
Leadership Seminar 2025
Developing Leaders to Lead Efficiently in a Complex World
Overview
Leadership has never been more challenging than it is today—and tomorrow will be even more demanding. Leaders face relentless pressures, fast-shifting priorities, and higher stakes than ever before. Making decisions under complexity requires not only technical skill but adaptive intelligence, resilience, and purpose.
As Marius Pretorius and Nico Schutte, authors of The Leadership Master Code, remind us: “Leadership as we know it is out of breath.”
To thrive, leaders must:
- Navigate complexity, disruption and geopolitical volatility
- Accelerate growth while developing their people
- Prepare organisations for an AI-driven future
- Lead with transparency, humility, and cultural awareness
- Increase efficiency and impact at every stage
This one-day online seminar will explore how organisations can design leadership development programmes that equip leaders to function effectively under uncertainty, foster resilience, and inspire motivation across their teams.
Join some of South Africa’s leading leadership specialists as they share new approaches, research, and case studies to help current and future leaders not only cope, but thrive, in a fragile and complex world. Also, discover how to create a culture of continuous leadership development to enhance organisation capability.
Who Should Attend?
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HR and L&D Experts
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Leadership Development Practitioners and Consultants
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Executives seeking to lead more effectively under uncertainty
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Organisational Development Consultants
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Business School Faculty and Academics in Leadership Development
Registration Fees:
Registration fees exclude VAT. Includes speaker slides of the seminar
11 November 2025 • Online One-day Seminar
R6 000.00
Hourly Schedule
11 November 2025
- 08:30 - 08:45
- Login and Introduction
- 08:45 - 09:30
- A New Paradigm of Leading in a FRAGILE World: The Five Gateways to Adaptive Leadership Intelligence
- Dr Marius Pretorius, Managing Director & Business Psychologist, TDCI, Prof Nico Schutte, Professor, University of Western Cape | Prof Nico Schutte, Professor, University of Western Cape
- 09:30 - 10:15
- What the Latest Neuroscience Research is Teaching Us About Developing Future-Fit Leaders
- Dr INGRA DU BUISSON-NARSAI, Director, NeuroCapital & Registered Organisational Psychologist
- 10:15 - 11:00
- Panel Discussion: Business Schools Pivoting to Equip Leaders for Complexity
- 11:00 - 11:20
- Recharge Break – Stretch, Refresh, Reflect
- 11:20 - 12:20
- A Leadership Case Study
- Dave van der Merwe, Senior Executive, MAC Consulting
- 12:20 - 13:00
- Is Executive and Leadership Coaching Delivering on Its Promise?
- Susi Atengo, Managing Director, CoachMatching | Dumisani Magadlela, Founder & President, Afrika Coaching
- 13:00 - 13:50
- Lunch Break
- 13:50 - 14:30
- Fixing the Leadership Trust Deficit
- Dr Charles du Toit, Management Director, Trust-Based Leadership Academy
- 14:30 - 15:00
- Fireside Chat: Leadership Lessons: The Leopard Way
- Professor Phinda Mzwakhe Madi, Chairman, Mkhandela Capital
- 15:00 - 15:30
- Leadership and Executive Decision-Making in Uncertain Situations: What Business Schools Don’t Teach You
- Dr Morne Mostert, Commissioner, National Planning Commission SA
- 15:30 - 16:00
- Open Discussion and Closing Remarks