Executive Coach/Mentor & Leadership Facilitator
QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION:
- Dip. Sales Management (Cape Tech)
- Dip. Marketing Management (Cape Tech)
- Advanced Media Management (Naspers)
- Certified Coach Practitioner (Integral)
- ICF ACC Certified Coach
- Accredited Enneagram Practitioner (IEQ9)
- Certified Practitioner of NLP
- Certificate in Group Facilitation
- Thinking Environment facilitator (Nancy Kline)
Drawing from over 25 years of senior corporate leadership experience, Chris now partners with businesses to unlock their teams’ full potential and accelerate performance toward strategic objectives. His approach combines proven business acumen with advanced coaching methodologies, including Cognitive Behavioural Coaching, the Enneagram personality system, and evidence-based assessment tools. Chris brings extensive executive coaching experience with over 250 individual coaching hours across C-Suite and senior management levels. His current client portfolio includes the CEO of a major medical supply company, with whom he has developed a long-standing coaching relationship focused on managing executive anxiety and enhancing leadership relationships. Chris also works closely with the Country Manager of a leading e-commerce platform, supporting her in optimizing team management strategies while developing personal resilience and stress regulation techniques under high-pressure conditions. In team coaching, Chris facilitates transformational Enneagram workshops that unlock team dynamics and communication patterns, as well as organizational health interventions based on Patrick Lencioni’s proven frameworks for building high-performing, cohesive teams. His dual focus on business outcomes and personal mastery enables leaders to not only drive organizational success but also create sustainable, fulfilling careers that align with their deepest values and aspirations. In team coaching, Chris facilitates transformational Enneagram workshops that unlock team dynamics and communication patterns, as well as organizational health interventions based on Patrick Lencioni’s proven frameworks for building high-performing, cohesive teams. His dual focus on business outcomes and personal mastery enables leaders to not only drive organizational success but also create sustainable, fulfilling careers that align with their deepest values and aspirations.
COACHING EXPERTISE:
One-on-one coaching & mentoring leaders and teams across a comprehensive range of critical leadership capabilities:
Core Leadership Skills include:
- Team alignment & high-performance culture development
- Conflict resolution & difficult conversation navigation
- Executive presence, confidence & assertiveness
- Mental & emotional resilience building
- Confidence & assertiveness
Strategic Leadership including:
- Change management & organizational transformation
- Decision-making in complexity and uncertainty
- Stakeholder management & influential communication
- Strategic thinking & vision development
- Sales team development & performance coaching
- Customer relationship management & retention strategies
Team Coaching & facilitation
- Transformational Team Development Programs:
- Enneagram Team Dynamics – Deep personality insights for enhanced collaboration and communication
- High-Performance Team Building – Using Lencioni’s “5 Dysfunctions” framework to build trust, accountability, and results
- Meeting Mastery – Transform your meetings using Nancy Kline’s Thinking Environment principles
- Indoor Team Adventures – facilitating a programme that uses mountain climbing and animal tracking to theme conference & workshops
