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The RMI’s extensive reach has Our duty finds its expression in the concept of Ubuntu, "I am
elevated our influence to navigate because you are, you are because we are.” The philosophy of
the aftermath of the 2020/2021 Ubuntu includes mutual support and respect, interdependence,
disruption. The RMI’s Public unity, collective work, and responsibility. It involves a common
Relations agency did an excellent purpose in all human behaviour and is based on service to
job of extending our reach to humanity. For the RMI to remain sustainable, this principle must
educate the public about the be obligatory across Associations to find the future leaders of
benefits of doing business with our structures who value the concept of servant leadership. It
RMI-accredited businesses in would not be possible to distance the work of the RMI from the
2022. As a result, there were involvement of member businesses at all levels of governance
greater expectations from within the organisation and stakeholder organisations.
consumers and, in turn, a greater
responsibility on our members to The RMI Board, the RMI Audit and Risk Committee, the
be on top of their game. National Automobile Dealers’ Association, the Labour Executive
Committee, the MIBCO Governing Board, and RMI Eastern
In the words of Simon Sinek, Cape Region faced the tragic loss of a member, a colleague, a
“Companies and organisations chairperson, and the RMI Vice President, Trevor Gordon, in May
with a clear sense of ‘WHY’ 2022. His life was rich and full. He was deeply interested in worthy
never worry how to differentiate. causes, had a great sense of humour, enthusiasm, unflagging zeal,
They are different, and everyone intelligence, and integrity. As a leader, he set an example for us all.
knows it. They start with WHY in We lost a great contributor and friend of the motor industry.
everything they say and do.” Simply
stated, the 'WHAT' and 'HOW' In closing, I must commend the RMI Associational leadership,
flows from 'WHY' and not the and elected national and regional office-bearers for the innovation
other way around. evidenced in this report. It would be remiss of me not to mention
the efforts of the RMI Labour Director, Jacques Viljoen, and
The future of leadership in the office-bearers for their resilience in being the change drivers
structures of the RMI has been in MIBCO, as well as Labour Executive Committee with the
a much-debated topic this past core wage negotiations team for their efforts during the wage
year. Millennials are the dominant negotiations that started during this year. The National Training
age cohort doing business with Director, Louis van Huyssteen, and the Transformation Director,
us today. They are much more Noni Tshabalala, contributed brilliantly to successfully promoting
concerned about the global and addressing national imperatives. To every office-bearer
environmental crunch than the serving the interests of the RMI, I salute you for your service. As
global financial crisis and much less the RMI Board, we know that the outstanding achievements
likely to freely give up their time to across the sphere of the RMI influence this past year will be the
serve on our numerous structures. basis for dynamic advances in the future.
James F Bell III put it succinctly On behalf of the RMI Board, I express my sincere appreciation to
when he said: “To face tomorrow the RMI’s CEO, Jakkie Olivier, the RMI Senior Management team,
with the thought of using the and every RMI employee for your sterling efforts in elevating the
methods of yesterday is to envision organisation to new heights this year.
life at a standstill. To keep ahead,
each one of us, no matter what Belonging is better business.
our task, must search for new and
better methods - for even that
which we now do well must be
done better tomorrow.”
The RMI’s extensive reach has Our duty finds its expression in the concept of Ubuntu, "I am
elevated our influence to navigate because you are, you are because we are.” The philosophy of
the aftermath of the 2020/2021 Ubuntu includes mutual support and respect, interdependence,
disruption. The RMI’s Public unity, collective work, and responsibility. It involves a common
Relations agency did an excellent purpose in all human behaviour and is based on service to
job of extending our reach to humanity. For the RMI to remain sustainable, this principle must
educate the public about the be obligatory across Associations to find the future leaders of
benefits of doing business with our structures who value the concept of servant leadership. It
RMI-accredited businesses in would not be possible to distance the work of the RMI from the
2022. As a result, there were involvement of member businesses at all levels of governance
greater expectations from within the organisation and stakeholder organisations.
consumers and, in turn, a greater
responsibility on our members to The RMI Board, the RMI Audit and Risk Committee, the
be on top of their game. National Automobile Dealers’ Association, the Labour Executive
Committee, the MIBCO Governing Board, and RMI Eastern
In the words of Simon Sinek, Cape Region faced the tragic loss of a member, a colleague, a
“Companies and organisations chairperson, and the RMI Vice President, Trevor Gordon, in May
with a clear sense of ‘WHY’ 2022. His life was rich and full. He was deeply interested in worthy
never worry how to differentiate. causes, had a great sense of humour, enthusiasm, unflagging zeal,
They are different, and everyone intelligence, and integrity. As a leader, he set an example for us all.
knows it. They start with WHY in We lost a great contributor and friend of the motor industry.
everything they say and do.” Simply
stated, the 'WHAT' and 'HOW' In closing, I must commend the RMI Associational leadership,
flows from 'WHY' and not the and elected national and regional office-bearers for the innovation
other way around. evidenced in this report. It would be remiss of me not to mention
the efforts of the RMI Labour Director, Jacques Viljoen, and
The future of leadership in the office-bearers for their resilience in being the change drivers
structures of the RMI has been in MIBCO, as well as Labour Executive Committee with the
a much-debated topic this past core wage negotiations team for their efforts during the wage
year. Millennials are the dominant negotiations that started during this year. The National Training
age cohort doing business with Director, Louis van Huyssteen, and the Transformation Director,
us today. They are much more Noni Tshabalala, contributed brilliantly to successfully promoting
concerned about the global and addressing national imperatives. To every office-bearer
environmental crunch than the serving the interests of the RMI, I salute you for your service. As
global financial crisis and much less the RMI Board, we know that the outstanding achievements
likely to freely give up their time to across the sphere of the RMI influence this past year will be the
serve on our numerous structures. basis for dynamic advances in the future.
James F Bell III put it succinctly On behalf of the RMI Board, I express my sincere appreciation to
when he said: “To face tomorrow the RMI’s CEO, Jakkie Olivier, the RMI Senior Management team,
with the thought of using the and every RMI employee for your sterling efforts in elevating the
methods of yesterday is to envision organisation to new heights this year.
life at a standstill. To keep ahead,
each one of us, no matter what Belonging is better business.
our task, must search for new and
better methods - for even that
which we now do well must be
done better tomorrow.”
