ALLAN GRAY CENTRE FOR VALUES-BASED LEADERSHIP
Challenging organisations and individuals with purpose and resilience
Supported by Allan & Gill Gray Philanthropies
Speaker series
| 2025 | |||
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6 March 2025
The Leadership Shadow: Coaching Leaders in Times of Crises delivered by Prof. Erik de Haan, Director of the Centre for Coaching, Ashridge Executive Education, Hult International Business School, UK. |
27 May 2025
Becoming Good at Crises: A Field Guide for Leaders delivered by Peter Willis, Director of Crossing Point Pty Ltd, South Africa. |
27 May 2025
Becoming Good at Crises: A Field Guide for Leaders delivered by Gareth Morgan, Executive Director of Future Planning and Resilience in the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Government, South Africa. |
22 September 2025
Human-Centred AI & Governance Focus delivered by Dr Anet Potgieter, Founder & CEO of The Agents Group, Cape Town, South Africa. |
| 2024 | |||
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13 February 2024
Unlearning Diversity Management delivered by Dr. Joana Vassilopoulou, Associate Professor in Human Resource Management, Brunel Business School, Brunel University, UK. |
9 October 2024
The Normalisation of Whiteness in the South African Private Sector Workplace delivered by Dr Bronwyn Keene-Young - Researcher, Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, South Africa. |
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| 2023 | |||
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31 May 2023
Motivation Matters! Here Comes a New Model with New Research and New Applications delivered by Dr. Hugo Kehr (Chair of Psychology, Technical University of Munich, Germany. |
3 August 2023
Unpacking the Great Man in Leadership Practice: Towards Decolonial Leadership delivered by Dr. Sadi Seyama, Senior Lecturer, Department of Education Leadership and Management, University of Johannesburg. |
7 December 2023
Telling Stories That Matter delivered by Shane Vermooten & Bianca Vermooten, Directors of Optical Films, London, UK. |
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| 2022 | |||
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28 February 2022
Building Resilience: Small Business Entrepreneurs Defying the Odds delivered by Ndidi Nwuneli, Managing Partner of Sahel Consulting, Nigeria & Rockefeller Foundation Board Member, USA. |
29 June 2022
Driven by Intention delivered by Michelle Gadsden-Williams, Managing Director & Global Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for BlackRock, USA. |
9 August 2022
Women in Executive Leadership: Defying the Gender Gap Barrier delivered by Dr. Shirleen Titus, Senior L&D Manager, Discovery & Executive Coach, South Africa. |
6 December 2022
Is Football Really a Game for All by Tony Burnett, Chief Executive of Kick It Out, UK. |
| 2021 | |||
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3 March 2021
The Responsibility of South African Businesses to Transform the Country: Jobs, Skills, Reparations and Investment delivered by Busisiwe Mavuso, Executive Director and CEO of Business Leadership South Africa. |
24 May 2021
Introverts/Ambiverts/Extroverts in the Executive Suite delivered by Dr. Karl Moore, Associate Professor of Strategy & Organization, McGill University, Canada & Fellow of Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, UK. |
3 August 2021
Challenges for Women in Senior Executive Roles delivered by Mariam Cassim, Group Chief Executive Officer of Vodacom Financial and Digital Services, South Africa. |
7 December 2021
Giving Voice to Values: The ‘How’ of Values-Driven Leadership delivered by Prof. Mary Gentile, Richard M. Waitzer Bicentennial Professor Management of Ethics at the University of Virginia-Darden School of Business, USA. |
| 2020 | |||
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11 February 2020
Atypical Leadership and Legitimacy of Equality & Diversity at Work delivered by Prof. Mustafa Özbilgin, Professor of Organisational Behaviour at Brunel Business School, London UK. |
30 June 2020
The Need for Steward Leadership in Times of Disruption delivered by Archbishop Dr. Thabo Makgoba, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Anglican Church of South Africa, and Associate of the Allan Gray Centre. |
15 September 2020
All Rise: Deconstructing Lawfare and the Constitution delivered by Justice Dikgang Moseneke, South African Judge and former Deputy Chief Justice of South Africa. |
2 December 2020
Moral Leadership and Economic Utility in Diversity Management delivered by Prof. Eddy Ng, James and Elizabeth Freeman Professor Management at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania, USA. |
| 2019 | |||
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30 January 2019
After the Scandal: An Ethics-Based Approach to Corporate Reparations delivered by Athol Williams, Senior Lecturer in the Allan Gray Centre, Graduate School of Business, UCT, South Africa. |
17 September 2019
Thinking Tech-Niche: A New Style of Leadership delivered by Aarti Takoordeen, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, JSE, South Africa. |
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| 2018 | |||
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30 Jan 2018
Personal Narrative – Living One’s Purpose and Values delivered by Namhla Mniki Founder and Chief Executive of KB Media, Special Adviser on Africa at the UN & Co-Chair of the Africa CSO Working Group. |
16 May 2018
Design for Destiny: Neuro-Wellness and the Applications of Neuroscience in Business & High Performance Leadership delivered by Dr. Darren Green Emergency Physician, Lifestyle Wellness Consultant & TV / Media Personality, South Africa |
21 August 2018
From the Cape Flats to the Boardroom: Personal & Professional Journeys delivered by Prof. Shirley Zinn, UCT Council Member & Former Group Head of HR at Woolworths, Nedbank, as well as Standard Bank, South Africa. |
12 November 2018
Wabi-Sabi Leadership: Leading Through Imperfection delivered by 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 |
| 2017 | |||
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12 Oct 2017
Embedding Values for Responsible Leadership in South Africa delivered by Graham Power Founder and Chairman of the Power Group of Companies. |
12 Oct 2017
Embedding Values for Responsible Leadership in South Africa delivered by Michael Louis Director of the Louis Group International. |
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