Nozuko Mbalula

ByWBSComms

Nozuko Mbalula

Current title
Executive Director, Lesoba Difference

Course at Wits Business School
Women in Leadership, 2017

A defining moment in my career
My career-defining moments involved starting long processes with a payoff coming much later. One most important career-defining moment for me was when I realised the power of making the right choices and displaying my risk-taking characteristics. 

This led me to my next move of working for myself, although that has come with its own challenges, struggling through the constantly shifting sands, falling, bouncing back, refreshing, and reframing my goals. 

My career-defining moment was the catalyst of the woman I am today. Resilience, courage and grit have kept me going. I continue to seize opportunities when they present themselves. Along this journey, I have worked and studied with incredible people who have shaped and changed me to be a better leader.

Similar Posts

  • Lezanne Human

    ByWBSComms

    The defining moment of my career was when I left a successful career in the corporate world to join a few ex-colleagues and friends in starting a new bank. This was a daunting move after having spent most of my career in a world where complex challenges were sheltered by the relative security of size, then moving to another world of complex challenges with no security.

  • Paul Ballen

    ByWBSComms

    The glow of the newly installed blue iridescent Paul’s Homemade Ice Cream logo on the opening of our first the store in The Zone, Rosebank, in December 2015, was a moment that brought with it an understanding of where my career was rapidly moving.

  • Thando Ntsinde

    ByWBSComms

    The day I gave birth to my son, who is five years old now, was the day my career focus changed. That day I realised that I not only need to talk the talk but also walk it in order to be the example that I want my son to follow.

  • Jerry Mabena

    ByWBSComms

    Two events forged my career path. When I was 29, I came up with a concept that I sold to my then employer, Telkom. I used to run the advertising and promotions department for Telkom when I started working on a plan to pitch selling advertising space on phone cards.