I also love working with teams around understanding their personality strengths, their ‘talents’ and how to brand themselves. I know that internalising this material has made a profound impact on my personal and work relationships. Where we build a culture of strength and support, people are more open to challenge and meaningful transformation.

I love being able to think about how we can train and facilitate in more creative ways. I have the strength of Maximiser and that makes me want to tailor everything for our clients. That is part of the value I bring. I loved the creative team challenge I created which had the guys at SAB designing and executing garments in the fashion district of the CBD.

I am a huge visual learner and enjoy directing our avo photo shoots… training material that is visually rich creates interest and keeps our training ‘fresh’ and focused.

I love being part of this very special Avo culture. When you work for truly progressive leaders, you get to see the latest management theory being put into practise. A highlight for me was being told that I was going to train in Cape Town and was then whisked off to Robben Island by Elaine Sampson as a reward for my hard work. Elaine is one of our Directors and she was the principal of the school on Robben Island during its transformation. What an enormous privilege that day was! When I say that Avo thinks about talent and how to keep talent: that’s the theory in motion.

I also love being part of a team that really cares. While we celebrate each others strengths, we also tackle weakness. It is a place where I have been able to confront my monsters. Only then can you really grow. You can’t be the best you can be if you are too scared to take risks, make mistakes and move out of your comfort zone.

Avo is all about self-management. I love being given the freedom and space to fly.

And…. the view is inspirational!