Estienne de Beer

Estienne de Beer is a Professional Speaker and Leadership Coach with in-depth experience across companies and  cultures. He has already empowered people in 7 countries and is the author of “Boosting Your Career” and the forthcoming book "How to Survive Your Big Bad Boss". He headed up the Training & Leadership Development of a Fortune 100 Company’s South African operations and served as a Leadership Development resource for the African and Middle East Operations. In 2000 Estienne was presented the Management Excellence Award, the same year in which the Financial Mail awarded the company he was working for, the title of one of the top 3 companies in South Africa. Estienne’s personal center of influence includes a network of accomplished business leaders and innovators worldwide. He has consulted to a number of well-known organizations, focusing strongly on leadership development, motivation and presentation skills and has published personal development articles in various national and international magazines. Apart from a professional degree in Communication, he also studied Industrial Psychology and Public Relations.

*Headed up the marketing of the "Love Southern Africa" project that gathered 5000 delegates at Wits University in Johannesburg and sent 2500 delegates to 24 countries.

*Led sales team, to being ranked Number One of the Nation within the Retail Sales Force of a Fortune 100 Company’s South African operations and received the Management Excellence Award in 2000, the same year in which the company was awarded as one of the top 3 companies in South Africa ( Deloitte & Touche / Financial Mail “Best Companies To Work For”).  This leadership award was based on significant impact made on the business, implementation of the diversity policy, demonstrating the transferable skills required of a top manager and being a role model to aspiring managers.

*Published articles: “Immature Leaders Go Off Like Milk”; “The Menace Of Micromanagement”; “Breaking Bureaucracy”; “The Perils of Positive Thinking”; “The Quest for Career Success”; “Polishing Your Presentation Skills”; “Coaching That Counts” & “Creativity Produces Profit” in various national and international business magazines including SUNDAY TIMES (BUSINESS), SUCCESS MAGAZINE, ACUMEN, EXECUTIVE DIGEST, CAREER SUCCESS, CEO MAGAZINE, ENTERPRISE, MANAGEMENT TODAY, HR FUTURE and many others.

*Active contributor to the largest leadership resource site on worldwide web: THE CEO REFRESHER.

*Featured speaker at the INSITUTE OF INTERNAL AUDITORS annual 1000 member congress in Aug 2005.MOST REQUESTED TOPIC:

Meerkat Motivation for the Marketplace

Television views in more than 160 countries have been mesmerised by Animal Planet's number-one show "Meerkat Manor," the real life story of the co-operative nature of Meerkats.

In the African wild, where instinct dictates flight or fight responses, the corporate world can look to the Meerkat for its strategic and dynamic ability to outwit the most challenging opponent. Survival is a well-known sentiment in business and never more relevant than in the information age where the fight is more fierce, the terrain more treacherous. In this highly inspirational one hour presentation

Meerkat Motivation for the Marketplace

you will marvel at this mammal's mastermind and how business can benefit from its extraordinary example. Meerkats eke out careers against overwhelming odds on a daily basis in an environment of 3 square miles of sand, amidst threatening jaws and claws; office politics; power and speed. Any business challenge or corporate hostile takeover pales in comparison to the daily quest of the masterful Meerkat.Estienne De Beer’s Meerkat Motivation for the Marketplace is a riveting visual presentation set to inspire your conference or team to reach new heights by following the Meerkat’sexamples of extraordinary courage,

teamwork and proven leadership.

Meerkats are the most famous in the "Shy 5" animal group and their supreme success can be attributed to 5 distinct behaviours, incidentally the same "Shy 5" behaviours that are apparent or even absent in the workplace:

*Good Old Fashioned Hard Work. Meerkats excavate and shift 50 times their weight in sand in one morning. When you go the extra distance in business, there are no traffic jams.

*Rigorous Personal Development.  Meerkats operate ina living, learning organziation, continuously passing on knowledge to each other through voluntary coaching and learning.

*Unshakable Courage.  Almost all living creatures in their marketplace want to make quick work of their organiziation, but Meerkats band togther to chase away hostile competitors may times thier size.

*Relentless Teamwork.  Meerkats redefine teamwork through dividing their duties and constantly affirm and reinforce their relationships for the sake of survival.

*Leading from the Front.  Meerkats excell in a meritcrocy where the most experiences team members are in charge of the group.  The group is never far behind the leader.  Meerkats are undisputable masters of teamwork . . .