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Anglogold Ashanti: Navigating Pathways in the Face of Challenge

Gerard Seijts, Vania Sakelaris

Product #:W27812
Supplier:Ivey
Discipline:Entrepreneurship, Organizational Behaviour/Leadership
Setting:South Africa, 2021
Details:Case (PDF) • 5 pages • 2022-04-21

Subjects:

LeadershipLeadership and managing peoplePersonal resiliencePersonal purpose and valuesOrganizational cultureEntrepreneurshipOrganizational behavior

Industries:

Energy and natural resources sector

Geography:

AfricaSouth Africa
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The chief financial officer (CFO) of AngloGold Ashanti Limited (AngloGold Ashanti), one of the world’s largest gold mining companies, had for one year served as the company’s interim chief executive officer (CEO). In the summer of 2021, she accepted an invitation to speak at a luncheon for young female business leaders in the mining industry prior to learning of the unsuccessful outcome of her attempt to secure the permanent CEO position. The company had just announced that a man and seasoned CEO from Colombia would be assuming the role. She now found herself struggling with how to best position her message of inspiration to the young leaders, given the personal impact of the outcome of the CEO search. As a values-based leader, she acknowledged the importance of delivering a message of hope to the aspiring leaders, as well as the importance of honouring her own values. The outcome of her application for the permanent CEO position had also left her with the decision of whether to stay with or leave the organization.

Learning Objectives

The case provides an overview of the protagonist’s road to leadership, including the key role that her upbringing, values, and leader character played in her progressive positions, and considers how these things might come into play in her decision-making as she deals with two main challenges. Working through the case will enable students to
  • understand the key role that values play in leadership journeys, including the corresponding decision-making;
  • learn about the impact that corporate glass ceilings can have on women in leadership who deal with disappointments, and about approaches to recovering from these;
  • familiarize themselves with ways to help turn such experiences into learning opportunities and to move forward in mid to senior careers; and
  • increase their awareness of the value that leadership character plays in enabling learning and subsequent success in progressive leadership roles.
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