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Elsabe Manning’s training courses are designed to improve your team’s communication, collaboration, productivity and customer service.

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Hearings

We chair hearings at very reasonable rates, and we provide our findings, in writing, within 24 hours.

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Labour Consulting

We consult for companies and domestic employers alike. The Basic Conditions Of Employment Act and Labour Relations Act is applicable to all employers and employees in South Africa.

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BUILDING LASTING RELATIONSHIPS

BUILDING LASTING RELATIONSHIPS Building lasting, successful relationships is one of the most important roles of anyone’s life. Every organisation and all business depends on relationships—internal (with the people you work with) and external (with customers, service...

HOW TO BUILD YOUR CHILDREN’S SELF-ESTEEM

“No-one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” (Eleanor Roosevelt, This is my Story, 1937) What is self-esteem? Self-esteem refers to the beliefs you hold about yourself and whether you like who you are. If you suffer from low self-esteem you probably hold...

JOB SEEKERS

I would like to give some pointers on how to approach job applications, your CV and the interview(s) because candidates don’t always behave professionally. Your CV should be very professional. No spelling mistakes. No grammar mistakes. South African spelling. Good...

SEVEN HABITS OF BORN ENTREPRENEURS

SEVEN HABITS OF BORN ENTREPRENEURS Some people are natural-born entrepreneurs. Find out if you are one of them. Some people are born to be entrepreneurs. There are many people who start their own businesses young and become successful early in life. Such people...

TRIGGERS EXPLAINED

Being triggered means that an event or conversation triggered an old painful memory of a traumatic experience from the past. It can be someone shouting at you, lying to you, being mean, disrespectful, or perhaps rejecting or abandoning you. You may experience the same...

YOUR IMAGE

YOUR IMAGE When we first meet people we judge them within seconds of meeting them - from how successful, capable, creative and intelligent they are to how much money they earn and what car they must be driving. Your mind is practically made up - and those favourable...

Personal Boundaries

Personal boundaries are the guidelines you put in place regarding how you want to be treated by others and your expectations regarding their behaviour in your presence. Healthy reasonable boundaries can create mutually respectful relationships. Your response to...

SELF-SABOTAGE

SELF-SABOTAGE ‘Before you can empower the reality of being fulfilled and complete, you have to stop empowering the reality that you are not …’ (Anonymous) If you have the desire, skill and knowledge to achieve something but you are not achieving it, you are probably...

BODY LANGUAGE

BODY LANGUAGE We constantly communicate with each other—even non-verbally (without talking). In fact 60 to 80 per cent of our communication is non-verbal; only seven to ten per cent is attributable to the actual words of a conversation. Your mood, emotion, energy...

Counselling And Coaching

Are you struggling with your current circumstances? When we're in emotional, physical or financial trouble we can't see the wood for the trees and we may fall apart. It's at this point that you need to turn to someone for counselling or life coaching. If you need...

AWARDS

The Coach Foundation has identified Elsabe as one of the premier executive coaches in the industry.

Elsabe Manning was selected as Best HR & Training Consultancy 2026 South Africa by African Excellence Awards.
Elsabé Manning won the Business Acquisition’s Business Excellence Award 2020 as the ‘Best Business Coaching Consultancy in South Africa.’
Elsabé Manning won the Excellence Business Acquisition’s Business Award 2019 as the ‘Best Business Coaching Consultancy – Gauteng’
Elsabé was selected as one of The Most Inspirational Women of South Africa of 2012 as featured in Volume 2.
Elsabé won The 2006 Mijima Award!
Winner of the 2004 GreenPepper Enterprise Award which is awarded to South African companies that excelled in their industries, created economic growth or new job opportunities for the people of South Africa

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Professionalism In The Workplace

by Elsabe Manning

A practical guide to what true professionalism and competence entails, this book guides one through all manner of business interactions, from how to conduct oneself professionally while meeting with people from other cultures to the often overlooked rules of e-etiquette. Topics include: time management, networking, self-sabotage, travel etiquette and dressing for success.