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Praesta, South Africa coaches combining in depth business experience and qualified to masters level in coaching are best in class. The firm recently won the prestigious European Mentoring and Coaching Council award for quality.We bring  best practice techniques pooled from our global network of 90 consultants from 16 firms.  We’ve served more than 4,000 clients in 500 businesses – put simply our experience is unrivalled.

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Woman’s place is in the Boardroom

By Ron Hyams | 11 March 2010

BOOKING FORM FOR WOMAN’S PLACE IS IN THE BOARDROOM – PLEASE COMPLETE TO REGISTER Speaker: Margaret Townsend of Praesta, South Africa Dates: Cape Town, 13th August and Johannesburg, 20th August Times: 0730 for registration and breakfast then presentation 0800 to 1000 Venues: Cape Town: The Cape Town Club, 7 Weltrevreden St, Gardens, Cape Town City centre (old [...]

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Commitment Thru Coaching – as published in BizComm

By Ron Hyams | 12 August 2008

Research indicates that a massive 70% of the working population are neither engaged nor committed1. Put this in other terms if this were the Springbok rugby team then only about 3 of the squad are ready to get out onto the field and play their hearts out. Should business be worried about this? Absolutely! [...]

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Thriving in Faster World – as published in Human Capital Review

By Ron Hyams | 7 August 2008

Work, at senior levels, in the 21st century has accelerated – many executives find themselves in what we call a “faster-faster” world, with unrelenting pressure, global travel and high performance expectations. Nobody seems exempt from this process of acceleration – expectations are higher for directors and more senior people who face the demands of busy time [...]

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The Coaching Frontier for Business Coaching

By Ron Hyams | 7 August 2008

Imagine two extremes. On the one hand there is fun, creativity, adventure, ambition, scope and hope-on the other there is lawlessness, every person for him/herself, money stolen and some individuals aiming to impose standards. The Wild West? Well yes. The business coaching market and frontier? Well yes. Let’s explore this coaching frontier a little more. Professionalization Unlike [...]

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Strategies in Turbulent Times

By Ron Hyams | 30 July 2008

Ron Hyams presents at the upcoming Knowledge Resources conference on 5th February 2008 – Developing Strategies in Turbulent Times. These are some of the topics that will be covered: Navigating through the Downturn Ron Hyams shares some insights from global leadership research and his recent feature in Business Day The Zuma Presidency: What can be expected from a [...]

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