Leadership in business and impact: Akhona Qengqe, General Manager, KFC Africa

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Akhona joins us with a recent promotion from Chief People Officer to General Manager at KFC Africa, showing the trend in people leaders moving to the top job continues its momentum. </span><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Sharing her strategies to empower women and achieve gender parity, Akhona describes the incredible results from programmes such as ‘Women on the Move’ and ‘Shine’, and speaks about her aspiration for representation of all colleagues. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Framing business opportunities within the language of impact, Akhona connects commerce with livelihoods and advocates that true leadership shapes the future by considering both. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Topics in Akhona’s episode: </span><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">                                                        </span></span></p> <ul> <li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Responding to the pandemic</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Women on the Move – upward mobility programme</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Business leadership and impact</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Access to education</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt;">Representation for all colleagues, globally</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Considering people first</span></li> </ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Join the free How HR Leaders Change the World community to receive our weekly newsletter – be the first to learn about new episodes and free bonus materials:</span> <a href= "https://frombabieswithlove.org/pages/how-hr-leaders-change-the-world"> <span style= "font-size: 11.0pt;">https://frombabieswithlove.org/pages/how-hr