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sirdar
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Brian Barensche - Chief Executive |
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Greetings
2010 has been an interesting year. While it certainly was not easy, it
wasn't as difficult as many doomsday prophets predicted it would be
either. In South Africa, the combination of the World Cup and the
aftermath of the 2009 recession caused many entrepreneurs to alternate
between caution and recklessness this year. Entrepreneurs whose
enterprises lacked sustainability and effective governance procedures
may have found the economic climate particularly challenging. Others
may have overspent based on what opportunities they thought the World
Cup would bring, without having concrete strategies or accountability
in place.
As 2010 draws to a close, how many of you are already prepared for next
year, and how many of you are scrambling to get everything done before
year-end? We tend to delay the process of preparing for the following
year, and the longer we delay it, the more challenging it becomes. In
my opinion, we should start preparing for the following year as early
as September. As December approaches it's easy to get caught up in
Christmas preparations, the year-end party and trying to conclude
projects before year-end.
Yet preparing for the following year is crucial. If you start the New
Year without adequate planning already in place, you may end up wasting
a lot of energy in the first quarter trying to establish yourself. If
you are well prepared you can close the year with a sense of
satisfaction, and ensure that you and your team are ready to hit the
ground running in the New Year.
While many entrepreneurs will be glad to bid farewell to 2010, there
are others, like Sirdar, who are able to look back on the year with a
certain amount of satisfaction, and to look forward to the New Year. I
believe that 2011 will be a good year for entrepreneurs who have built
solid foundations in 2010, who have prepared and planned for 2011, and
who are realistic about their expectations. If 2010 was about caution
and recklessness, I believe that 2011 will be about enthusiasm for what
the future holds.
As CEO of Sirdar South Africa, I am fortunate to be surrounded by a
wonderful team who share Sirdar's vision. I would like to take this
opportunity to thank them for the immense value they bring to our
organization throughout the year. I would also like to thank our
clients, who have supported us and trusted in the power of the
governance process.
Let’s look forward to even greater successes in 2011!
Best regards
Brian Barensche
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In
This Edition...
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Sent Our Team to the Summit! |
The
management team from ILIPS (Industrial Lifting Instrumentation &
Pump Supplies), specialists in electronic safety systems for the mining
industry, recently attended the Sirdar Business Summit...
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| A
Warm Welcome to Sirdar's Newest Team Members |
We
would like to welcome the newest addition to the Sirdar Group - Kerstin
Jatho...
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| What
Summit Will you Strive to Reach in 2011? |
As
many of you know, a team of Sirdar employees, clients and business
partners headed to the top of Kilimanjaro in August 2010. Carl Bates,
our global managing director, Belinda Doveston, our expedition
development manager and Lisa Gering, our Gauteng regional director, all
participated in our first genuine mountain expedition...
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us on Facebook! |
Sirdar
SA has launched our new Facebook Fan Page. It is a great way to stay
connected with Sirdar South Africa, and to keep updated with our latest
thoughts on business success...
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sirdar
South Africa
George Zacharias - sirdar Legal |
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Tip of the Month: The Law of Family |
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end of the year is the perfect opportunity to take a break from your
climb to Extreme Business Success, and to rest, recover and reflect. It
is also an important time to reconnect with one of the most important
components of your support team: your family... |
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RONNIE
MUHL
SIRDAR'S EVEREST EXPLORER |
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Chapter
6: Accelerating Success with Technology
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All
successful expeditions make use of modern technology to broadcast where
they are on the mountain, the challenges they are facing, and the
small, but meaningful successes they are enjoying on a day-to-day
basis...
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