Leadership Growth Change
Something in you is ready to BE different.
Ready to be More. The world needs you to be more you; it's time.
Maybe you're exhausted; maybe scared; maybe just tired of performance. You are ready to get real and be more. More present. More discerning. More real. More free. More connected to what actually matters. The world needs you; the world needs you to be more you.
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The leadwood grows slowly in the African bush. Year by year, ring by ring, it builds a core so dense it sinks in water, and it stands for centuries through drought, fire and storm. Leadwood is a year-long journey for senior leaders ready to grow that kind of strength. Over three six-day residential weeks, with time to live the change in between, a small cohort moves from Self, to Other, to Context, ending in the bush itself. Drawing on Virginia Satir’s work on human growth, this is not another set of tools. It is a return to who you are and a step into a version of you strong enough to carry whatever comes next.
What we do
Being different, not just doing different
The world needs more of you. A you that is whole and free and grounded. Our programmes are about growth and transformation, human-to-human.
Leadership Programmes
Being different takes time, practice and integration, which is why our leadership programmes run over months, not days. This isn't about new skills; it's about new being. Everything else is easier after that.
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Facilitation
Most groups can have a good conversation on their own. The right facilitator changes how deep and how honest a conversation can be
Let's Talk
Retreats
Some seasons ask you to stop for a while Our retreats are small, unhurried and held with care. Time to rest, to listen, and deepen your connection with yourself. Next: Peace Within, six days in Kruger with Jo and Amanda May
Retreats
Coaching and Thinking Partner
Sometimes you need a coach. Someone who asks the hard questions and reflects back what you can't see from where you're standing. And sometimes you need a thinking partner, someone who either just listens or listens and shares what they think.
Let's Talk
Jo Perold
I make it ok to be you.
I create spaces where people can show up as they are: uncertain, tired, ready to go deeper, or not sure yet. Twenty years alongside teams and organisations, a decade with the Satir model, and a conviction that real change starts with people being different, not processes.
Events
Upcoming dates
Workshops, tasters and online sessions. All the exciting things we are up to.
EXHALE
A breath in the speed of life. A free, 30-minute guided stillness session on Zoom for anyone who wants to slow down. No talking required.
Zoom
Free
Beneath the surface - Communication Masterclass
Explore the unseen layers of communication to build authentic connections and improve how you communicate.
Cape Town
R,12,000
Peace Within
Six days in the wild. This is your invitation to pause. To listen. To remember yourself.
Kruger Untamed, Satara plains camp
From R,55,000
In their words
Start with a conversation.
Whether you know exactly what you are looking for or you are still finding your way in, the first step is the same.
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Community
The Spider Network
A spider doesn’t start from nothing. She anchors her first thread to what’s already there, a branch, a wall, a blade of grass, and builds from it.
Women have always done this. Taken the threads of what’s at hand, the scraps, the leftovers, the hand-me-downs, and woven something that holds a family, a community, a future.
Touch one strand of a web and the whole web knows. That’s how support should work.
And on this continent, Anansi the spider is the keeper of stories. The clever one. The one who helps the small outwit the powerful.
The Spider Network is a community that gives South African Entrepreneurs and small business owners support, and community.