Danelle Esterhuizen

Danelle has recently returned to South Africa after living and working in the United Kingdom for 10 years. She is a highly motivated individual who has excelled in every personal and professional challenge presented to her.

Danelle believes that adapting to change and recognising the new possibilities that lies therein are the only options for success and contentment. She has a positive disposition and is an effective communicator in a one-on-one, small group or large group setting.

As a coach, she works with a broad range of clients, helping them identify needs, set targets and find resolution through a process that is both challenging and supportive. Her excellent inter-personal skills and advanced coaching and facilitation skills ensure that individuals and teams develop personally and professionally. Danelle is also involved in the training and development of coaches in London and Cape Town by acting as an internal verifier and mentor for coaching companies in London as well as a coach and supervisor for students at the South African College of Applied Psychology.

Coaching Qualifications
Qualification	Time Frame	Where Obtained
Institute for Leadership and Management, Life Coaching (Distinction)	6 months	London, UK

General Qualifications
Qualification	Time Frame	Where Obtained
Level 1 Facilitator for 9 Conversations in Leadership programme, Worldsview Consulting	5 days	London, UK
British Qualified Teacher Status (secondary)	9 months	Essex, UK
B.A Psychology (Hons)	4 years	Stellenbosch University, SA

Resourcefulness
Company	Time Frame	Duties
International Coaching Alliance (ICA), London, UK	April 2009 - present	Verifying and assessing the written component of ICA's coaching course in order to ensure that the trainees meet the standards for accreditation by the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM).
Catalyst Coaching, London, UK	Oct 2008 - present	Mentoring trainee coaches through the Catalyst Coaching Programme in order to ensure that they succeed in gaining an ILM Coaching Accreditation. Assessing the trainees’ final, and major, assignment for accreditation.
Black Box Coaching, London, UK	July 2008 – June 2009	Founder of “Black Box Coaching.” Coaching a diverse range of clients on personal and professional development.
Essex Advisory & Inspection Service, UK	Aug 2007 – May 2009	To ensure that students on the Graduate Training Programme, with Psychology as their main subject, progress successfully through the programme in order to meet all the criteria to obtain Qualified Teacher Status. Acting as a mentor, delivering subject specific training and compiling the subject audit for Psychology.
Middlesex University, London, UK	Sept 2008 – April 2009	Lecturer at Middlesex University, Trent Park Campus, for the Foundation Degree in Teaching Studies.
Davenant Foundation School, Loughton, UK	Feb 2001 – July 2009	Head of Psychology and Sociology. Middle-manager with a diverse range of responsibilities e.g. team management, staff development and training, budgeting, completing annual departmental plans, reviews and exams analyses. This was in addition to teaching a range of subjects, acting as a form tutor and dealing with parental and pastoral issues.

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