and coach, Neil Powell for a Masterclass with a difference. There will be a scrum, a backline, defence tactics and dressing room pep talks but above all, there will be frank discussions about D&I.

Shakes and Neil will be sharing their experiences and learnings from the winning SA 7s team. D&I thought leader Samkelo Blom and boardroom legend Dr Tienie Ehlers will

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Mediclinic Newcastle finds an emotional vaccine to Stay Strong

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The need

Having navigated two waves of COVID-19 and preparing for a possible third, South Africa’s healthcare workers are dealing with ongoing mental stress, physical exhaustion, separation from families, and the pain of losing patients and colleagues. 

To manage these high levels of burnout, hospitals are searching for ways to strengthen their people’s emotional wellbeing. For Mediclinic Newcastle, Free To Grow’s Staying Strong programme showed great potential to meet this need.

“We are thrilled that vaccines are being given to all healthcare workers. But what is being done for healthcare workers who underwent severe trauma due to the death of patients they cared for? This is where Staying Strong comes in: a powerful ‘emotional vaccine’ that provides staff with tools to be resilient and strong when the next wave comes around,” says Japie Greyling, Hospital General Manager at Mediclinic Newcastle.

A DIY approach

The Staying Strong video-based Toolkit provides 15 bite-sized modules focusing on different aspects of emotional and mental wellbeing. The messages are shared with teams in weekly 10-minute leader-led sessions, spanning over four months. Every session creates a wellbeing touchpoint that grows coping skills and connects people more deeply with their leaders and colleagues.

Colleen Schoeman, HR Manager at the hospital sees the content of the toolkit as key. “It is where the magic lies,” she says. She explains that

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Managing performance in the new World of Work

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Craig Raath, Executive Director of 21st Century, a specialist Remuneration and Human Capital consultancy, shares his thoughts about the new mindset in the workplace, with particular focus on people management. 

“We are so used to building things to last. But what about building to adapt? Let’s start with an analogy here. If a bridge over a river is built to withstand the worst possible conditions and the surrounding area is then hit by a hurricane, what use is the bridge if it is left standing in exactly the same position it was before when the access roads and the river around it have been shifted by the catastrophe?

“The analogy could be applied to people management during and post COVID-19. Ways of working have changed and rigid working models simply don’t fit anymore. Given the changing workplace, we need to be building models that are agile enough to adapt to the change around us.

“A hybrid team is a flexible work structure where some employees work remotely and other team members work from a central location or office. And the hybrid approach to working has gained momentum rapidly. In fact, we have seen mass resistance to returning to the once ‘traditional’ working model.

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