Andre van Heerden
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ANDRE heads the corporate leadership program The Power of Integrity, and is the author of three books on leadership, Leaders and Misleaders, An Educational Bridge for Leaders, and Leading Like You Mean It. He has unique qualifications for addressing the leadership crisis. Since studying law at Rhodes University, he has been a history teacher, a deputy headmaster, a soldier, a refugee, an advertising writer, a creative director, an account director on multinational brands, a marketing consultant, and a leadership educator. He has worked in all business categories on blue-chip brands like Toyota, Ford, Jaguar, Canon, American Express, S C Johnson, Kimberley Clark, and John Deere, while leadership coaching has seen him help leaders and aspirant leaders in Real Estate, Retail, the Science Sector, Local Government, Education, Food Safety, Banking, and many other areas. Subscribe to my Substack HERE.
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Leadership in a Time of Crisis
"Solidarity is the principle of promoting the well-being of all people, recognising the bond of our common humanity." ...
On Suffering and Redemption
"Suffering and redemption show that human nature has the potential for both good and evil, and personal fulfilment will always ultimately be determined by the free choices we make as we negotiate the challenges of this life." ...
No Change, No Future, No Leadership
"Justice, tempered by mercy, is the ideal for which we as rational beings must strive if we are indeed leaders – in the home, school, workplace, community, or nation." ...
Leadership is, by Definition, Creative
"Leadership is, by definition, creative, and human intellect and free will equip all people to be creative, and therefore capable of leadership." ...
Leading and Fulfilment
"Eudaemonia is where leadership begins; a leader must cultivate it personally in order to inspire it in other people." ...
The Hidden Drain on Leadership
"The implications for leadership, especially at a time when we suffer from a leadership deficit at all levels of society, are far-reaching." ...
On Women Rulers in “Book of the Courtier”
"History records the massive contribution women have always made." ...
Can You Grow as a Leader in Just Five Minutes?
"Leadership training has failed to fix the leadership crisis because it doesn’t address the central question: why do people think the way they do? " ...
Why Politicians Fail as Leaders
"Hubris and pleonexia spawn deceit and make justice impossible. And where there is no justice, there is no leadership." ...
The Leader and the Lonely
"Leadership is first learned in the family, where the virtues essential to all relationships – honesty, trust, faithfulness, compassion, forgiveness, and a natural sense of obligation to others – are best nurtured." ...