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We are very successfully developing the potential of our female clients against a background of gender inequality, by providing coaching (including life-coaching) and mentoring support.
Coaching & Mentoring - What Our Clients Say About Our Support
WESGRO (The Western Cape Trade & Promotion Agency - South Africa) Janet Cronje is the Trade Promotion Senior Manager in the WESGRO organisation, the Government funded entity with the responsibility to develop export trade, facilitate inward investment and regional growth plans for the Western Cape. Added-Asset was commissioned to provide development and training for the Trade Promotion Team focussing on their business support skills and on how to coach and mentor SMEs. Janet comments as follows: "Added Asset, International Business Support Services, has been key to Wesgro's management staff achieving a new level of commercial, business and market awareness. The training and one-to-one coaching that Peter Hurst has delivered to the organisation has empowered our employees and ensured that we maximise the human capital potential that resides in the organisation. We look forward to a long and productive association with Added Asset and Peter".
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see what WESGRO provides or to contact Janet go to www.wesgro.org.za
Yvonne Field Associates Ltd (London) Yvonne Field, Managing Director of YFA Consultancy and Training (London) wrote about the coaching and mentoring she received through Added Assets: "Peter Hurst has provided me with a first class mentoring and coaching service. As an experienced business man in his own right, he has been able to usefully share his experience in order to help me to understand some of subtleties of doing businesses in South Africa and in the UK. Using a variety of approaches that include practical support and guidance as well as appropriate challenge, Peter has actively encouraged me to develop key business skills in areas such as marketing, networking and quality assurance and has helped my business grow. I have already recommended Peter to six other business people and he comes highly recommend to you!" As well as heading up her company, Yvonne is a prominent leader in various business and economic support groups for women in the UK and has championed the recognition and development of the African Caribbean community in terms of gender and racial equality.
If you would like to contact Yvonne or
her organisation you can find all of the information at www.yfaassociates.co.uk
Nth2 Practitioners in Employment Relations (Pty) Ltd (South Africa) Nox Ntuli is joint partner with Michelle Huber in a successful legal practice specialising in employment law based in Cape Town South Africa. Their practice recently embarked on a major growth plan which includes a joint venture with a UK organisation. Nox and Michelle have this to say about the work of Added-Asset (Peter Hurst): "Peter Hurst was assigned to our business by the Cape Town Chamber of Commerce as a business mentor. We have been working with him for a period of 6 months and have found his assistance and input invaluable. He has provided us with support in general business management, marketing, business strategy, and negotiations with mergers and acquisitions. Peter has taken a keen interest in our business and has not only been an advisor but has also become a friend. Michelle and I trust that the advice that he gives us will always be in the best interest not only of our business but also in the best interest of us personally. Since we started the mentoring programme with Peter we have made significant changes in our business that has resulted in growth of the business and more structured management of the company." ...and from Michelle: "I would like to thank Added-Asset enormously for all of the invaluable advice, assistance and guidance during some critical and, may I add, tricky, times during our business's progression over the past year. As our mentor, Peter has certainly assisted us with coming to the point where we are now on the brink of becoming a very successful business. Thank you too for being there with us when we had to take those very hard decisions, and action them, and for supporting us through some tough moments! We look forward to an ongoing association with you." Nox and Michelle can be contacted as follows:
Nth2 Practitioners in Employment
Relations (Pty) Ltd
Trip Handbags & Accessories (South Africa) Susan Didcott, a designer and the owner of the company says: "Peter has always been helpful, practical and encouraging; he is a good listener and keen to offer assistance wherever he can. He has certainly always been respectful of me as a woman in business and I have definitely benefited from his encouragement and marketing ideas. I would recommend him to anyone seeking mentoring especially if it was marketing related." Contact Susan on +27 (0) 8278 1679
Learn to Lead (Pty) Ltd South Africa Tumi Seattle is a director and partner in this innovative training and development organisation. Tumi cam to Added-Asset to assist her with her personal and professional development and she has the following comments: "I can only talk about the impact that the sessions have had on me personally. I have gained more confidence and have come to acknowledge and accept certain realities that I have been sweeping under the carpet with the hope that they will disappear. My level of assertiveness has increased tremendously to a point where I am able to constructively address difficult topics/matters in the business. I am glad to have made the decision to work with Peter because I find myself pushing boundaries again and am not about to let myself slide into the rut called the comfort zone! Peter, through his astute listening and probing skills enabled me to articulate what were 'strong feelings' and translate this into action thereby leaving me to make some critical decisions about my career. So basically, if you are not ready to deal with the demons in your business or career do not employ Peter Hurst! He tells it like it is!"
Contact Tumi on +27 (0) 8321 24200
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