You and your career: Part 1b – Are career plans featuring high on your New Year resolution list?

Good workshop with very realistic cases. This course was well organised and Heidi was excellent in giving knowledge compare to other training in management sessions. It was informative, she was very involving and good at explaining the content and I have learnt so much and wouldn’t mind attending more of MPC’s workshops."

This workshop was structured, yet flexible. Well done! We gained deeper understanding of our team through the individual and team profiling. There is better collaboration now and an understanding of people’s intentions and feelings."

The workshop provided me with skills to address the challenges in the organisation and also to determine the problems within my team."

This workshop was very rich, full of experience and we learned a lot."

This workshop met my expectations and gave a push to improve leadership in our organisation. Very relevant to all teams and working environments."

Good atmosphere, good explanation, good presentation!"

Excellent! Now I know the advantage and disadvantage of leadership and how to manage the team. Heidi was very good and professional. This workshop can help me in my domain professionally."

Heidi allowed me to take an honest non-defensive view of myself through the eyes and perceptions of others within the organisation. She was compassionate in her approach to help me focus on change and self-improvement. This allowed me to take an honest assessment of myself and put my goals and aspirations into context for the future; to manage my time better and to prioritise. My self-awareness and self-confidence has grown and allowed me to become a much more effective leader and mentor. Her work ethic, attention and memory to small detail, surprised me. She has the ability to listen and to hear unsaid words and then put it into perspective. Thank you for valuable input into my life!

Though initially sceptical of the process and its reach into my life, I was very pleasantly surprised. Heidi had the ability to immediately put me at ease and make me feel comfortable to share, even that which I didn’t expect to reveal. The process of coaching requires good direction, trust and a clear course of action, a job she has executed extremely well. This process has worked very well for me, both personally and professionally, making me more confident in my dealings and more sure of my plans. The improvements and change I can see in my team also speaks volumes. Heidi, thank you for your patience with us.

The most helpful advice received was “you just have to be yourself and voice your opinion”. Mind Practice Consult has helped me to grow, not just in confidence when it comes to work but also with my self-perception. I feel more at ease with taking on tasks and challenges and my self-doubt has decreased. I am much more positive in my work and personal life. Heidi has been an awesome coach for opening my eyes to so much more.

The public speaking presentation by Heidi was a check list session for me to help me become an effective speaker. The tips will come in handy in helping to improve my public speaking skills and becoming a well prepared speaker. It has made me understand that the amount of preparation taken for speeches will only be worth it if my execution is correct. This will be possible by using my voice correctly, through breathing correctly."

I think that voice projection skills will be a factor that will form an integral part of my career. I will need to inform my colleagues daily about work in the form of presentations and speeches. Therefore voice projection is an essential tool in getting the message across."

As a medical student, what stood out for me was understanding that one’s thought patterns play an important part in causing anxiety, especially when they go around in a vicious circle. I will now focus on what happens in my mind and body in order to become calm, so that I can think clearly and on my feet when I am speaking and when I engage with my audience. I also think that the voice exercises were good to help with confidence and preparation."

I’ve done a lot of assessments already, but what stood out about Persolog is that I couldn’t manipulate the answers. This workshop was FUN. It was understandable, and a lot of the examples that were used I could relate to. Heidi was very approachable, so I could easily ask questions if I didn’t understand. This made me more comfortable in the workshop."

Thank you Heidi for the great effort you made to make this workshop a huge success. I gained immensely from viewing my life as a timeline and acknowledging and appreciating my growth as well as areas to improve."

I find MPC’s workshops insightful and empowering. This workshop will allow me to be more efficient in terms of my career and personal relationships. I will apply this by first reflecting and then planning from there as to how to implement it all. Mind Practice Consult, continue to do great work!"

Today I will go home with a much better understanding about myself and my behaviour and ways of improving myself. I have learnt a better way to manage conflict in a team. I also learnt a lot about resilience and being aware that asking for help is okay!

The road to self-discovery is a non-ending one which was clearly highlighted by Heidi’s exercises. This workshop made me realise how much of an impact people around us have on our actions and thoughts. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!"

This workshop has given me an in-depth view of myself and how I currently handle certain situations. I received a lot of tools to deal with any situation in future."

It’s amazing how well we work together and trust and share with one another. The training helped us as a group to recognise our strengths and weaknesses. What stood out was the timeline and how our past impacts our future."

The session assisted in providing closures and understanding while giving guidance to next year’s cohort. Meaningful engagement and an opportunity for all members to air their grievances. The session was ambitious, facilitation was skilful and warm and we have all learnt from the process. One of the best “take aways” of this mediation session was how we construct our judgement based on our thought processes."

We were open for the first time how we felt about one another. I believe this workshop should take place before the student leaders come into office or assumes duties. It taught us that open communication is the best weapon to leadership and it stimulated our critical thinking. This workshop was very appealing, stimulating and also helped us to take new ideas/perspectives into consideration. It was well presented. Heidi is an energetic facilitator and knew exactly how to facilitate each person’s expectations."

Once again, thank you for the role you've played in trying to get us to work together. We can definitely see some differences already. Thank you for the stance you took as part of your efforts to get us to see the other's points of view and to understand one another. You have definitely made a positive contribution to the way we perceive things and, more importantly, how we choose to react. Thank you for coming into our lives and for imparting your knowledge on us. It has been a great journey of self-introspection and learning!"