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Strategy of Hope: How Normal is ‘Our’ Normal? Some weeks into their internship here in South Africa, a group of third-year students from Dutch universities shared their initial impressions. Each,
Strategy of Hope: ‘When I was a child …’ those magic words South Africa’s Winter 2023 kicked off early with a ferocious start. The ‘Cape of Storms’ lived up to
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Mieke is an early-twenties adventurer from South Africa who spent 2 years au pairing in the USA. We settled in by the fireside for a long chat about her experiences there, her learnings, and the huge impact this time overseas has had on her life.

Dr Tim Pittaway captures the mood while post-grad participants are boarding Teams for our research workshop. The two screens are active, the reserve batteries are ready should the power go off, and everything is double-checked to be functioning… We will be online for many hours…

We had our cake ... and we ate it! at my first open house. 12 business women + Werner's delicious menu + Lindi's Bonnievale Wine + a little stoking of the fire ... just the recipe for connecting and building relationships through shared experiences. I'm looking forward to the next one!

On 5 March I had the pleasure of presenting one in a series of work-readiness workshops to these 2020 matriculants, now engineering students in phase 2 of the Unity for Africa Foundation’s iGems programme. We worked through practical steps to develop positive, objective self-knowledge to foster insight and skill in managing their careers. They responded with such confident and enthusiastic presentations (as you’ll see in the photos), it was a truly happy day for this educator. A big thank you to Berenice and Babalo from the #UnityInAfricaFoundation for creating this great opportunity.
CLIENT TESTIMONIALS
I would like to take the time to thank you personally for YOUR tremendous support towards the Mr PE uberMANn campaign of 2018. Mr PE uberMANn strives not only to impact the lives in our community but our vision also entails to strive for excellence, because perfection is God’s business. I thank you dearly for your partnership in the great movement to change lives across South Africa. We change lives! I will never forget the wise words spoken at our first workshop during the first 9 weeks of Mr PE. I still have my notes where I wrote tips on how to present myself and how to introduce myself. I will never throw away that page and I will never allow myself not to give myself the chance to be the person I really am. Thanks to you, Dr, I could express myself throughout the campaign in a more formal and successful manner. THANK YOU. Thank you so much yet again for your input into this great campaign. Ofentse and I look forward to working with you in the near future.
A briljant book, written by a sociologist with a high level of empathy and feeling for helping people. The book’s real life examples are drawn clearly from the author’s context: Belgium and South Africa. Read it to learn more about yourself and of others.
Dr Janin performed retrospective analysis of who I am and helped me to become conscious of my innermost thoughts. She enabled me to see things clearly by revealing my future through the recollections of memories of my old self. Removing the mental fog I’ve been experiencing. “Everything is connected,” she said, referring to the past, present, and future. Dr Janin has understood my inner self in a way that nobody has done before.
I would recommend this book to anybody between the ages of 18-100. The author has used a lifetime of coaching experience on the pages. Read it in one sitting.
Thank you for your encouragement at the start of my research journey and for showing me that research is not something to be feared. You have touched my life and your words of wisdom when I needed it most, means the world to me.
Dr Janin delivered a SUPERB address to a packed audience at our Siembamba Preschool High Tea. The ladies were absolutely thrilled with her lively, warm and practical delivery. The audience gave excellent feedback about how her talk made them reconsider unhelpful life attitudes. They were inspired, excited and motivated. She did all this in a very natural and warm way, making everyone relax, laugh and face their future as moms and women with renewed enthusiasm.What a privilege to had her as our Guest Speaker of Honour!
The ladies have been raving about the uplifting experience. Thank you for your contribution and inspiring our employees.
We had a fantastic first networking session for 2021 and we were honoured to have Dr Janin Vansteenkiste, our BNI Ambassador, with us as our Keynote Speaker today! Thank you for your wonderful and inspiring message of hope, grit, determination and never giving up! Your words resonated strongly with us and have set a strong and optimistic tone for the year!
This morning was such a powerful and dynamic experience. I have gained so much insight about myself in that time frame and feel taller from the confidence gained by doing this.
The course was WONDERFUL! Felt as if things could become possible!