In My Own Words, with Cobus Visser

About: International Trainer & Facilitator

Cobus Visser is an author, speaker, international trainer, life coach, and Master Firewalk Instructor dedicated to helping individuals, business leaders and people with disabilities.

In My Own Words, with Eksteen De Waal 

Eksteen De Waal (MBA) is an international speaker, writer, author, thinker and leadership consultant

With over 30 years’ of professional experience, Eksteen has spent time in the consulting world. With a deep passion for team development and a belief that compassion is at the heart of all truly successful organisations, he founded Exponentially Me. “Exponentially Me” focuses on corporate wellness, empowering individuals to find and live their authentic selves in any environment whilst improving team performance.

A firm believer that people must do what makes them come alive, his talks are delivered with gusto, inspiring people to bring their authentic selves to any situation they may face.

How do you bring a resonant message in an ever-changing world? Over the last three years, as a member of the PSANL/PSASA/PSAUKI and president of the PSANL and has recently joined the Fellowship of PSAUKI, the highest grade of membership,    Eksteen has studied with some of the most impactful business writers, media coaches and crises managers. He has researched what works and how to turn that into a formula that everyone can follow. He is currently adding that to his new book Geekspeak: Let the nerd in you speak up and out. Come and experience a sneak peek of what is coming in the book.

LinkedIn: https://nl.linkedin.com/in/eksteendewaal

Web: www.exponentially.me

Web: https://www.eksteendewaal.com

In My Own Words, with Oliver Nshom

Oliver Nshom is a  Transformational Speaker who focuses on helping startups build Healthy Organizational Cultures and helping individuals to overcome obstacles that stop them from achieving their biggest goals.

Oliver is a Trained and Certified Fire Walk Instructor and  Empowerment Coach from Fire Walk Institute in South Africa,  a  graduate from the Business Leadership School  USA, a certified speaker from Kernan Consultancy USA, Trained and Certified Human Resource Professional (CHRP), Trained and certified Customer Relationship Professional (CCRP), Trained and Certified Management Consultant (CMC), Trained and Certified Speaker and Coach (CSC).

 He recently batched the Star Heroes after completing his Executive Master’s Program from Mogi Global Leadership School in Nigeria.

For the past 10 years, He has reached out to over 2 million people in over 920 events.

Oliver is the author of ten books with the Best Seller, "Step Out of the Box".

In My Own Words, with Verity Price

I am a former professional singer turned speaker and facilitator with a story to tell. After becoming one of the world's first online crowd-funders when I pre-sold 2000 copies of my debut album back in 2005, I unexpectedly became far more famous for thinking differently than I did for singing.

As a result, I have spent the last twelve years facilitating and speaking on strategy, innovation and positive mindset for multiple organizations and industries.  With a degree in Psychology and Anthropology from UCT and as a De Bono accredited strategic and lateral thinking facilitator, I have worked with multi-national teams across South Africa and Europe.

I've been lucky enough to speak at twice at TEDx and am also a Distinguished Toastmaster and the Southern African champion of Evaluations (2015) and World Champion Public Speaking (2021)!

My passion is helping change the world one idea and one happy team at a time. I love to work with organizations to inspire their staff, align strategic direction, solve old problems, uncover new ideas and gain a competitive edge in their industries.

In My Own Words with Claude Phiri Global Training Consultant, Professional Speaker and Authorltant. 

Author, Speaker and Independent Training Consultant offering full range of ETD and management consultancy services. Independent Consultant offering full range of management consulting, including business management consultancy, tax advisory, accounting services provision and organisational training and development.

Mapalo Management Services is a Level 1 B-BBEE private company registered in terms of the South African Companies Act number 71 of 2008.

We focus on providing a range of innovative management services to a local, regional and national clientele. We also offer custom-made training programmes to companies and organisations in government and the private sector.

http://claudephiri.com/home/

http://mapalo.co.za

International professional speaker, Climate Change Reality leader, sustainability facilitator, responsible tourism and hospitality influencer, green procurement consultant and ethical food activist, Lorraine Jenks is a leader in motivating better practices in both the corporate and private sectors.

With over 50 years of experience in environmental activism and a sense of humour to match, get ready for a professional but personal experience from “The Little Green Queen” where personality and positive energy balance the seriousness of the topics at hand.

Gutsy, witty and passionate, Lorraine started her journey as an activist in California in 1969 – and has never looked back! With two leading online companies to her name, she is qualified to speak knowledgeably and practically on environmental awareness, going green, climate change, conscious procurement and environmental ethics.

Speaker website: www.lorrainejenks.com

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Describing herself as  Mom, Wife and Businesswoman, Tsitsi uses a quote by Og Mandino to embody her philosophy: “I am here for a purpose & that purpose is to grow into a mountain and not shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth I will apply all my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.” Og Mandino

Tsitsi Mutendi is a well versed award-winning businesswoman, speaker, trainer and founder. A professional member of PSASA and a member of the Executive Committee 2021, Tsitsi embodies her philosophy and lives out her purpose by servicing Family Businesses in Africa to grow into Generational Wealth and Generational Legacies. Tsitsi is s seasoned podcast host who has her own podcast "Enterprising Families" which was named one of the Top 25 Family Business Podcasts in the world. 

In this episode of our podcast, we introduce you to the new host of the "In My Own Words..." podcast hostess as she is speaks to PSASA President Charlotte Kemp, who takes the role of the guesting hostess as she hands over the reins to Tsitsi.

Two Nick Vujicic quotes come to mind when I think of Nicky: “Life isn't about having, it's about being,” and “I never met a bitter person who was thankful or a thankful person who was bitter.”

Nicky Abdinor was born without arms and shortened legs, but that did not stop her from becoming an Inspirational Speaker and Clinical Psychologist. Nicky is also a professional member of PSASA.

Her registered non-profit organisation, Nicky's Drive, aims to fund car adaptations for people with disabilities in South Africa.

Nicky credits her parents with instilling in her a mindset of not “Can I do this?” but “How can I do this?”

This podcast is presented by Charles Hsuan from Flying Kite 

Sue is a physiotherapist and owner of Body Brilliance Physiotherapy. She’s also a life coach - AKA “The Energy Guru”.

Growing up, Sue knew she wanted to do something in the medical profession. She remembers how her mom was prone to headaches and, as a youngster, Sue would give her mom head massages to ease the pain.

Later on, due to her father’s career in mining, Sue got the chance to work with injured miners. This really excited her - she loved being able to nurse people back to health and witnessing the positivity that they showed in the process. It was during this time that Sue knew she would choose physiotherapy as her career

During her years of practising physiotherapy, Sue noticed that pain and healing are complex phenomena. She wanted to help and empower people to find their own ‘healer within’ through focussing on factors like lifestyle habits and ways of thinking. This desire springboarded her career as a life coach and birthed The Energy Incubator in 2016.

In this interview, Sue shares a powerful story of working with prison inmates and one particular incident that stood out to her.

Sue became a professional member of the PSASA in October 2020.

When Bruce Wade was a child, his mother made him a Batsuit, and the superhero avatar stuck with him, given the similarities between Bruce Wayne and Bruce Wade.

In any good comic book storyline, there is a conflict between the superhero and the villain. However, in business, the strongest “villain'' is not a slow economy, government red tape, or even Covid. It’s the person in the mirror. It’s your own self-doubt.

Bruce believes that business is an adventure and he loves being businesses’ Business Strategy Adventurer. He sees this role not as simply a walk or model; rather, he helps business owners develop a strategy to overcome their lack of growth, develop new products and services, and ultimately build a strategy of freedom to overcome barriers.

He first heard of the PSA while gatecrashing a speaker's showcase event whom he looked up to. That event opened doors, and since joining in 2019 he experienced the wisdom and knowledge of other speakers and wished to do the same for new members. In October 2020, Bruce became a Professional Member of the PSA.

This episode of In My Own Words is presented by Charles Hsuan.