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As
a young boy Gary Kirsten had one of the best houses for a cricket
lover. His father Noel was the ground superintendent at Newlands, one
of the most beautiful cricket grounds in the world. The
Kirsten house bordered the ground making studying for exams
difficult.
As a young man and playing for the
University of
Cape Town Gary had the good fortune of being coached by Duncan Fletcher
who did what every coach should do - believed in him.
Remembering
the effect that Fletcher had on him, Kirsten says "He made me believe I
was good enough to play for Western Province. Until then I'd never
thought about it seriously. I played cricket hard but basically for fun
and the after-match parties. Duncan encouraged me to take my batting
more seriously and give up the offbreaks, which were hopeless anyway."
It
wasn't long before he was called to Melbourne in 1993 to play his
international debut against Australia. Thus started a remarkable career
where Gary picked up a number of records along the way.
The
first South African to reach 100 tests and 20 centuries, at the time of
his retirement he had 21 centuries and 34 fifties in Test cricket and
13 centuries and 45 fifties in limited-overs internationals to his
name. Those figures were, at the time, all South African records.
As
of writing he holds the record for highest innings by a South
African in a one-day international; 188 not-out made against the United
Arab Emirates in 1996, which is the fourth highest innings of all time
in One Day International cricket.
Gary now wants
to
share what he has learned from more than 10 years of international
cricket as a coach and mentor to younger players.
Living
in Cape Town, he is married to Deborah and has one son Joshua.
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Paddy has an Honours degree in
Biokinetics
(UPE), a Masters degree in Sport Science (UCT), and a second Masters in
Executive Coaching, with distinction (Middlesex, UK).
He spent 4 years traveling as the full-time fitness trainer
of the SA
Cricket team from 1994-1998, during which time they were regarded as
the fittest team in world cricket. He then did the physical
conditioning of the WP Rugby team, before spending the next 2 years
working with hardened street children in the Cape Town city centre, as
co-founder and director of a section 21 company.
Since
2001 he has built his own Executive Coach practice, working with both
individuals and teams in high performance business and sport
environments. He shares "Having spent 6 yeas building a successful
coaching practice has been great, but it had started getting lonely.
I'm really chuffed to be taking my work to the next level by joining my
long-time and deeply-trusted friends Dale and Gary in Performance Zone."
- Jacques
Kallis,
Gary Kirsten and Ashwell Prince acknowledged Paddy’s coaching
as
a key ingredient to their most successful international season to date.
- He worked with Natalie du
Toit in winning 5 gold medals and setting 4 world records at the recent
para-olymic games.
- Professor Tim
Noakes endorses.. “Paddy’s work is ground breaking
in South
Africa and desperately needs to be developed and advanced further in
this country…it represents one of the leading edges of
thinking
in the field of coaching”.
Paddy is married to Nicki and lives in Cape
Town, together with their children Janoah, Ben and Lila
“Working with Paddy I learnt
more about myself and I have been able to make better choices as a
result.”
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Jacques Kallis
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Dale has wide experience ranging from an executive
level at Standard Chartered Bank to starting a business with two
phone books, a computer and an empty office which, with his
partners, he later sold to a JSE listed company. Most recently he
headed up the Retail Bank for Standard Chartered in South Africa.
He brings an inherent understanding of people and cultures which was
informed from his work in AIESEC* where at a young age he was selected
to work on the International Secretariat based in Brussels Belgium and
travelled widely around the world. At the time AIESEC members
spanned 800 universities in 80 countries.
In 2002 he was fortunate to be afforded the opportunity to be in the
pioneer group of a Masters Degree (MA) in Executive Coaching which was
accredited
through Middlesex University. This afforded Dale the opportunity to
bring together his life experience and to build a model for Executive
Coaching.
During this time he created a methodology for using Scenario Planning
in coaching which he still uses as part of his coaching model.
Commenting on this, Clem Sunter said, "This is a unique application of
the methodology of Scenario Planning; but the idea of looking at the
future through a prism of possibilities is as relevant to an individual
as to a business."
Dale's primary belief is that Executive Coaching happens at the
intersection between private and business life and that
awareness
is paramount for coaching to be effective.
He is retired from corporate life and has business interests which
compliment his coaching practice. He is married to Dee who is an
attorney and together they live in Cape Town with their beautiful
daughters Amy and Nina.
Updated information on Dale is available at his personal web site: http://www.connecteddale.com
"I
would like to thank you for your hard work and commitment in leading
the Consumer Bank team through a very difficult period in South
Africa. Your management skills were severely tested and I
believe
you came through the experience with flying colours. Good luck in the
future."
Mervyn Davies
CEO Standard
Chartered Bank, UK
*AIESEC
is a global, non-political, independent, not-for-profit organisation
run by students and recent graduates of institutions of higher
education. Its members are interested in world issues, leadership and
management. AIESEC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color,
gender, sexual orientation, creed, religion, national, ethnic or social
origin.
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