To move from manager to an inspirational leader is an exciting journey involving the head, heart and integrity. These are critical aspects of a leader-profile. Respectively, they refer to knowing and thinking, emotions and character – it involves the whole person. When these aspects are ‘out of sync’, the result can be likened to a cracked mirror – partial images. This should not be a surprise; observation and experience have taught us that many leaders show a dominant bias to knowing and thinking, emotions and character, thus an over-emphasis of one creating the way for neglecting the others.
The aim of the University of Life™ is, therefore, to help balance an inspirational leader. In order to succeed in this endeavour, partners of the University of Life™ have developed six core programmes which blend these critical factors to enable leaders to open themselves to significantly higher levels of thinking, feeling and integrity.
- Leadership & Emotional maturity (intelligence is more than IQ).
- Productivity & understanding of the effect of the hierarchy of human needs.
- Sense-Making, Problem Solving, Conflict & Change Management, with memory enhancement juggling tools.
- Ethics & the Moral Compass.
- Purposeful metamorphosis.
- Entrepreneurial mindset.
Project Team leaders and Mentors are Dr Ansi du Plessis, Prof Piet Naude, Dr Dumisani Magadlela, Ms Lungi Mazibuku, Prof Shirley Zinn, Mr Paul Bigge, Grandmaster of Memory, Kevin Horsley, Mmakhukhano Mtezuka and Dr Callie Joubert.
Insights from other prominent industry leaders, such as Prof Brand Pretorius, are shared throughout this journey. Further to this, entry into the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University’s Business School, headed up by Prof Piet Naude, for further study, is an exciting possibility for all students of the University
