South Africa has been producing some alarmingly low literacy and numeracy skill levels out of its education system, and there have been very public debates on how to impact this trend positively. In a parallel conversation, the economic crisis has propelled financially vulnerable people into horrible financial circumstances: in South Africa at present 66 000 people are going into debt counselling per month.

Skills Portal has featured a new blog by Jules which talks about South Africa’s trends in decreasing literacy levels, primarily financial literacy.

Find out more here.

Entrepreneurs need to know what their strengths are, and also how to use them.

This month, Entrepreneur magazine has featured Jules’ new article which chats about just that, how to tap into your inner self to grow your business.

Check it out here.

Your work is everything related to your job, be it projects, meetings, admin or deadlines.  We all know that work takes up a huge chunk of our time, but what about your life?  Family, friends, recreation or sports.  These are fundamentally important, but often sit on the back-burner so you can accomplish your responsibilities at work.

If someone were to ask you if you were in a harmonious balance with work and life, what would you say?

Jules’ new article published in the Star Workplace talks about just that, your work-life balance.

Check it out here.

How managers step up to the plate at this time and help their staff to cope with uncertainty and stress could play a pivotal role in their company’s ability to ride out this difficult time successfully.

Check out Jules’ latest article published online at the SkillsPortal website here.

We know how hard you’ve worked for this, night after night slogging away and training back to back at the same time.

Your gift in coaching has really paid off, you are truly an inspiring and motivating person to us all.

Whoop Whoop!!! Well Done Tracy!!!

A fundamental mindset shift is the first step towards learning how to have the kind of coaching conversations that facilitate real learning and development. Managers need to stop valuing being ‘the font of knowledge’ and start valuing their ability to enable other people to find knowledge.

Check out Jules’ latest article published online at the SkillsPortal website here.

That means that for every R100 any client spends with us, they get BONUS BEE points to the tune of 135%!!

And there’s more!!!  Avo is also a Value Added Supplier, which means that another 125% of any procurement money spent with us can be added in bonus points!  That’s effectively 169% of all spend with us, which is an AWESOME benefit for our clients, and a great competitive differentiator for us.  And it shows the world how hard we are working on transformation in our company and our country.  Just another way Avo is focusing on building South Africa, one person at a time!”

Life is a series of negotiations, whether you’re trying to persuade three-year-olds to eat their veggies, asking your boss for leave at the busiest time of the year, or handling a major crisis with all the bosses in the boardroom.

Jules’ new article published in the Star Workplace explains how your negotiation skills can make the difference between a good or a bad outcome.

Check it out here.

South Africa has been producing alarmingly low literacy and numeracy skills levels out of its education system… but not for long.

Check out Jules’ latest article featured in the Star Workplace to find out more.

Read the PDF article here.

Tutuwa is focusing on delivering unsecured micro enterprise loans into this market, and we are delivering the supporting training that helps these guys lift their performance game. They learn more about the role of funding in building businesses, financial literacy, and basic business management skills that should build a whole string of excited AHA’s.

Hanli and her Greenhouse team will soon be interrogating all the learning from this pilot so we can build a brilliant offering in our market: how effective is the content and methodology we have designed? How well have we prepared our trainers? What impact will it have on Tutuwa’s ability to manage risk in the lending space? How does the combination of training and funding coming at a similar time in the life of a Micro Enterprise generate value for that business owner?

It’s a hugely exciting piece of work for us, and we are all very committed to making it an effective and impactful contribution to the economy of our country.