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BB@9: Beyond Compliance - Leading Legally, Ethically and Decisively
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Live interactive webinars

 Export to Your Calendar 2025/11/05
When: 05 November 2025
Webinar commences promptly at 09h00
Where: Zoom
South Africa
Contact: Sindi Manzini
sindim@iodsa.co.za
+27 (0) 11 035 3034


Online registration is available until: 2025/11/04
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Overview

In this practical keynote, labour law specialist Janet Askew will challenge the common belief that labour law is just HR’s domain. Drawing on decades of experience in the legal and leadership space, she will explore how poor leadership decisions often lead to legal risk, reputational damage and fractured workplace culture—issues that begin long before a CCMA referral.

Attendees will gain insight into the governance responsibilities directors carry when it comes to fair people practices, ethical decision-making and organisational culture.

 

Presentation objectives

  • Recognise labour law as a strategic leadership responsibility, not just an HR function and understand its relevance to ethical governance and organisational performance.
  • Understand the hidden risks directors face when legal compliance is treated as a back-office issue, including reputational damage, financial liability and leadership credibility.
  • Identify common leadership behaviours and board-level blind spots that unintentionally create legal and cultural risk (e.g., inconsistent treatment, poor restructuring processes, or tolerance of toxic cultures).
  • Explore real case law insights that demonstrate how poor leadership decisions become costly legal battles and how they could have been prevented.

 

 

Janet Askew

Speaker


Speaker bio

Janet Askew is a seasoned leadership development expert, mediator, and co-founder of Allardyce Academy, with over 30 years’ experience in organisational culture and labour law. She is known for her work with major South African corporates and NGOs, helping them foster ethical, high-performing workplaces. Janet also chairs a board, has received a small business award, and co-founded the e-commerce platform Essentially Natural.

Duration

09h00 - 10h00

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