Good luck to you, if you think your degree is going to earn you the top position in a growing corporation!

The South African corporate environment has become tougher, uncompromising and super competitive when it comes to skilled individuals on the career ladder. The new careerists of 2009 are ambitiously increasing their knowledge and skills with more viguor and speed than ever before.  Their urgency to get ahead will increase exponentially in the coming years. So please don’t hold your BComm, MBA et al. too close to your heart.

Yes, further education is very important, but at the end of the day my degree is on the same piece of paper given to about 8 million other South Africans battling it out for the top rung on the corporate ladder.

So how do you stand out? Zack Buchan, our CEO (our “top runger” if you will), certainly knows the answer. From the age of 30 he’s been leading The Unlimited towards consistent growth and success.

Zack shares his six tips to climbing the corporate ladder:
1. Work to Learn, don’t work to earn.
2. Surround yourself with great people.
3. Be the CEO in your job, at whatever level!
4. Make time to know yourself - what are your strengths and weaknesses?
5. Innovate by developing the habit to ask questions.
6. Never compromise your integrity!

Read more here as recently published in Destiny Man magazine.