We have curated and designed a two day Student Leadership Conference targeted at the Wits Student Population to interrogate, and grapple with "leadership" at both conceptual and practical levels. In light of escalating societal adversities including conflicts, humanitarian crisis, climate change, decay in institutional governance systems in both the private and public sector; a challenge is presented on universities to produce well rounded future leaders to steer the society toward a new and productive phase of societal development.
These are leaders who would function in a globalised setting where the influence of a rapid technological advancement inevitably impacts on modes of productions, economic structures, relationships, systems of governance, education, human life as a whole, environment as well as democratic practices.
What is clear is that the new world order requires agile leadership capabilities for organisations and society to thrive by navigating the challenges and exploiting the opportunities that lie ahead in what Warren Bennis and Burt Nanus theorise as a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous (VUCA) world.
Therefore, in collaboration with Wits University through the Centre for Student Development (CSD) we are featuring speakers in the public and private sector, academia and civic organisations to empower our student participants and budding leaders with tools that they would require in their leadership journey.
Through the inclusion of public sector political leaders, the conference would spotlight topical issues especially in the aftermath of 29 May 2024 National and Provincial Elections (NPE) outcome which tilted one political party’s dominance and shifted the political trajectory in an unimaginable manner since the dawn of our country’s democracy.
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🚨 Leadership in Action! 🚨 | Join us for Day 1 of the Inaugural Student Leadership Conference!
Kicking off with: 🔹 Keynote by Former RSA President, HE Kgalema Motlanthe
🔹 Programme Director, Busi Mkhumbuzi-Pooe
🔹 Opening by Prof Garth Stevens
🔹 A surprise musical performance 🎶
🗓 4 October 2024
📍 Great Hall, Wits
⏰ 16:00
🚨 No RSVP, No Entry
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3moExcellent! What a smart initiative.