Soccer Feva has well and truly hit Avocado Vision – we are all buzzing around in the euphoria which has hit South Africa. To say we are seriously wrapped up in the excitement would be an under-statement.  We are attending matches, watching matches on TV, talking matches and trying to get tickets for matches (Clint - !)… Each Avo has even been assigned a team (some are happy, and some not so much) and we are all indirectly, actually participating in the matches…

It’s been a great experience to personally attend a couple of matches myself, to walk through the stadiums with a sense of pride at how we are actually pulling this show off – It has been said so much, and rightfully so, we really do have a lot to be proud of… There is no denying that it’s great to rejoice and celebrate the way we do, when we do so in our personal space, but we all felt that we needed to raise up the energy in style and truly step it up at the office (bring the joy into the space in which we actually do spend a majority of our time)…

A decision was made when The World Cup started, that we would celebrate her arrival with a good old fashioned, Avo-Family, Socca Feva Braai… We put a projector up in the conference venue, connected it to a TV and prepared ourselves to watch South Africa play their last game (against the French) in the group stages, hoping against all hope that our Bafana would make us proud, and that perhaps we would maybe even make it into the next round…

Avo Family members brought their families along for the ride; Chicken and steak prego’s sizzled on the braai; Laughter, joviality and the bellow of our Avo-zelas echoed and rolled down the hill as we took the opportunity in full grasp to relax and enjoy each other’s company; chatting, joking, anecdote-ing and energizing each other with the spirit of South Africa which is currently connecting the people of our nation…

There were a few absent members of our Avo family… can I just say that you guys really and truly missed out… The day before the braai I was offered tickets to attend the Greece–Argentina match (in Polokwane, which under normal circumstances would’ve been a no-brainer), but I made the decision to attend the Avo braai (which had been a long time in planning) and watch My Bafana Bafana with my colleagues and friends – and I am so glad that I made that decision: Call me Crazy, it really was the best time, and the best way, to enjoy the day…

The weather was perfect, as the sun beat down we painted faces, the Avo children running around, playing soccer on the grass; we snacked and giggled amongst each other over glasses of wine, a beer or two, and passed the time away as the big match approached, drawing nearer, with nerves and excitement in it’s stride. We belted out our anthem full force with the start of the game… We had gathered together, and cheered together, and screamed together in joy and pain, we hoped together, we wished together, and together we prayed that Bafana would reign…

As the sun set, after some glorious moments and nail-biting tension the end drew near, and when it ended we smiled, shrugged our shoulders, of course we were disappointed, a little upset, but we were most definitely proud at the same time… A great day had been shared, a valiant effort put forth by our boys, a victory achieved, a first for the team, at the first for a continent, the Avo’s had a day like only the Avo’s can – And there is simply no denying the fact that Our Bafana Bafana have done us proud!

What is people management all about?  Should companies in South Africa and in fact globally place more emphasis on the people management side of things?

One of the most important things to implement within your company is a little thing called a people process.

Rachels new article in the Business Brief will tell you just what you need to know about People Management and the key to its success. 

Click here to read the scanned PDF article.

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Just so all of you can check it out, I’ve uploaded it to our Community of Learning site.

Check it out here.

It’s article time!  I hope you have your reading glasses on, I recommend snuggling up under a duvet with a cup of hot-chocolate. And reading our new article that has made it into the Business Brief magazine.

HR and payroll solutions have turned 180 degrees in the last few years, so now how can HR maximise their potention in the post-recession?  Who’s going to carry the leadership tortch, and what are the most significant ways to retain your staff through incentivisation and motivation? (look out for Jules in this section of the article)

To read the PDF (4.28mb) click here.

What an absolute privilege it is to work in the space that I consider the greatest gift to anyone…working with amazing people, opening up new and sparkling opportunities and enabling learning and true development to stick – using exciting and varied methodology and supporting sustainable change where it is needed.

I have been in this ‘honeymoon period’ of my job since I stepped into the space of learning and development in the UK in 2003!  Coming from the field of training in IT ERP and reporting systems (SAP, Esbase, Peoplesoft, etc.), the step into the softer skills side of things was just incredible. I had a wonderful base from working with clients all over Europe and into the US before coming back to South Africa to start a Leadership in Community NGO and get stuck into applying my skills and experience in the local L&D market.

Although I’d flirted in the Avo space since 2005, I only officially joined Avocado Vision to start up the Cape Town office with Vanessa in July 2010.  And I must tell you that it is an absolute pleasure, to be given the opportunity to work with such forward thinking and exciting organisations that we have in our client portfolio.

It is hugely inspiring to be working at all levels with people in our nation and driven by the vision of shifting our country one person at a time! I am focused in the Business Development space here at Avo, yet am afforded the chance to also coach and design as well as facilitate when required… so it’s a varied, colourful and endlessly rewarding role for me.

With things still very new and fresh, there is just no limit to where I feel we can go in this space….!

If you wanna start those selling engines, or just find out a bit more of the “behind the scenes” scoop from a sales person - then this blog is for you.

Five unmissable tips to get you started in the sales game, call it survival or thrival but this sales cub has figured out just what makes the sales jungle tick.

To read Raelene’s new Sales Guru article in PDF click here.