ALLAN GRAY CENTRE FOR VALUES-BASED LEADERSHIP
Challenging organisations and individuals with purpose and resilience
Supported by Allan & Gill Gray Philanthropies
POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES AND SHORT COURSES
Faculty from the Allan Gray Centre lecture on the PhD programme, MBA programme, EMBA programme, MPhil programme, PGDip programmes, as well on Executive Education programmes at UCT GSB.
Additionally, they offer Electives in Diversity, Gender & Intersectionality, and Inclusion, as well as Advanced Leadership, as well as offer an online short course on Values-Based Leadership in association with GetSmarter/2U.
Courses
Master of Business Administration (Full-time and Modular)
MBA specialising in Executive Management
MPhil in Inclusive Innovation
PGDip in Management Practice
PhD in Business Administration
Understand social dynamics and deconstruct the ways in which powerful systems of sense-making, invested in retaining the status quo and economically-beneficial ways of operating, support dysfunctional ways of engaging and continue to embed structures of dominance by some over others. This course explores issues such as: racism, gender and intersectionality, gender-based violence, disability, identity, whiteness, heteronormativity and atypical ways of being, among others.
Read MoreLearn what it means to manage through values. This course gives you the skills to lead an organisation according to your values and beliefs, rather than by the traditional managerial approach that prioritises a profit-focused business model.
Read MoreSpeaker Series
Human-Centred AI & Governance Focus by Dr Anet Potgieter (Founder & CEO of The Agents Group, Cape Town, South Africa).
Becoming Good at Crises: A Field Guide for Leaders by Peter Willis (Director of Crossing Point Pty Ltd, South Africa) & Gareth Morgan (Executive Director of Future Planning and Resilience in the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Government, South Africa).
The Leadership Shadow: Coaching Leaders in Times of Crises by Prof. Erik de Haan (Director of the Centre for Coaching, Ashridge Executive Education, Hult International Business School, UK).
The Normalisation of Whiteness in the South African Private Sector Workplace by Dr Bronwyn Keene-Young (Researcher, Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, South Africa).
Unlearning Diversity Management by Dr. Joana Vassilopoulou (Associate Professor in Human Resource Management, Brunel Business School, Brunel University, UK).
Telling Stories That Matter by Shane Vermooten & Bianca Vermooten (Directors of Optical Films, London, UK).
Unpacking the Great Man in Leadership Practice: Towards Decolonial Leadership by Dr. Sadi Seyama (Senior Lecturer, Department of Education Leadership and Management, University of Johannesburg).
Motivation Matters! Here Comes a New Model with New Research and New Applications by Dr. Hugo Kehr (Chair of Psychology, Technical University of Munich, Germany).
Michelle Gadsden-Williams (Managing Director & Global Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for BlackRock, USA).
Building Resilience: Small Business Entrepreneurs Defying the Odds
Ndidi Nwuneli (Managing Partner of Sahel Consulting, Nigeria & Rockefeller Foundation Board Member, USA).
Giving Voice to Values: The ‘How’ of Values-Driven Leadership
Prof. Mary Gentile (Richard M. Waitzer Bicentennial Professor Management of Ethics at the University of Virginia-Darden School of Business, USA)
Challenges for Women in Senior Executive Roles
Mariam Cassim (Group Chief Executive Officer of Vodacom Financial and Digital Services, South Africa)
Introverts/Ambiverts/Extroverts in the Executive Suite
Dr. Karl Moore (Associate Professor of Strategy & Organization, McGill University, Canada & Fellow of Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, UK)
The Responsibility of South African Businesses to Transform the Country: Jobs, Skills, Reparations and Investment
Busisiwe Mavuso (Executive Director and CEO of Business Leadership South Africa)
Moral Leadership and Economic Utility in Diversity Management
Prof. Eddy Ng (James and Elizabeth Freeman Professor Management at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania, USA)
All Rise: Deconstructing Lawfare and the Constitution
Justice Dikgang Moseneke (South African Judge and former Deputy Chief Justice of South Africa)
The Need for Steward Leadership in Times of Disruption
Archbishop Dr. Thabo Makgoba (Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Anglican Church of South Africa, and Associate of the Allan Gray Centre)
17 Sep 2019 – Thinking Tech-Niche: A New Style of Leadership
Aarti Takoordeen (Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, JSE, South Africa)
After the Scandal: An Ethics-Based Approach to Corporate Reparations
Athol Williams (Senior Lecturer in the Allan Gray Centre, Graduate School of Business, UCT, South Africa)
Wabi-Sabi Leadership: Leading Through Imperfection
Assoc. Prof. Dorota Bourne (Associate Professor of Coaching and Change Management, Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK, and Associate of the Allan Gray Centre)
From the Cape Flats to the Boardroom: Personal & Professional Journeys
Prof. Shirley Zinn (UCT Council Member & Former Group Head of HR at Woolworths, Nedbank, as well as Standard Bank, South Africa)
Design for Destiny: Neuro-Wellness and the Applications of Neuroscience in Business & High Performance Leadership
Dr. Darren Green (Emergency Physician, Lifestyle Wellness Consultant & TV / Media Personality, South Africa)
30 Jan 2018 – Personal Narrative – Living One’s Purpose and Values
Namhla Mniki (Founder and Chief Executive of KB Media, Special Adviser on Africa at the UN & Co-Chair of the Africa CSO Working Group)
Embedding Values for Responsible Leadership in South Africa
Graham Power (Founder and Chairman of the Power Group of Companies) & Michael Louis (Director of the Louis Group International)
