Events

On the morning of 11 March 2026, 90 clients and associates gathered at the Houghton Golf Club for Legitimate Leadership’s latest breakfast event, a conversation that was equal parts grounding and thought-provoking. With AI dominating boardroom agendas everywhere, the morning’s theme was timely: How Leaders Can Use AI To Expand Capability And Strengthen Culture.

10 Years Of Legitimate Leadership

February 7, 2024

A party to celebrate the 10th birthday of Legitimate Leadership as well as the publication of the second edition of the book Legitimate Leadership was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 7 February 2024.

What Legitimate Leaders Are Getting Right (And Not Getting Right)

September 28, 2023

A Legitimate Leadership breakfast was held on the 28th September 2023 discussing our tried-and-tested Leadership Audit process, the Legitimate Leadership team have been providing leaders with highly actionable insights and feedback based on their people’s perception of their leadership. Entelect’s Data Solutions Practice, has now been able to aggregate and analyse this data to provide industry-level benchmarks, trends and additional insights which help our community to better understand what differentiates the best leaders from the rest.

The Problem Of Silos, And How To Break Them Down

September 29, 2022

A Legitimate Leadership breakfast held on 29 September 2022 addressed the problem of silos in organisations, which disrupt collaborative working and result in lost opportunities.

In Manufacturing Output Metrics Are Everything … Or Are They

May 5, 2022

Mandisa Seleoane (HR Executive, Isanti Glass) and Sean Hagger (ex-Operations Leader, Johnson Matthey) discuss why shifting our focus to the things that really matter - standards, accountability, contribution and trust - is increasingly critical for manufacturing success.

Legitimate Leadership And OKRs Can Enhance And Cement Each Other

October 14, 2021

Tim Philip, Miles Lambie, Paul Barker and Ian Munro explore the wisdom and implications of combining two accountability-focused methodologies to deliver a culture of ownership and contribution in businesses.

Why Project Managers Often Fail To Lead

May 6, 2021

As a leader, if you don’t spend time on building trust, then you will spend time on managing the fallout and damage from not having built trust. The above were some of the insights offered by presenters in the webinar which was moderated by Ian Munro, the presenters were Josh Hayman and Rachael Cowin, all of Legitimate Leadership.

Legitimate Leadership Launches New Website On Its Seventh Birthday

March 4, 2021

Legitimate Leadership launched its new website and celebrated its seventh birthday at a dinner held in Johannesburg on 4 March 2021. Legitimate Leadership has grown from a one-person (Wendy Lambourne) business at its inception in March 2014 to a company currently embracing 24 staff members, associates and licensees.

Legitimate Leadership Presents To The British Army

March 2, 2021

Legitimate Leadership had been asked to address a virtual internal conference of the headquarters on leadership and change. Wendy Lambourne and David Harding, both of Legitimate Leadership, gave their presentation the title 'Serve To Lead' because that is the name of a handbook used by officers at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

Enabling The Shift From Taking To Giving In An Organisation

February 11, 2021

In past Legitimate Leadership webinars, the focus was generally on leadership. In this webinar, the focus was shifted to how leaders can assist people in their teams to shift from taking to giving.

Insights From Within An Organisation That Keeps Getting It Right

November 12, 2020

Africa Tikkun, one of South Africa’s largest non-profit organisations, assists many thousands of people in that country’s townships. But seven years ago, this extraordinary organisation set out, with Legitimate Leadership, to increase its employees’ level of engagement by showing employees that they also really mattered.

How 16 Legitimate Leadership Clients Performed During The Crisis

September 11, 2020

The diagnostic survey was conducted by Legitimate Leadership in 2020. 282 interviews were conducted by Legitimate Leadership - 16 organisations across seven industries. The interviews were with both managers (56%) and non-managers (44%). Most of the managers had been through Legitimate Leadership training; most of the non-managers had not.

Legitimate Leadership Concepts About Leading In A Crisis

July 30, 2020

Wendy Lambourne discussed Legitimate Leadership concepts with Miles Crisp (Tarsus Technology Group of South Africa). Miles said his group has been working on its leadership structure for six years. 'We adopted a Legitimate Leadership framework and did workshops across the entire organisation for about 18 months'.

Courage In Organisations

June 18, 2020

Josh Hayman and Jimmy Furstenburg (an organisational turnaround practioner) discussed ‘Courage In Organisations’. Organisations have to make very tough decisions. How have leaders reacted to the situation? Who just chased the money; who really cared for their people; who acted with courage?

The Role Of HR In Assisting Line Managers To Demonstrate Care In A Crisis

May 7, 2020

Wendy Lambourne and Leanne Maree discussed 'The Role Of HR In Assisting Line Managers To Demonstrate Care In A Crisis' -The personal wellbeing of employees is often largely shaped and impacted by the organisations where they work and by their line manager.

Legitimate Leadership UK Launched

March 6, 2020

Legitimate Leadership was formally launched in the United Kingdom on 6 March 2020. The launch took place in London, hosted by the company’s directors, Wendy Lambourne and Ian Munro. Representatives of every one of Legitimate Leadership’s current UK-based clients responded positively to the invitation.