“I entered the Masters Programme having already achieved vast working experience and numerous technical qualifications ranging from Engineering, Quality Management, Statistics and Brewing Science. The Masters programme assisted me tremendously in consolidating all my academic and work knowledge systematically and holistically. The new skills, theories and frameworks from the programme has also supported me immensely to become more effective and efficient both on a professional and personal basis.”
Vimlan Moonsamy
Technical Services Manager
The South African Breweries Limited
“The Leadership Centre of UKZN, Eskom, the Energy SETA, and the Project Management Institute SA partnered in developing a suite of whole qualifications from Post-Graduate Diploma Level to Masters Degree Level in Project Leadership and Management. These systems thinking qualifications are extremely relevant to the infrastructure creation industry, and has already been of good benefit to Eskom in driving its R350 billion 'build' programme over the next five years"
Len Turner
Talent and Skills Manager
Transmission Division: Eskom
”The content that the programme covers prepares you not only for professional success but also for the long and sometimes treacherous journey called life. The lecturers as well as the calibre of students admitted to the programme made the entire academic experience intellectually challenging and memorable. I made a life-long friend while on the programme and although we live in different countries we continue to encourage and motivate each other to pursue our goals.”
Cookie Mona
Production Manager
Mindset Network
I am currently studying towards my Masters Degree with Leadership Centre, UKZN.I completed the Postgraduate Diploma: Leadership and Management in 2007 and it gives me great pleasure to express my words of gratitude as this has led to my promotion to as a TRAINEE
CORPORATE AFFAIRS MANAGER.
This was as a result of the good quality education standards offered by the Leadership Centre, UKZN.
The Post Graduate Diploma in Leadership and Management has been designed in a manner that will give students a full sight into leadership traits and styles for effective and efficient management practices. I personally learned how to:
"To lead the strategic planning process and to provide the analysis and
recommendation for our executives to build sound strategies for the
long term value of our organization (Natal Sharks Board)".
Mandlakayise Mbambo
Trainee Corporate Affairs Manager
Natal Sharks Board.
Studying through the Leadership Centre has broadened my horizons as a student because of the participatory lecturing approach. The assignments encouraged in-depth academic research and aided me to develop my academic research approach. Being a student in the Leadership Centre has definitely enriched my personal mastery and enhanced my leadership style in my working environment.
Philani Zulu
As a consultant on organisational development, I am often confronted with client problem situations that defy simple solutions. I find that many of the organisations I work with struggle to deal with the challenges and complexity that comes with a rapidly changing context. My decision to study at the Leadership Centre arose out of a quest for a practical course that would enable me to understand and deal with the messy situations that come with organisational leadership. My time at the Leadership Centre has been a real life changing experience. I was equipped with lenses that have enabled me to gain a better understanding of the problem situations that many of my clients face from a systemic viewpoint. I was equipped with tools and methodologies for intervening in ways that address the dynamic nature of human interactions. I have found the processes easy to apply directly into my work environment. I have been introduced to the latest thinking in areas like knowledge management as well in organisational leadership. My worldview has changed from a linear one that functions on a simplistic problem to solution approach to a more holistic one that seeks to better understand the problem situation. During the research for my dissertation, I received a lot of support not only from my supervisor but all the other lecturing staff who all took a keen interest in my work. The occasional seminars also exposed me to world renowned thinkers and practitioners in various areas within the systems thinking and practice field. Today, I am involved in lecturing and research building on the same foundation that was laid at the Leadership Centre.
Samuel Njenga
Internal Facilitator/ Sales Executive
Maurice Kerigan
