World-Class Trainer
Dr. Charles is an independent Learning and Development strategist, specializing in management training, with over 30 years' industry experience in HR and Leadership Development.
My Story
My radical 20’ s left me with an Honours degree at UPE, some heady experiences in transformation, and a passion for people and South Africa. I was privileged to learn IR and HR best practice at the auto giant VWSA. During 14 years, I experienced the rolling mass action first hand, spent the 4 CODESA years in community conflict management, negotiated at industry level and learnt the importance of learner based training while leading a training department.
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14 Years as the HR Director at Eveready South Africa, taught me about the broader business and strategy. The importance of a leadership brand and HR’s special ability to transform and connect. A PHD from UJ awoke in me a passion to assist organisations to build leadership and HR capacity. This passion led me to private practice where I now coach, teach and consult with both Academic and Corporate clients.
Discover Personal Leadership Brand
Background:
After years of research and intense study of Leadership and what makes a successful Leader, I have come to believe that the secret to effective Leadership does not lie in a single theory or philosophy. Leadership is developed through a journey of reflection and application, which culminates in your own Leadership Brand.
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Methodology:
Dr. Charles Du Toit takes you on a 2-day journey of discovery, which he likes to call “panning for gold”. During this time, you will explore various new concepts and past learnings to sift for nuggets of gold, which will form the foundation of your personal leadership brand.
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Who Should Attend:
This training course is suitable for a range of professionals but will greatly benefit new and earmarked leaders who are transitioning from leading self to leading others.
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What I Walk Away With:
A personal leadership brand statement which will inspire and guide future as a leader. Specific action steps to ensure
traction, and useful knowledge:
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- Leadership values
- Leadership moments / connections
- Leadership influence & culture
- What I’ve learned from past leaders
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Finally: An honest understanding of your personal leadership strengths and blind spots.
Leading With Superpowers
Background:
Leadership post Covid and the great default is resetting the way we do things. In a world which has been significantly shaken by the pandemic as well as economic events – the way we lead people is increasingly under spotlight. In this workshop, delegates are given Reflexive Tools, which are designed to measure and improve the way they lead their
teams and help them develop teams with Superpowers (high performing teams).
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Methodology:
Dr. Charles Du Toit takes you on a 2-day journey, during which you will focus on building a high-performance work team, using the key principles taught.
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Who Should Attend:
This two-day training course will greatly benefit current key management, as well as newly appointed leaders who are
transitioning from 1 level of the leadership pipeline to the next.
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What I Walk Away With:
- Leading with Superpowers.
- Intrinsic & Extrinsic Motivation
- Performance Management
- The Life Cycle of a Team and its
- Specific Actions
- Leadership Moments​
Leading 360
Background:
Leadership is about more than just the relationship you have with your subordinates. In this module we explore the role of the leader in the middle and the responsibility of this leader to build trust-based relationships with the entire organisation.
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Methodology:
Dr Charles Du Toit takes you on a 2-day journey during which you will focus on building relationships with peers,
subordinates, superiors, and customers. We make use of a unique and dynamic business game, “The Volo Shipwreck Challenge,” to create dynamic and profound learning experiences.
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Who Should Attend:
This two-day training course will greatly benefit current key management, as well as newly appointed leaders who are
transitioning from 1 level of the leadership pipeline to the next.
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What I Walk Away With:
Focus on the leader’s role to connect the team to the wider organisation:
- Organisational alignment.
- Alignment of team with organisational values, job roles and measurements.
- Customer focus - internal and external.
