Rob's research interests center around topics such as:

• Effective leadership in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR).
• E-Leadership as Enabling Function for Technology-enriched Learning.
• Seeking Best Methods for Leadership Development in the 21st Century (4IR) context.
• Seeking Best Methods for Police Leadership Development in the 21st Century (4IR) context.
• The Efficacy of an Online Program for Leadership Development,
• Simulations as a Leadership Development Tool.
• Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership,
• Emerging Issues in Higher Educational Leadership in Liminal COVID-19 Contexts, and
• Leadership Decision Making Leveraging Big Data and Critical Thinking in Organizations. 
• Ubuntu, Ukhama, Sustainability and African Leadership,
• VUCA and VUCA Prime in Leadership.
• The intersection of Design Thinking and Leadership.