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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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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...

EMPATHY

EMPATHY Empathy is the ability to be aware of, understand and to appreciate the feelings and thoughts of others. Empathy is the ability to be sensitive to what, how and why people feel and think the way they do. Being ‘empathic’ is the ability to ‘read’ other...

NEW LAW (EMPLOYMENT SERVICES AMENDMENT BILL, 2021) TO SEVERELY RESTRICT THE HIRING OF FOREIGN WORKERS IN SOUTH AFRICA

You will not be able to employ a foreign worker unless they have a work visa, a temporary asylum document or permanent asylum which can take many years to obtain. The Gauteng government is going to use employment quotas (limits) on businesses as to the number of...

HOW TO MANAGE UP

HOW TO MANAGE UP Do you know how to ‘manage’ your boss? It is so important to know how and when to discuss important issues that affect you, your career, your glide-path, or anything else that requires your manager’s input, consideration or permission. There...

FEEDBACK

FEEDBACK Feedback is reporting on the development or progress of work flow, decisions, requests, problems, deliveries, meetings, answers, queries, outstanding work, movements of people or products, and so on. There is, in general, a serious lack of...

UNEXPRESSED EXPECTATIONS

UNEXPRESSED EXPECTATIONS We often don’t express our expectations to others and yet we expect them to deliver on our unexpressed expectations. These unexpressed expectations cause unnecessary resentment, anger, outbursts and unhappiness – even job losses! Make a list...

JOB INTERVIEWS

Job interviews are nerve-racking, even for those who have chosen to find a new job. Applying for a position and going to job interviews are very stressful activities - especially if you have lost your previous job. Fear of rejection and financial worry can be...

CARING AND COMPASSION

CARING AND COMPASSION People who are placed in positions of authority—especially people in management positions in organisations—may sometimes show a lack of compassion toward other people, because they may be experiencing a subconscious feeling of superiority and...

ACTIVE LISTENING

ACTIVE LISTENING Before expressing your feelings or point of view, be willing to listen—actively—to what another person is saying. Active listening means focusing on what your conversation partner is saying before stating your own position, opinion or needs. It...

RETRENCHMENT

CORRECT PROCEDURE Consultation must take place as soon as the employer contemplates retrenchment: With a workplace forum. With a registered trade union whose members are likely to be affected or With the employee/s likely to be affected. An attempt must be made to...

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.