Don’t be afraid to bring in smart people…
“… you need the courage to employ people who are smarter than you. During the early years, the founder is head of human resources, financial manager and the CEO, and has to come up with the right answers to every question. But, at some point you have to recognize that the business is bigger than you, and it is time to let go and appoint other people to lead these functions.”
- Johanna Mukoki is the co-founder of Travel with Flair, a company she started 18 years ago with her two partners. She started with only 3 employees and one office in Pretoria. Currently her company employs 800 staff country wide and they have offices in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban and Cape Town. She is the first person from the African continent to sit on the Global Tourism Board (ACTE) - Association of Corporate Travel Executives where she represented the Middle East and Africa.