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In this series, you can eavesdrop on the conversations we have with various entrepreneurs from around the world.
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His Desk Was Buried in Paper. Four Months Later: 700% Growth
A general manager's desk was buried under his branch managers' paperwork. He was running out of time, unable to reach the work that mattered, and heading towards burnout. Four months into working with Paul Tanton, the desk was clear, he was home in time for dinner, and his division's profitability had grown by 700%.
In this episode of Meet My Business, Paul Tanton of U-Vita explains the approach behind that kind of change. A self-described leadership entrepreneur, Paul spent 26 years in corporate before leaving to combine two disciplines: using leadership principles to develop entrepreneurs, and entrepreneurial principles to develop leaders. His work begins not with strategy or systems but with self-knowledge, stripping back the layers that school, parents and corporate life paint onto a person until they can see who they actually are.
Paul is candid about his own start. He talks about the false comfort of a six-month financial buffer, the loneliness of going from a team of twelve to working alone, and the tenacity that kept him facing an empty desk. Along the way he unpacks delegation, employee engagement, supporting retrenched teams through a career transition, and why a coach is celebrated in sport but still viewed with suspicion in business.
Contact Paul: lead@u-vita.co.za
1 Oct 2026
The Centurion Estate Agent Who Solves Problems, Not Just Sells Houses
Centurion real estate agent Elmarie Human has spent 16 years proving that her real job isn't selling houses — it's solving problems. In this episode of Meet My Business she talks with Hendrik Baird about an unusual road into property: a childhood in the Kruger National Park, training as an accountant and teacher, a stint as an internal auditor for the intelligence agency, and a beauty salon on the side, before she found work that let her put people first.
She explains why she keeps only a handful of exclusive mandates, what building a name from the ground up actually takes, how she walks sellers through valuation and the whole process, and why working under eXp Realty lets agents build equity for the long term. A warm, grounded look at doing the job properly.
Reach Elmarie Human at eXp Realty:
Email: elmarie.human@expsouthafrica.co.za
Phone: 082 774 7088
25 Sept 2026
She Walked to a Client’s House at 9pm After a Break-In
Johannique Reyneke was in her fourth year of a teaching degree when her brother told her to write the security officer exams. She now runs the installations side of KNN Security in Pretoria, and carries a pink toolbox her husband bought her after she turned up at a client’s gate with no tools.
She talks to Hendrik Baird about being underestimated in a trade that did not expect her, why she trains on every system her technicians touch, the night she walked to a client’s house at 9pm after a break-in, and how often installers quote older people and women a price they would never quote anyone else.
Contact KNN Security: https://knnsecurity.co.za | johannique@knnsecurity.co.za | 079 883 5649
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