Visionary Leader: Paul Swart

<p class="p1"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Paul Swart is Executive Mayor at <span class="s1">Cape Agulhas Municipality. We discuss examples of visionary leadership, being a family, their smart city vision, innovative solutions to service delivery, long term thinking, managing complexities, and more.</span></span></p> <p class="p1"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">This episode is brought to you in p<span style="color: #000000;">artnership with <a style="color: #000000;" href= "https://www.be.co.za/"><span class="s2">Business Engineering</span></a></span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Listen or watch to explore:</strong></span></p> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">An era of renewed hope.</span></li> <li class="li2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The key characteristics of a visionary leader, with examples.</span></li> <li class="li2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">What our leaders are not getting right when leading their municipalities and organisations, what needs to change and how change can happen.</span></li> <li class="li2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">How the role of a leader has changed in recent years.</span></li> <li class="li2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">How he manages the complexity of his daily responsibilities and how he prioritises what is done first.</span></li> <li class="li2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Cape Agulhas Municipality’s Smart City Strategy.</span></li> <li class="li2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Key challenges and service delivery that are being addressed with innovative and smart solutions.</span></li> <li class="li2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Long term thinking and planning.</span></li> <li class="li2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">His vision for the future of Cape Agulhas.</span></li> <li class="li2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">How he ensures effective interface between political office and administration. To ensure clear roles, responsibilities and accountabilities for each respective structure.</span></