Don’t forget to register for the webinar I am hosting on the 2nd of September 2020. Following my own story of rejection in corporate, I got so many women who wrote to me about their experiences. I have 2 guests Brenda Khumalo Head of Client Success at Demographica and a very dear old friend Mechell […]
I was rejected. They told me I was not wanted anymore. I did not understand what I had done wrong. They told me my team was complaining about me. They told me I was not performing. But I said my performance appraisal did not indicate that I was not performing. In fact, I was delivering. […]
What is your take on this Nike campaign? This is what great marketing does. This is what I am saying. It’s creative. It’s goosebumps. It’s got a great narrative. Marketing is for the brave! #brandsuccess #brandstories #bravebrand #courage
This is a caricature of me given as a gift when I left Unilever I was a Marketing Manager of Deodorants. I had been there for 12 years at Unilever and felt I had reached my career ceiling with little prospects of a promotion. I decided to go for adventures outside of my comfort zone and outside of Durban. […]
This is one of the first ads I worked on at Vodacom called Vodacom Baby. Before coming to Vodacom I had been on extended maternity. I had left my previous job to have a baby & had not been working for almost a year. Having a baby changed me so much. I had lost some […]
One of the activities I miss from my corporate days is leading marketing campaigns. There was just adrenaline that would pump into my body, the thrill and the excitement of delivering great work. Sometimes it would be average work, and once in a while really bad. Having worked for over 24 years and over a […]
I did not get the promotion. I was so angry. And disappointed. A colleague got the promotion. I wanted to resign. I did not. My boss was nice though. I wanted to be angry with her. But instead, she called me in her office and told me why I did not get the promotion. She […]
This was one of the highlights of my career! One of the best moments of my life. I never ever been overseas and when a position came to work @UnileverArabia Dubai came I was like yeah baby I am going. I had never set foot outside South Africa. I am from a small town called […]
Brands in the USA are taking a stand and they are supporting the Black Lives Matter Movement. George Floyd’s death in the USA sparked outrage and protests that really shook the country. And brands started looking at their own behavior and started taking a stand again racial injustice. But in South Africa a lot of […]
One of my all time favorite campaigns I have had the honor and pleasure to lead was this Hansa Pilsener ad during my time as General Manager of Hansa in 2009. It was a nerve wrecking time and changing the direction of the brand. The script initially was not approved but something about it really […]
