Business Unusual
Business Unusual
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Business Unusual: When workplace venting starts hurting productivity
Stephen Grootes speaks toSiphiwe Moyo, Organisational Behaviour Specialist, about when workplace venting crosses the line into emotional dumping. While sharing frustrations with colleagues can be part of a healthy workplace, repeated venting can create a cycle of negativity, drain colleagues’ emoti…
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Business Unusual: Executive pay: Fair or excessive?
Stephen Grootes speaks to Graeme Codrington, lead researcher at the TomorrowToday Futures Institute,about whether capping executive salaries is an effective way to reduce income inequality and improve corporate accountability, drawing on international examples such as Israel and China. The Money S…
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Business Unusual: Have we become too efficient to hear each other?
Stephen Grootes speaks to organisational behaviour specialist Siphiwe Moyo, about why hearing someone’s voice can make them seem more intelligent, thoughtful and human, and what that means for job interviews, difficult workplace conversations and leaders delivering tough messages. The Money Show i…
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Business Unusual: The cost of toxic workplaces
Stephen Grootes speaks to Advaita Naidoo, Africa Managing Director at Jack Hammer Global, about how employees can distinguish between a truly toxic workplace, organisational dysfunction and simply being in the wrong job fit, and what steps they should take in each situation. The Money Show is a po…
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Business Unusual: Pay transparency is here — but do workers understand it?
Motheo Khoaripe speaks to Lindiwe Sebesho, MD of Remchannel, about South Africa’s shift towards greater pay transparency and why simply publishing salary and pay-gap figures is not enough to create greater fairness in the workplace. With new Companies Act requirements bringing prescribed pay-gap di…
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Business Unusual: China’s demographic time bomb
Stephen Grootes speaks to Graeme Codrington, lead researcher at the TomorrowToday Futures Institute, about why China’s rapidly ageing population and declining birth rate could have far-reaching consequences for the global economy, workforce, and future demographic trends. The Money Show is a podca…
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Business Unusual: Building careers in the age of job-hopping
Stephen Grootes speaks to Lindiwe Sebesho, Managing Director of Remchannel about the rise of job-hopping among younger workers and what it means for employers trying to build deep institutional knowledge and a strong leadership pipeline, how managers should respond to employees who may move on afte…
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Business Unusual: The leadership challenge facing family businesses
Stephen Grootes speaks to Advaita Naidoo, Africa Managing Director at Jack Hammer Global, about what separates family businesses that thrive for generations from those that unravel. As many founder-led companies grapple with succession planning, when is it time to bring in external leadership? The…
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Business Unusual: The learning crisis facing professionals
Stephen Grootes speaks to Michael Gullan, CEO of G&G Advocacy, about the growing learning crisis facing organisations and professionals in 2026, and why many are struggling to keep pace with rapid change despite increased investment in learning and development. The Money Show is a podcast hosted b…
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Business Unusual: The hidden cost of absenteeism
Stephen Grootes speaks to Rene Richter, Reward and Benefits Lead Advisor at Paymenow, about the hidden cost of absenteeism in South African businesses and how reducing employees' financial stress through earned-wage access could improve attendance, productivity and profitability. The Money Show is…
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