Sihlangule Mmiselo Siwisa

From Where I Stand (eBook, ePUB)

Iconic Ideas Echo into Eternity

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book is about leadership. It is about the kind of leadership that bends the arc of history and builds upon heritage in order to create a living legacy. The central challenge of a society that is moving away from imbalanced development is not only addressing economic inequality but also restoring a sense of confidence in the quality of thought leadership that steers the destiny of the nation. We need cohesive leadership and that in turn can precipitate the kind of patriotism that emphasizes seeking common ground and consensus above dwelling on differences and petty party politicking that polarizes our nation. I believe that there is a difference between history and heritage. History is the sum total of all of our stories, but Heritage is what we choose to appropriate out of our History to own and shape the values, rituals and destiny of a particular society. We do not have the luxury of cherry picking what we regard to be palatable or unpalatable within history regarding the truth and the completeness of the collective story of history. For instance, the Anglo-Boer War and the Rise of Afrikaner Nationalism is as much a valid part of South African History as the birth and evolution of the African National Congress as the oldest and most enduring liberation movement in Africa. Heritage however is what I 'choose' to appropriate or 'own' and subsequently celebrate out of History as being part of my own story and therefore worthy of being re-told in order to build, establish, strengthen, and sustain the value system of my own society. I believe all of history is worthy of being remembered, but not all that is within history is worthy of being celebrated. What I choose to celebrate out of history is what I appropriate as my heritage.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: AuthorHouse UK
• Seitenzahl: 108
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781504994125
• Artikelnr.: 52607833

Autorenporträt

Sihlangule Mmiselo Siwisa is an alumnus of Rhodes University in Grahamstown in South Africa with a BA in economics and mathematical statistics and a middle managers leadership program certificate from the UCT Graduate School of Business. In the corporate world, he has crafted a career over eight years that is steeped in the understanding of customer service, relationship management, and brand equity development. He is the former global key account manager at BCD Travel and former national key account manager at the South African subsidiary of the German company Wurth. He is currently CEO of Rebellionaire Music Exposition (RMX), which is a company he cofounded to enable himself and other creative beings to monetize their gifts. By day he is a businessman building a world-class leadership consulting brand, and by night, he is an artpreneur building an empire with a mogul mind-set and modest lifestyle. He is currently serving the Transnet Group as a customer experience manager (CXM) in the commercial division of the biggest operating division of the multibillion Rand African Transport and Integrated Logistics Giant, Transnet Freight Rail. He is a young executive in training with a bright future, but beyond that he is a stirring orator, a gifted writer, and a creative songwriter/amateur filmmaker. He published his first book while he was a student in 2005, entitled "Afrika, Arise" by S. M. Siwisa (AuthorHouse March 2005 Indiana US). Subsequent to that he has published two more books: "Giant Steps" by S. M. Siwisa (Authorhouse Nov 2010 London UK), "The Courage to Begin Again" by S. M. Siwisa (Tate Publishing 2012 Mustang US); and he is presently working on publishing his fourth title, "From Where I Stand" by Sihlangule Siwisa. His formative years were shaped by a desire to change society, which corporate success has not dulled. Outside of work, Sihlangule is an ambassador of the Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College (SOMAFCO) Trust as a former winner of the SOMAFCO Trust Essay Writing Competion in 2012. He then went on the OR Tambo Edu-Tour to Swaziland, Mozambique, and Tanzania. Sihlangule is a student of the subject-design-driven entrepreneurship, which he was introduced to via the Mandela Washington Institute and he is part of an initiative by CoCreate called Change Makers which a network of young entrepreneurs and innovative thinkers under the auspices of the Dutch Embassy in South Africa.