Now in its fifth year, the highlight of the executive calendar
"It is up to us to chart a new direction for our nation and
to forge the leaders that will take us there." Saki Macozoma, Chairman,
Liberty Holdings - Tomorrow's Leaders 2011
Hosted annually by Leadership magazine,
the prestigious Tomorrow's Leaders Convention attracts dynamic leaders who have already
achieved unusual success in their careers and who are earmarked to head their companies
and organisations. The convention is a unique opportunity to debate pressing leadership
issues and provides a vital networking platform for the countr's emerging talent.
The fifth anniversary of the convention brings with it a new and exciting dynamic -
the inclusion of recent graduates whose record indicates, without a doubt,
that they are bound for the boardroom. The aim is to create an ethos of mentorship
both within the participating organisations and within the Tomorrow's Leaders Fellowship.
These individuals will receive the inaugural Saki Macozoma Young Leader award.
During the morning plenary session, today's leaders and top thinkers in the world of leadership address the leaders of tomorrow on a range of issues.
The afternoon session is filled with sector-specific breakaway sessions to discuss sector-related issues, trends and future developments in the context of leadership. The sessions enable Tomorrow's Leaders to bond with their peer group, exchange ideas and develop life-time friendships and are regarded as one of the most important features of the convention. Each breakaway session is ably guided by a panel of industry
specialists and leaders and facilitated by an academic partner who works with the Leadership team to produce a comprehensive report on the session. These reports form the backbone of the official convention report -- the annual Blueprint for Corporate South Africa.
After the day's proceedings, all participants are invited to the Van Ryn's Glamour Evening, a unique and powerful networking occasion with the best music and entertainment South Africa can offer. As Dr Renosi Mokate, then Deputy Governor of the South African Reserve Bank and now a World Bank board member, said at the 2010 Tomorrow's Leaders Convention, "Leadership is the capacity to be proactive, to have a vision of what needs to be done to achieve a better state of being, to influence others to buy into that vision and harness the necessary resources and energy to achieve it."
