Johan J E Koornhof > Business and management consultant with his core focus being strategic relationships.

The future in your hands

"The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago.
The second best time to plant a tree is today!"
- Chinese Proverb

At the heart of success lies strong and healthy relationship. At the heart of failure lies hurt and broken relationships.

It is important to notice that strong and healthy relationships is not the result of success. Success is the result of strong and healthy relationships having been built and put in place. Just as failure is the result of poor relationships troubled with resentment, broken trust and disappointment.

Corporately the term 'failure' includes any issue or problem that is costing the company money, wasting time and ties up management.

Your whole company and any transformation that takes place within it are driven by individuals and relationships.

1) You get a competent employee who becomes a manager. How does he/she make this transformation?
2) You get a employee who was lead by others his entire career, who now needs to be a leader. How does he/she make this transformation?
3) You get a person from one department who now moves to another department. How does he/she make this transformation?

One individual's behavior and decisions now influences a whole team or department of people. The individual's competence have not changed, but depending on his/her successfull handling of the transformation, not only the individual but the entire department's performance will be affected.

Individuals (self)
Teams/Departments (relationship)
Managers (relationship & stewardship)

Is the individuals in your organisation healthy?
Do your teams function in harmony? Do your teams collaborate effectively?
Is your managers turning into leaders?

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About Us

JOHAN J E KOORNHOF

Johan Koornhof is the founder and MD of Grincourt Consulting. Johan is a business and management consultant with his core focus being performance & strategic relationships. Johan has extensive and varied business experience in many industries including medical, finance, government, construction, IT, retail and manufacturing. Johan has successfully worked with leading organisations in South Africa, UK and Europe. Johan has built relationships and empowered people at all levels to include CEO’s, government ministers, management and labourers.

Johan Koornhof holds a BA Psychology degree from the University of Stellenbosch, a post graduate diploma in Human Resource Management and numerous certified accreditations within Human Resources which he achieved in Europe. Johan studied Life Coaching through CCI after years of business experience. He also qualified himself and enrolled two companies in Great Britain within the Investors in People program, a recognized international accreditation.

Johan Koornhof is passionate about people's greatness and helping them to gain personal freedom and power. He says: "Each person is created with a greatness within them to achieve and fulfill their calling in life. This vision gets blurred and broken as we journey through life and we get discouraged, even lose a sense of who we are. We struggle to make decisions. However, the vision always remains, all we need is the courage to face our reality and take responsibility for re-connecting to our vision."

Life is about relationships, let's start building strong and healthy relationships in your life.........contact me now!

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JACQUI O'BREE

After completing a degree in Communications Science and Public Relations Management at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth, Jacqui O'Bree (Nee Gilchrist) started her career as a business journalist.
In 2003 she made the exciting move into the corporate world when she joined the Netcare Hospital Group in the Eastern Cape. Starting as the Client Relations Manager, she was promoted to the Marketing Manager and joined the executive committee.
In addition to her role as Marketing Manager, Jacqui was the official spokesperson for the hospital, where she gained extensive experience with the media. She worked closely with Human Resources to provide in house communications training, prioritizing customer service and communication.
During this time Jacqui embarked on a professional exchange with Rotary International. She traveled to the Netherlands with a group of select individuals, and delivered numerous presentations promoting South Africa.
In 2006 Jacqui moved to Cape Town, where she opened GO Communications, a marketing and training consultancy, which has transformed into FULLIFE Coaching & Training.
Jacqui has a passion for helping people realize their potential and lead a more fulfilling life. This inspired her to get involved in training and life coaching. Jacqui recently completed a professional coaching course at the UCT Graduate School of Business.
Her belief is that training should be personal, practical and motivating, and she offers a variety of courses for a diverse audience. Each module is uniquely designed and tailored for the company or individual, ensuring that the training is relevant, valuable and practical.
RELEVANT QUALIFICATIONS
• Certificate in Professional Coaching (Graduate School of Business, Cape Town)
• Associate Coaching Course (Graduate School of Business, Cape Town)
• B Tech Communications Science (Cum Laude)
• N Dip Communications Science & Public Relations Management (Cum Laude)

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DEON BASSON

Deon Basson is the founder and MD of 2Interact Communication. Deon Basson has been in the communication, negotiation and selling business for 19 years operating primarily in Europe and Africa. He currently operates in these two markets and has a great understanding of sales and negotiation in a cross cultural scenario. Deon has a B.Sc Hon (Information Technology) and an MBA specialising in Business and Technology alignment.

Deon is a major supporter of the importance of the Human Element in any communication. His focus is the understanding of the different role players (including personality profiles, cultures, etc) in the process and the use thereof to define strategies and tactics. His experience in strategic customer management and customer relationship management (CRM) are the major contributors to the focus on the Human Element.

Deon has proven instrumental in integrating an approach to sales, communication and negotiation that seeks to create a corporate negotiation capability within client organisations. After gaining a thorough understanding of the client organisations' organisational reality, Deon is able to bridge the gap between organisational imperatives and the status quo by designing or redesigning a strategy supported by processes that seamlessly integrate with the client company's existing infrastructure to unlock bottom line value.

He has a particular interest in complex, cross cultural information technology sales negotiations involving the deployment of teams for optimal value creation and effectiveness. Deon regularly consults to leading organisations locally and internationally. Deon frequently presents at seminars on negotiation and human interaction.

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BLOG

I will be posting a Blog daily with experiences that I face and insights that move me as a person.

Join me on this journey of awareness and growth as I will be in touch with people who partake on this journey and walk it with me.

To go to my Blog and follow me: Please click here to continue.

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FREE Communication Profile

This profile has been used very successfully in improving communication in many different areas. Some of the areas include management communication, team communication, team building, project team creation, sales, marketing and many other areas.

Used correctly you will improve your communication dramatically.

The profile questionnaire consists of some generic information about yourself as well as 12 questions to determine your preferred way of communication. There is no right or wrong as we all differ, so please enjoy it and utilize the results.

Once completed your results will be emailed to you.

Please click here to continue.

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Workplace Conflict Statistics

Here are some statistics that reflect the cost of conflict in organizations:

• 30-42% of managers' time is spent reaching agreement with others when conflicts occur (Watson, C. and Hoffman, R., "Managers as Negotiators," Leadership Quarterly 7.)

• It is estimated that more than 65% of performance problems result from strained relationships between employees -- not from deficits in individual employees' skill or motivation.

• It costs 1.5 times the position salary to replace the employee in it (Drake Beam Morin, 2000).

• It is estimated that sexual harassment claims alone are costing each Fortune 500 company $6.7 million per year, with costs for smaller companies being proportionately burdensome.

• Recent studies find that more than two-thirds of managers spend more than 10% of their time handling workplace conflict and 44% of managers spend more than 20% of their time in conflict-related issues.

• A number of surveys indicate that people in all occupations report the most uncomfortable, stress-producing parts of their jobs are the interpersonal conflicts that they experience on a daily basis between themselves and co-workers or supervisors.

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