PAUL DE BEER
Managing Director
“The key driving goal which guides the work that I do, is to help people reach the potential that they dream about, and to assist organisations achieve sustainable growth. I help individuals, teams and organisations adopt different lenses, and then work with them to collectively lead towards and enable their sustainable high performance future.”
During Paul’s 30 year career he has occupied a range of positions leading up to executive and director roles in media and technology related companies spanning multiple continents. During his pre-consulting years he has gained invaluable firsthand experience related to many aspects of managing and leading within multi-cultural environments. These roles include Chief Operating Officer of an international online gaming organisation, Chief Technical Officer of MIH Asia based in Beijing, part of the founding team of 24.com and all related online sites. This included work in South Africa, Beijing, Gibraltar and the USA.
After completing an MBA at the University of Stellenbosch Business School and a Master’s thesis covering the areas of Leadership and Coaching, Paul changed his focus to consulting and assisting companies achieve higher levels of sustainable performance.
For the past 17 years, Paul has consulted to numerous clients in the areas of High Performance Leadership, Culture Change, Business Improvement, Leadership Development, Team Development, Strategy and Transformation. Paul coaches certain of his executive clients. His clients range from medium sized enterprises to parastatals across numerous sectors including Mining, Utilities, Financial, Automotive, Petrochemical, Health, Retail, Technology, Construction, Cellular and others.
Paul is passionate about health, sustainability and potential. He believes that many of the values that drive him were formed in his childhood years, when he managed to overcome a severe health issue. For this reason he is passionate about helping companies become long-term sustainable. He is dedicated to his wife and two children and always sets time aside for exercise in the form of road running and mountain biking. H e has completed The ABSA Cape Epic, various other mountain stage races and numerous road running marathons and ultra-marathon events over the years. Many of his personal values influence his work, leaving him with a passion for people, potential and sustainability.
OUR PHILOSOPHY
OUR VALUES AS EVOLVE
- Authentic
- Say what you mean.
- Say it as it is.
- Be transparent with such a level of consciousness that you understand yourself and
- Be accepting of each other’s differences and styles.
- Being faithful and confident with your own views and realities.
- Accept that none of us are perfect, continuously seeking the ultimate reality.
- Being accepting our own and each other’s shadow sides.
- Have a conscious intention to aid each other’s growth.
- Respectful
- Treat others are adults.
- Be accepting of each other’s differences and styles.
- Accept that none of us are perfect, continuously seeking the ultimate reality.
- Be appreciative of each other.
- Interact without selfishness.
- Integrity
- Treat others as you would like to be treated.
- Do what you say you will do.
- Be straight and honest in all you do.
- Innovation
- Be curious
- Be patient and impatient
- Be brave
Creating Hope for yourself and others
The Tyranny of Busyness
Creating and Enabling High Performance Teams
CLICK ON THE LINKS BELOW FOR MORE VIDEO TALKS
- A short talk on rank and power and it’s impact on our lives and organizations:
- Leadership assumptions and how these relate to the organizational culture and the performance of the organization
- A short talk titled, leadership and talent, reflections of the Cape Town water crisis.
- A short talk on the drivers of clientcentricity, engagement, respect, talent-management and leadership.
- Reflection is is key skill that does not come naturally to most of us. Exercise puts us in a calm place that is ideal for clear insights and decisions.
