Strategic Leadership Institute

In a time when continuous change has become the only constant, effective leadership is the decisive factor for success. We provide professional leadership consulting, training and coaching. Core focuses in our leadership development programs include leadership skills,change management, strategic foresight, team dynamics, negotiation, motivation, communication and cross-cultural engagement. We follow a custom-made approach to assess our client’s unique requirements in order to improve their ability to shape the future of their choice through effective leadership. SLI facilitates leadership development at various levels ranging from youth programs and entry-level management to multinational executive leadership. 

Our dynamic team - an association of some of South Africa's top leadership development, executive coaching, corporate training and cross-cultural engagement professionals - is able to bring an extensive range of skills, knowledge, experience and creativity to any project or entity. With nearly two decades of experience in various African countries we are able to assist leaders and organizations to improve their abilities to effectively and strategically lead and develop people. Plainly said - we help shape the future by making leaders better. If leadership excellence is what you strive for SLI has the specialist services to help achieve it.


Featured Articles

02/05/2012 17:00

Scientific Proof That Trusting People Makes Them More Trustworthy

BY MANIE BOSMAN Speaking to a business owner recently who had been suffering significant losses as a result of theft by employees, I was quite surprised when at one point he out rightly declared “I don’t trust any of these people working for me. Never have and never will.” Of course anyone in...

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19/04/2012 17:30

Global Leadership: Adapting To The Cultural Jungle

BY MANIE BOSMAN No doubt that one of the most popular buzz-terms of our time is “global leadership” – I just did a Google search and got no less than 3 100 000 hits! So while it seems that a significant proportion of the world’s online population is either training others to be global leaders...

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22/03/2012 16:42

They Might Follow You Into Battle, But Is That Enough?

BY MANIE BOSMAN Watching the D-Day landing of Allied forces on the coast of Normandy as portrayed in the epic Saving Private Ryan with my son recently, I was once again struck by the mind-boggling obedience of soldiers as they stormed onto the beach while literally being blown apart...

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14/03/2012 13:39

How The Images in Your Mind is Shaping the Future

BY MANIE BOSMAN When you think of the future, what do you see? Does it look like the past or the present, or is it perhaps very different from the world we now live in? It might come as a surprise to some, but the mental images or pictures we have of the future actually influences the...

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10/03/2012 14:27

The Highest Trees… Are Most at Risk Of Being Corrupted

BY MANIE BOSMAN People who don’t have much and are struggling to survive are forced to fend for themselves and would therefore be more likely to “do what it takes” even if it means cheating and behaving unethically, right? Wrong – a recent study at the Berkeley University of...

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29/02/2012 10:30

Leading the 4th Revolution: 6 Ways in Which Leadership Has Changed in the 21st Century

BY MANIE BOSMAN We are currently living in the 4th Revolution – a strange and unpredictable period where the interaction between information and communication technologies has created a snowball-effect causing change to literally become the only constant. Sociologists distinguish three...

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19/01/2012 17:51

Leading During a Crisis: 7 Lessons From The Costa Concordia Disaster

BY MANIE BOSMAN Since the luxury passenger cruiser Costa Concordia sank off the Tuscan coast last Friday, the media have been screaming accusations against its captain for abandoning ship while many passengers were still on board. Captain Francesco Schettino’s somewhat bizarre explanation...

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22/12/2011 19:13

What We Learn About Cross-Cultural Communication By Staring at the Moon

BY MANIE BOSMAN I regularly present seminars via *Virtual Classroom to participants all over the globe – the United States, Netherlands, France, Germany, Romania, Spain, the United Kingdom, Turkey, India, Japan, China, Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia and Australia – to name but a few. What really...

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07/12/2011 17:54

Ten Critical Skills Required to Lead Effectively in Our Global Village

BY MANIE BOSMAN Fifty years ago cultural diversity in the workplace referred to a handful of employees speaking with a slight accent who preferred home-cooked food for lunch in stead of a burger and chips from the cafeteria. In some countries, such as South Africa, the diversity was a little...

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24/11/2011 10:58

Why So Many “Experts” Are Terrible Speakers: Top 5 Public Speaking Mistakes

BY KATHY CAPRINO NOTE: This article was originally published in Forbes.com As a frequent speaker at live and online conferences and events, I’m in the company of hundreds of folks each year who are top authors, experts and consultants.  In many cases, these are thought leaders...

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Manie Bosman (Founder and CEO of SLI) is a leadership development and strategic foresight consultant with more than 17 years of leadership experience in various African countries. Based in Pretoria, South Africa, Manie also has extensive experience in mass media and communication, cross-cultural interaction, future foresight, strategic planning, public speaking, negotiations, training and team development. He holds a Masters of Arts in Organizational Leadership and believes that leadership is the key determiner of success in any venture, group or organization.

SPECIALTIES:

  • Leadership Development & Consulting.
  • Executive Coaching.
  • Strategic Foresight.
  • Public Speaking & Training.
  • Cross-cultural Communication & Interaction.
  • Mass Media Consulting.
  • Writing & Communication.

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Poll

Can leadership be taught?

Yes, anyone can improve their leadership skills (43)
46%

No, leaders are born (27)
29%

I am not sure (23)
25%

Total votes: 93


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Strategic Leadership Institute

P.O. Box 14137, Sinoville
Pretoria
0129


+27 (12) 567-6512
+27 82 925 4125



"He who influences the thought of his times, influences all the times that follow. He has made his impress on eternity."  - Hypatia (370-415 BC)

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News

03/05/2012 11:09

Today is International Day of Trust!

The International Day of Trust (IDoT) is held on the 3rd of May each year, and commenced in 2010...

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12/03/2012 13:16

DISCUSSION: Power Corrupts: How Can Leaders Stand Firm?

Recent research shows that those with the most power are most likely to behave in an unethical...

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23/02/2012 12:38

Emotional Intelligence Rated as Most Important Leadership Quality

The majority of leaders rate Emotional Intelligence (EI) as the single most importantg leadership...

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02/08/2011 13:21

JOIN THE DISCUSSION: Women as Leaders in the 21st Century

Are women able to be effective leaders in the globalized, ever-changing corporate environment of...

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07/07/2011 13:34

TMA World & ArcelorMittal win ‘Excellence in Practice’ Award from European Foundation

TMA World is delighted to announce that together with our client ArcelorMittal we have...

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04/07/2011 11:59

Global Coaching Study 2011

SLI is participating in the Global Coaching Study 2011 - a comprehensive research study being...

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05/05/2011 14:41

Leadership Consulting for TMA World at ArcelorMittal

Manie Bosman, CEO and primary Leadership Coach at the SLI, recently became a parttime faculty...

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22/02/2011 10:05

Use DISC360 Assessment to Understand Yourself and Others

It is an indisputable fact is that people prefer to interact with people they like. The ability to...

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26/01/2011 16:00

SLI now Certified for StrengthsFinder Assessments

If you're tired of struggling to become a "more balanced person" by improving your so-called...

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10/01/2011 20:14

SLI Launches Leadership Blog on Wordpress

It is SLI's passion to share what we have so that others can benefit, and with this in mind we have...

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