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The report shows that that 61% of South Africans rate that they are weak at including global skills and experience into leadership programmes, while only 6% feel that they are adequate.
The report shows that that 61% of South Africans rate that they are weak at including global skills and experience into leadership programmes, while only 6% feel that they are adequate.

Cape Town - South Africans are being overworked while companies struggle to fill a widening skills gap and retain staff, Deloitte’s 2015 Human Capital Trends Report finds.

The retention of skilled staff looms as a threat to businesses around the world as a premium is placed on people with the proper specialist skills required in a more sophisticated, fast moving workplace.

Leadership was highlighted as the top theme for South African and global businesses in the 2014 survey – but for the first time “culture and engagement” topped the list in the survey.

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