More about Erik

International Speaker | Specialist Team Coach | Author

Erik has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Physiotherapy from the University of the Witwatersrand as well as a Postgraduate Diploma in Management and a Master’s Degree in Business and Executive Coaching, both from Wits Business School.

Keynote Speaker 

Erik shares insights, stories, and research with audiences across the world on how to increase personal and team effectiveness.

While his addresses are bespoke and carefully crafted according to the requirements of the target audience, his two most popular are “Seven lessons from a CEO coach on achieving high performance” and “How To Be Dangerous”.

Specialist Team Coach & Adviser

For Erik, teams are front and centre of business.

Erik regularly facilitates workshops for businesses and teams pursuing high-performance strategies like AON, Derivco, IQ Business, Mimecast and Nedbank.

He has also designed his own framework for team coaching that is lightweight but still delivers maximum impact.

Executive Coach

In his role as a coach, Erik has coached multiple celebrities, well-known South African entrepreneurs, and executives

Author

Acta Non Verba – The Playbook for Creating, Achieving and Performing at your Highest Level was published in 2018. He’s in the process of finishing his second book on being “dangerous”.

Thought Leader

He has been a regular contributor to Entrepreneur magazine and publishes two to three articles a week on his LinkedIn and Facebook pages, reaching thousands of people in the process.

Recently, Erik joined forces with John Sanei to produce the new Expansive podcast series.

Entrepreneur

Long before Erik was a high-performance executive coach and keynote speaker, he was a physiotherapist. To share his passion for helping people, he founded BetterMan, a personal and professional development online community for men.

Global Citizen

Erik lives in Johannesburg with his girlfriend Danicka and their dog Axel. He’s an avid golfer, has previously been nominated as one of GQ’s best-dressed men and a world traveller. His favourite city is Vienna.

Find Erik here:

• Website
• LinkedIn
• Coaching: Modern Breed

Show Notes

People:

• Tim Noakes
• Maps Maponyane
• Brandon Dempsey
• John Sanei
• Simon Sinek
• Sam Harris
• Conor Neill

Organisations:

• Modern Breed
• goBRANDgo!

Miscellaneous:

• The Expansive (Podcast)
• Lockdown Leadership (ebook by Erik Kruger)
• Instant Evolution (ebook by Erik Kruger)
• Making Sense (Podcast)
• Report: Finding North (again)

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