Career and Personal Development
LIEZEL PHEIFFER BLIGNAUT
Experience shifts, improvement and growth
Every coaching engagement is aligned with my clients’ long-term development objectives as well as emerging short-term needs.
I follow the Thrivin People Acuity impactful approach of coaching from interdependence, and integrate their strengths alignment and strengths strategies methodologies to facilitate self-discovery and self-leadership for improved energy (well-being) & performance, decisions, results and relationships.
I successfully support my coaching clients on their unique journeys towards e.g.:
Personal Development
Career Development
Leadership Development
I started coaching corporate clients in 2006 and started to include private individuals and university students in 2020.
My Career Overview
From “career guidance” I received in high school, I initially enrolled for a degree that I would have regretted. To this day I am thankful for the coaching conversation I had with someone (with exposure across industries and professions) only 2 weeks before starting my first year at university, that lead to me completely changing my career direction and, as a result, my life journey.
The first 10 years of my career was in corporate human resources and organisational development roles at listed companies, followed by 23 years as a business owner and consultant, facilitator and coach.
I had a signature ‘fluid career’ where I contributed across various roles, business functions, industries, and initiatives.
My experience includes career management, change management and human resource management. I worked in and for numerous clients across 15 industries, located in 22 countries across five continents.
In addition to part-time lecturing at two universities, I have served in leadership roles on Boards (for a non-profit youth empowerment organisation and a university, and as a Chairman of a Board of Directors), three professional committees, and three school advisory committees.
After living as a family in Qatar for seven years and travelling to more than 44 countries, I actively maintain a worldwide professional network and stay in touch with global & domestic trends and the new world of work. I have been interviewed on radio on ‘quiet quitting’ and ‘career pivoting’ and presented at public conferences.
I am also a wife and mother. I am thankful that I could use my experience and skills to coach my twin boys (now university students) during their life journeys and with their school subject, career and other decisions.
Qualifications, Professional Registrations and Membership
- B Comm, B Comm (Hons) and M Comm degrees (Personnel Management) – University of Pretoria
- Master HR Professional and invited Mentor – SA Board of People Practices (SABPP)
- Member of the Institute of Directors South Africa (IoDSA)
- Previously registered Psychometrist and Industrial Organisational Psychologist – SA Health Professions Council (HPCSA)
Certifications
- Certified People Acuity Guide (CPAG) & Certified People Acuity Specialist (CPAS)
- Facilitator-Coach of People Acuity programs (Strengths Strategies for Optimal Performance, Unlock the Power of Strengths, Self-Leadership, Strengths at Work, Coach-Like Leadership)
- Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) Practitioner
“Always up for adventure, like a road trip off the beaten track, I will enjoy exploring and discovering your unique journey with you just as much”.
Liezel
