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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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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...

PARENTING: BE CONSISTENT

How would you feel if your boss consistently came down hard on you on a daily basis and never allowed you to make even small mistakes? What would it do to your emotional state and self-esteem? Be kind when things go wrong or when your child does something you don’t...

FORGIVENESS

FORGIVENESS Take your power back from those who have hurt you. It is your birthright to be happy and to have inner peace. You may think that you want and are justified to hate or feel intense anger toward someone who has hurt you deeply enough to create these...

GOOD NEWS FOR EMPLOYEES WHO EARN LESS THAN R18 673 PM!

The new annual earnings threshold under the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA), and the Employment Equity ACT (EEA) will be R224,080.48 per year (R18,673 per month) from 1 March 2022. It was R211,596.30 per year (approximately R17,633 per month). The BCEA and...

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...

SPEND TIME WITH YOUR CHILDREN

Make time for your children. Have meals with them. Talk to them. Listen to them. Converse. Don’t watch TV during this time, and ban cell phones at meal times – for good. Have you noticed how much more you converse with your family during load-shedding? Mealtime should...

DEVELOP YOUR CHILD’S SELF-ESTEEM

Small babies can read body language and they respond to tone of voice, so if you get angry because they’re crying, they will be negatively affected. Remain calm and speak in a kind, soothing voice. Even tiny babies read your facial expressions and tone of voice. Your...

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...

GOOD MANNERS

GOOD MANNERS Having good manners is a prerequisite of professionalism. Your conduct is a reflection of your upbringing, education, values and principles, the organisation you work for and the company you keep. Always be true to yourself—if you can’t be true to...

ASKING FOR WHAT YOU WANT

ASKING FOR WHAT YOU WANT People frequently don’t ask for what they want. Fear of rejection is often the reason for this. Believing that it is wrong to ask for anything or that we’re asking for too much can also prevent us from obtaining what we really need or want. A...

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.