Well, what does it take to go from licking envelopes as your first job, to senior partner and exco member of Deloitte? Ursula Fear is just that woman, she knows how to get her hands dirty, she knows how to be tenacious and not saying no. Typing skills of 3 words a minute, “Don't close the door on me, give me another chance and I'll prove myself.” Alex MacPhail and Ursula had a delightful conversation about learning, what it takes to teach people, and give them the opportunity to believe in people and create that environment for them to learn the best.

Ursula Fear is a seasoned professional that has focused on talent and skills development in South Africa for more than 20 years. She is currently the L&D Executive at Blue Sky - the largest Salesforce Provider in Africa. In her career she has played a significant role in spearheading the design of qualifications, built and designed award-winning development interventions and assisted in establishing an education NGO called TEACH South Africa. She was a Human Capital Partner at Deloitte and has contributed to many human capital consulting projects from talent management, executive leadership development and HR strategy. She was the first woman to serve on the Deloitte Consulting Leadco heading up the Talent & Culture portfolio.

Ursula was instrumental in assisting in the build of a talent platform called ‘Talent Talks’ (www.talent talks.net) a collaborative social platform aimed at driving talent collaboration and knowledge sharing between corporate South Africa. In 2017 she participated as the only African in the first global masterclass at Nyenrode Business Universiteit (Amsterdam, Netherlands) that focused on future learning and leadership development. She served as the Managing Director of Training at the Adcorp Group overseeing their training businesses consisting of technical training colleges (ATT), a higher education institute (PMI), disability (I Can!) and ICT training business (Torque IT). Ursula is a passionate South African that truly believes she is in the ‘business of changing lives’.


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