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Over the
past decade, South Africa has emerged from the shadows of
Apartheid and the concomitant horror and magnificence of the
Truth and Reconciliation Commission to become a beacon of
hope, inspiration and extraordinary achievement. Dubbed "The Rainbow Nation,"
it has taken on unprecedented challenges and opportunities with
attitudes and approaches that offer valuable lessons to
other nations.
Interviews in this series explore how South Africa
avoided the "inevitable" bloody revolution
and has gone
on to help other nations resolve
conflicts, embrace diversity and welcome change.
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Cy
Charney
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Improving
Performance
and
Self
Esteem |
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Born and raised
in South Africa, Cy Charney today lives in
Canada where he is a leading consultant in the
area of organizational performance. He is also a
member of the faculty of the Canadian Management
Centre and instructs in the Executive programs
at the Schulich School of Business of York
University, the University of British Columbia,
Saint Mary's University, the University of
Alberta and the University of Northern British
Columbia. In this interview,
Cy will tell us
about the positive impact that his peer-learning
program (developed for Canadian managers) had
for non-management workers with the South
African Railways. |
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Craig
O'Flaherty
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Developing
Leaders
via
Coaching
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The
director of the Centre for Coaching, in
Cape Town, and Weathervane, an executive
coaching practice, Craig O'Flaherty
is a former senior
strategic consultant and experienced integral coach who
works with
senior executives and is also accredited
to train coaches in South Africa using
New Ventures West’s curriculum. Craig
splits his coaching time between his
executive coaching clients and
leadership teams. He also consults with
organizations on the design and
implementation of coaching cultures,
interventions and processes.
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Sharon
Jansen
- Leveraging
Change
to
Maximize
Potential
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Sharon Jansen is currently
transitioning from a successful 25 year
career in the Financial Services
industry to work exclusively as an
executive and team coach. For the last
10 years she has driven strategic change
and has been instrumental in a number of
leading edge initiatives related to
large scale culture
transformation. Sharon's passion for the
challenges of maximizing human potential
in a competitive and constantly changing
environment
led her
to integral coaching, as
she has been intimately involved in the
growth and development of a spectrum of
individuals, including executives, both
within her organization
and externally.
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Louis
Patler
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African
Leadership
Research:
Initial
Findings
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An award-winning author,
speaker and consultant, Louis Patler's frequent
articles focus on innovative individuals
and companies. He brings pioneering
technologies for identifying emerging
business and consumer trends,
organizational culture and strategic
initiatives to Fortune 500 &
multi-national companies and
governments. BBC-TV, SKY-TV and CBC-Radio
have dubbed him one of America's new
breed of business thought leaders while
J. Walter Thompson Agency recently named
him one of "The 20 Most Creative Minds
in America."
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Mike
Clarke -
Lifting
the
Lid on
Africa's Leadership
Potential |
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Mike Clarke is the founder of The
Lead Africa Group, an editorial board
member of The International Journal for
Coaching in Organisations (IJCO) and a
founding member of the Board of Trustees
of The Lead Africa Strategic Trust
(LAST) which provides leadership
development and community transformation
resources to underprivileged
communities, Churches and NGO’s. LAST
recently launched a civic society
initiative under the banner of The
Southern African Leaders Transformation
Society which aims to network
community and political leaders seeking
to go “beyond transformation”. Mike is
also the author of the concept of Thumbprint
Leadership. A 21ST Century Leadership
Insight Out of Africa™.
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Dr
Kris
Launer &
Robert Launer
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Living
in
Dynamic
Transition |
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Dr. Kris Launer is a qualified,
experienced facilitator within the
corporate environment who is
internationally qualified to assess
levels of Emotional Intelligence. In
addition to a PhD in Philosophy and
Behaviour Modification Kris is also a
qualified PsychoNeuroimmunology and Meta
States Practitioner. Experienced in
personal development, life strategies,
career management and marketing, Dr Kris
helps her clients; focus; change
attitudes, increase their levels of
productivity, self confidence & wellness
to achieve self-actualisation. Her
latest book,
Who Me? The Value of Emotional
Intelligence, Meta-States and
Psychoneuroimmunology in Today’s
Technologically Changing Environment
is in the final stages of publication. |
Robert Launer's 40+ years of
experience in Information Technology and
25 years in training
and development let him to design
“Fusion, The Joy of Learning” a program
that provides educational
material that students learn and study
at their own pace, in their own working
environments. Having lived in South Africa
since 1990, Robert will share his views
on the new technology powered
educational and learning modalities,
e-business and more. |
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Mphethi
Morojele
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Accommodating
a
Culture
in
Transition
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Mphethi Morojele is an award winning
architect who was raised in Lesotho and
educated in Swaziland. Through his
Johannesburg-based firm, MMA Architects,
he is pioneering a whole new style of
architecture that accommodates rural
habits in urban settings - the new
lifestyles of a culture going through
transition. Join us to hear Mphethi
speak about the incredible
transformations he has witnessed and
those that he expects to see, as South
Africa continues to expand and develop
its dynamic and diverse culture. |
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Claudius
van Wyk
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Tools
For
Transformation |
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A Master Neuro Linguistic
Programming (NLP) and
Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI)
practitioner, Claudius van Wyk's company,
Transformation Strategies, offers
private and corporate facilitation in
NLP and PNI with specific applications
for strategic corporate repositioning,
communication, team building and
motivation. After participating in the
Johannesburg World Summit on
Sustainability in 2002, Claudius
organized a conference on Biosphere
Reserves and spoke on Eco-literate
Capacity Building with Deepak Chopra at
the People’s Earth Summit. Join us to
hear Claudius talk about South Africa's
transformation. |
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Wendy
Luhabe
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Employment
and
Entrepreuneurial
Opportunities |
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Awarded
a B.Comm in 1981, Wendy Luhabe acquired
corporate experience with Vanda
Cosmetics and the BMW Group. In 1991 she
left the corporate world to become a
social entrepreneur, founding Bridging
the Gap, her first business. Her ventures continue to bridge
the gap.
Named one of the 20 most
powerful women in South Africa and one of 50 Leading Women
Entrepreneurs of the World, Ms Luhabe is the non-executive chair
of Vodacom, Alliance Capital Management SA, the Industrial
Development Corporation and the International Marketing Council.
A founder of Women Investment Portfolio Holdings, in 2003 she
launched the country's first private equity fund for women-owned
enterprises. |
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Yvonne
Johnston
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South Africa
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Alive
With
Possibility |
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CEO of the International
Marketing Council since December 2001,
Yvonne Johnston was also the founder of Refreshing Marketing, where she
consulted to the SABC and Etv and as
well, mentored women and facilitated
workshops. A firm believer in South
African women's vital contribution
towards nation building, Yvonne is a
strong supporter of Inspirational
Women at Work, "an extraordinary
book that will inspire, inform,
motivate, empower and make a difference
to South African women." Oprah Winfrey
writes the main foreword to the book,
with supporting forewords by Graca
Machel, Albertina Sisulu, Irene Charnley
and Yvonne.
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