{"id":16,"date":"2025-06-10T07:15:45","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T07:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kgadimmanakana.com\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2025-06-19T02:58:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T02:58:07","slug":"books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kgadimmanakana.com\/?page_id=16","title":{"rendered":"Books"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Those Who Do Not Read Should Not Lead &#8211; Prof. Tshilidzi Marwala<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reading empowers the mind and expands your perspectives &#8211; more-so in this disruption prone market and  constantly changing world we are living in. You need to be on the pulse of what&#8217;s happening in the market, shifts that are happening, disruptions on the shore and know how to retool yourself to adapt quickly and maintain relevance. Each of Kgadi&#8217;s books have been written to expand your thinking, reshape your perceptions of what is possible and illuminate pathways to entrepreneurial, professional and business success. Empower &amp; Equip Yourself, Your Team or Your Audience with an Inspiring and Transformative Resources &#8211; Books!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-433130fb539f5ee4b5ef3338563f0838 wp-block-paragraph\">Latest Release<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In Retrospect, this is what it takes to build a successful business<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kgadimmanakana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FB_IMG_1750242562659-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-72\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kgadimmanakana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FB_IMG_1750242562659-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kgadimmanakana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FB_IMG_1750242562659-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kgadimmanakana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FB_IMG_1750242562659-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kgadimmanakana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FB_IMG_1750242562659-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kgadimmanakana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FB_IMG_1750242562659-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kgadimmanakana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FB_IMG_1750242562659.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since venturing into the world of strategy consulting for startup business owners and entrepreneurs in 2016, it has been Kgadi&#8217;s dream to see entrepreneurs becoming paid professionals in their own businesses and being the CEOs not only on business cards, but CEOs of sustainable businesses that can pay them a salary, afford to hire a team, has an office and generates substantial revenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the book, <em>In Retrospect, this is what it takes to build a successful business<\/em> Kgadi Mmanakana shares her business learnings (condensed into 10 lessons) from my over 5 years of experience working full-time in the startup and entrepreneurship development community both as an entrepreneur and an entrepreneurial success enabler (strategy consultant). The lessons are practical and paradigm shifting intended to give entrepreneurs and SMME operators actionable tips that they can implement immediately to advance their own entrepreneurship skills and unlock the growth of their businesses. As she always ponders; <em>&#8220;Here&#8217;s what I know for sure; to be known in the market, to get clients and achieve a turnover of R1mil, don&#8217;t happen by chance &#8211; it requires intentional strategic planning and execution<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-4a0932b831fa2cf1f27f7f30d1f59db8 wp-block-paragraph\">Ways to purchase the book<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Immediate Purchase (online) @ R350 incl. courier<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ecsp ecsp-SingleProduct-v2 ecsp-SingleProduct-v2-bordered ecsp-SingleProduct-v2-centered ecsp-Product ec-Product-502123003\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Product\" data-single-product-id=\"502123003\"><div itemprop=\"image\"><\/div><div class=\"ecsp-title\" itemprop=\"name\" content=\"In Retrospect, this is what it takes to build a successful business (Print book)\"><\/div><div itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Offer\" itemscope itemprop=\"offers\"><div class=\"ecsp-productBrowser-price ecsp-price\" itemprop=\"price\" content=\"250\" data-spw-price-location=\"button\"><div itemprop=\"priceCurrency\" content=\"ZAR\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div customprop=\"options\"><\/div><div customprop=\"qty\"><\/div><div customprop=\"addtobag\"><\/div><div customprop=\"vatinprice\"><\/div><\/div><script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/app.ecwid.com\/script.js?78314115&#038;data_platform=singleproduct_v2\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\">xProduct()<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Offline Order (Via Email or WhatsApp) @ R350 incl. courier<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Amazon (Kindle or Print)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-background is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-light-green-cyan-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-a2b5b0146378da9ef6a4ffbc59a19dae\"><strong>Gain Competitive Advantage<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/kgadimmanakana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FB_IMG_1750242318590.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-74\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kgadimmanakana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FB_IMG_1750242318590.jpg 720w, https:\/\/kgadimmanakana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FB_IMG_1750242318590-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Increase your leadership impact with&nbsp;<em>Gain Competitive Advantage&nbsp;<\/em>book!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How many times do we persist to force something to work that we already know won\u2019t work? Like holding views, leadership styles and culture that no longer serve our workforce and businesses? How many times do we conform to being stuck in the rut, the bare minimum, and the comfortable zone over restructuring the organizations to make things work, stopping the production of a product that is a nice to have ( a money bleeder), and investing in what will give sustainable returns? Sometimes to save yourself, your business, you will need to do the hard things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Gain Competitive Advantage <\/em>is a book is for Leaders that want to gain competitive advantage and maintain relevance in a constantly changing world. It is written for Team Leaders, Directors, Managers, Heads of Division, Supervisors, C-Suite Executives, and Business Owners that want to unlock employee engagement, because they understand that unlocking employee engagement unlocks team morale, breakthrough and innovative thinking, high performance and business resilience. If you are a professional that wants to develop their leadership skills, this book will also add value to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the book, the author, Kgadi Mmanakana, introduces Brave Leadership and Courageous Culture as a birthplace of Competitive Advantage, and shares 10 practical strategies that you can use to unlock employee engagement, drive team performance and build resilience to maintain relevance in a constantly changing world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-4a0932b831fa2cf1f27f7f30d1f59db8 wp-block-paragraph\">Ways to purchase the book<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Immediate Purchase (online) @ R350 incl. courier<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ecsp ecsp-SingleProduct-v2 ecsp-SingleProduct-v2-bordered ecsp-SingleProduct-v2-centered ecsp-Product ec-Product-488802446\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Product\" data-single-product-id=\"488802446\"><div itemprop=\"image\"><\/div><div class=\"ecsp-title\" itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Gain Competitive Advantage (hardcopy)\"><\/div><div itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Offer\" itemscope itemprop=\"offers\"><div class=\"ecsp-productBrowser-price ecsp-price\" itemprop=\"price\" content=\"250\" data-spw-price-location=\"button\"><div itemprop=\"priceCurrency\" content=\"ZAR\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div customprop=\"options\"><\/div><div customprop=\"qty\"><\/div><div customprop=\"addtobag\"><\/div><div customprop=\"vatinprice\"><\/div><\/div><script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/app.ecwid.com\/script.js?78314115&#038;data_platform=singleproduct_v2\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\">xProduct()<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Offline Order (Via Email or WhatsApp) @ R350 incl. courier<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Amazon (Kindle or Print)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"my-store-78314115\"><\/div>\n<div><script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/app.ecwid.com\/script.js?78314115&#038;data_platform=code&#038;data_date=2025-06-19\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \nwindow.ec=window.ec||{}; \nwindow.ec.storefront=window.ec.storefront||{}; \nwindow.ec.storefront.enable_navigation=true;\nwindow.ec.storefront.product_details_layout=\"TWO_COLUMNS_SIDEBAR_ON_THE_RIGHT\";\nwindow.ec.storefront.product_details_gallery_layout=\"SINGLE_IMAGE\";\nwindow.ec.storefront.product_details_two_columns_with_right_sidebar_show_product_description_on_sidebar=true;\nwindow.ec.storefront.product_details_two_columns_with_left_sidebar_show_product_description_on_sidebar=false;\nwindow.ec.storefront.product_details_show_product_name=true;\nwindow.ec.storefront.product_details_show_breadcrumbs=true;\nwindow.ec.storefront.product_details_show_product_sku=false;\nwindow.ec.storefront.product_details_show_product_price=true;\nwindow.ec.storefront.product_details_show_in_stock_label=true;\nwindow.ec.storefront.product_details_show_number_of_items_in_stock=false;\nwindow.ec.storefront.product_details_show_qty=true;\nwindow.ec.storefront.product_details_show_wholesale_prices=true;\nwindow.ec.storefront.product_details_show_product_options=true;\nwindow.ec.storefront.product_details_show_product_description=true;\nwindow.ec.storefront.product_details_show_delivery_time=undefined;\nwindow.ec.storefront.product_details_show_share_buttons=true;\nwindow.ec.storefront.product_details_position_product_name=100;\nwindow.ec.storefront.product_details_position_breadcrumbs=200;\nwindow.ec.storefront.product_details_position_product_sku=300;\nwindow.ec.storefront.product_details_position_product_price=400;\nwindow.ec.storefront.product_details_position_product_options=600;\nwindow.ec.storefront.product_details_position_buy_button=700;\nwindow.ec.storefront.product_details_position_wholesale_prices=800;\nwindow.ec.storefront.product_details_position_product_description=900;\nwindow.ec.storefront.product_details_position_delivery_time=undefined;\nwindow.ec.storefront.product_details_position_share_buttons=1000;\nwindow.ec.storefront.product_details_position_subtitle=500;\nwindow.ec.storefront.product_details_show_subtitle=true;\nxProductBrowser(\"categoriesPerRow=3\",\"views=grid(20,3) list(60) table(60)\",\"categoryView=grid\",\"searchView=list\",\"defaultProductId=489017528\",\"defaultSlug=simple-introduction-to-industrial-revolution-ebook\",\"id=my-store-78314115\");\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those Who Do Not Read Should Not Lead &#8211; Prof. Tshilidzi Marwala Reading empowers the mind and expands your perspectives &#8211; more-so in this disruption prone market and constantly changing world we are living in. 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