The Inside Job of Transformation in South Africa

Dr. Dumisani MagadlelaExecutive Coach / Leadership Facilitator

dumi@netactive.co.za . Tel: 082 321 2212

''We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom…”

By Stephen Vincent Benet

Positional power in not your power. The power belongs to whoever owns the position.

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”

By Rumi

“One of the most difficult things is not to change society, but to change yourself…”

By Nelson Mandela

Ubuntu / Botho

Ubuntu means:“Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu”

Which means: “I am because we are”

Nelson Mandela on Core Elements of Transformation

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. As I have said, the first thing is to be honest with yourself. You

can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself... Great peacemakers are (not just) all people of integrity, of honesty, but

(also of) humility”.

By Nelson Mandela Freedom fighter, ex-President of South Africa, Nobel Peace Prize

winner in 1993, and Human Development Activist of note.

We have no choice but to shift our paradigms and develop:

New Mindsets & Heartsets

…this is the ability to constantly recognise our human interconnectedness, and requires new Mindsets and Heartsets. This does not need

brain surgery, but substantive and real changes in how we relate to ourselves and to each

other, outside the boxes we create to simply our understanding of each other in our

beautiful diversity.

Humane Intelligence (often called Ubuntu/Botho)

“We change the world one room and one conversation at a

time…” By Peter Block

Meaningful transformation starts within each person and is transmitted outwards. What we see on the outside of a leader through actions, behaviours and ways of being, are fleeting reflections of what is

really within.

Transformation is an inside job

Self Awareness

The best thing you can do as a leader is to know yourself

intimately… watts and all

World Economic Forum and Global Competitiveness Reports (2012)

• Basic Education: 133/142• Corporate Governance: 1/142• Ability to develop financial markets: 4/142

• Inequality: 1 / 7billion

Source: Louise v Rhyn @ Symphonia

So, who needs transformation?

All 7billion + people?

Yes, but especially the 51 770 560living on the southern tip of Africa, who often

think that they are NOT part of Africa. 13

So, you’ve got yourself a job… How is that working for you?

29.8%

SA unemployment levels

Over 40 % in some areas in SA

14StatsSA: Census 2011 Reports

How does it feel to be part of the elite?

13.6m out of 51.7mSouth Africans employed in the formal sector

15StatsSA: Census 2011 Reports

Who is your daddy?

16million ‘Expensive’ social grant beneficiaries.

Yes, these are our additional dependents. We have to deal with it, change it, and quit complaining.

16

Whites = R365,134

Blacks = R60,613 Average per year

17

Rolling in it…?

18

My Stereotypes…

Who gave you the eyes you see your world with…?

19

As a South African:

o I am aware of my borrowed eyes

oPerspective: I notice my prejudices

oAction: I confront my stereotypes

20

My Stereotypes

We have a duty to ourselves, our fellow citizens, and our children to:

Source: Louise v Rhyn @ Symphonia

“It is now in your hands” (Former President Nelson Mandela on his 90th birthday)

To get involved, contact Symphonia on: www.symphonia.net

24

Shortcut to Change your words and change your world.lnk