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Aletta Rochat is passionate about helping you speak like a professional. At a young age, she discovered the power of speaking and connecting.

At a young age, she discovered the power of speaking and connecting. As a Certified World Class Speaking Coach, she has the expertise to get you results. She has vast experience, having trained and spoken in 22 countries.

Aletta has published two books on public speaking.  Her professional background in Marketing Management gives her great insights into the dynamics of the workplace. As an International Director for Toastmasters International, she works to refine best practices in the world of communication and leadership.

In this episode, we interview Dries Lombaard, an executive Strengths coach.
You can visit his website at strengthsynergy.co.za or reach out to him at [email protected] 

Dries Lombaard has always been a keen observer of trends and changes within a fast-pacing society. An entrepreneur by nature, he has ventured into numerous fields of interest, always keen to learn more about, and analyzing critically, what makes things tick underneath the surface. This kindled his interest in leadership development early in his life.

Dries was trained by the Gallup University (Faith Practice) in Omaha, Nebraska as a Strengths Performance Coach (SPC III) in 2006, and also studied at the Universities of Stellenbosch and Pretoria where he majored in psychology, theology, history and philosophy.
He holds Certifications from Strengths Strategy (USA), the International Coach Academy (ICA), and is also a certified coach (ACC) with the International Coach Federation (ICF).

He was invited to be part of the Gallup Strengths Advisory Forum (2013) – then being the only member outside of the USA on the forum. Dries is personally acknowledged for “taking StrengthsFinder into Southern Africa” and for establishing one of the strongest Strengths Coach networks globally.

With more than 7000 hours of active Strengths Coaching experience with individuals and teams under his belt Dries has coached individuals and teams in countries like Russia, United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, Turkey, Thailand, China, Australia, New Zealand, the USA, Libya, Dubai, Thailand, South America, Canada, Nigeria, Kenia, Botswana, Namibia, Morocco and South Africa.

Dries has done Coach Training, Team Facilitation or Executive Coaching for employees and leaders in corporate companies like Aurecon, BASF, First National Bank, Aveng, MTN, Alan Gray, AVBOB, Discovery, MMI, ABSA, Momentum, Old Mutual, VISA, and Volkswagen and Nissan. He has personally trained more than 1200 Strengths Coaches globally.

Dries about himself: "I am a committed husband, proud father of 4 lovely daughters, who loves my country, my city, my home and my private space…. I love to watch rugby and cricket and don’t understand football (soccer) at all. I only do real coffee from beans (the only thing God created to be in powder form is the Sahara desert), and I regard meat as being food, and the rest on my plate I eat only not to be rude to the cook. I am at my best when I train, coach or mentor people who reflect the need and willingness to become the best they can be".

Writer and entrepreneur, Petr Ludwig @petrludwig, discusses his path to beating procrastination and the story behind his #masks4all initiative. Petr breaks down the reasons behind procrastination and shares his favourite brain hacks.

Episode 8 show links:
Website: www.procrastination.com
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/petrludwig/
#masks4all: https://masks4all.co/
#masks4all video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhNo_IOPOtU

If you are an expert, coach or consultant who wants to expand their business into the online space, Brandon Hofer and his team can help you navigate the digital realm without stress to get your first ten online coaching clients.

Brandon is the Founder and Senior Coach at Online Coach Creator. They have helped general contractors, management consultants, psychologists, business coaches, health coaches and life coaches who wanted to add a new stream of revenue serving others using online channels to help them.

With more than 26 years of experience in facilitation, personal health & fitness coaching and entrepreneurship, Brandon has the physical & business muscles to pull you through.
 
He is joining us today from his online home office in Oregon, USA.

You can connect with Brandon on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/onlinecoachcreator/ or visit his website here: https://www.onlinecoachcreator.com/

Bartosz and Louis interview Yoke van Dam who is a professional speaker and an avid NLP practitioner. Yoke shares how to be aware of your own state an how to choose it! In our interview Yoke talks about techniques how to deal with feeling overwhelmed, how to centre yourself and understand your emotional status.

She unpacks what can a shift in physiology mean for a facilitator in the room and offers advice how to  relate to your audience to make them loosen up. Yoke describes the importance of storytelling and questioning your inner negative voice. In this take-away rich session she also hints how to make your clients use you more often. 

Yoke's Bio: 

Yoke van Dam is  a mindset disruptor of leaders and teams. At Y-Connect she specializes in NLP, Emotional Intelligence and in Presentation skills.

She has trained more than 1700 specialists, and provides thought leadership on Entrepreneur.com, Radio Today and MixFM,

If she’s not training, speaking or coaching you can find her having a glass of red wine with her husband Etienne, hiking up a mountain,

Or jumping into a waterfall.

• Yoke offer’s inhouse Emotional intelligence training and Presentation skills
• She also does executive coaching for leaders and presenters.
• Visit www.y-connect.biz to see her latest offerings for February.
• You can connect with her on linkedin at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yokevandam/