Brand Pretorius

Brand Pretorius wéét wat dit beteken om 'n leier te wees: in sy loopbaan wat oor vier dekades strek het hy aan die hoof van Toyota Suid-Afrika en die McCarthy-groep gestaan. Hy weet dat leierskap vra dat jy soms moeilike besluite moet neem, ongewilde besluite. Maar besluite wat op lang termyn in die beste belang van die onderneming, die werknemers en die aandeelhouers sal wees. In hierdie boek praat Pretorius openhartig oor die lesse wat hy as leier en uitvoerende hoof geleer het. Hoewel...

Brand Pretorius knows what it means to be a leader: he was at the head of Toyota South Africa during its heyday, and took over as chief executive at the McCarthy Group. He knows that leadership means making hard and unpopular decisions with an eye on the long term. He writes about his four decades in business and the lessons he learnt. He illustrates his lessons on leadership with tales from his highly regarded career in motoring, like how it feels to be in a Formula 1 racing car with one of...