LADIES NETWORKING MORNING WITH ANNIE COETZEE

The monthly Ladies Networking Event held in Centurion is a highlight on our calendar, as this is when the finalist for the prestigious Margaret Hirsch Woman in Business Achiever Award is announced.

 

The winner for September is Karen de Villiers.  Karen is a CA and owner of Bizzacc, as well as President of BNI Fusion Chapter in Pretoria.  Her business offers Outsourced Financial Management, Financial Management Workshops, Accounting, Taxation Services, Financial Statements and Statutory Audits.  Unfortunately Karen had a last- minute business emergency in Bloemfontein, and was not able to take acceptance of her Award – which will be handed to her at the next Ladies Networking Event.

 

The Guest Speaker for today was Annie Coetzee.  Annie is an International Speaker, Human Intelligence Specialist and Self-Empowerment Author. She has 16 years’ experience in the Public and Corporate arena in the field of Human Development, which included high level Motivational ‘Power Hours’ and Inspirational In-House Workshops. 

 

The Topic of Annie’s talk was titled ‘Transformation from the Inside out’ where she emphasised the fact that to change our circumstances, we firstly need to change our thinking.  She spoke about the Truth about our belief systems – and how positive self-talk and affirmations are extremely important, and should be done on a daily basis.  Annie is working with some older people, and stressed that if they could change – anybody could change.  Between our current reality and our vision, there is a journey – and we are being drawn to what we ‘activate’ in our subconscious mind through visualising and constant affirmation.  We need to realise that we are constantly being influenced by the media and even our culture, family and friends influence our belief systems.  To overcome negative influences we need to set goals, have a vision (vision boarding is excellent), and read books that can positively influence us.  Imagine what is possible, and then act in excellence.   Annie interspersed the talk with some fun songs – getting everybody to sing and dance together – adding that it is important to add emotion to our beliefs.

 

We had some lovely compliments from the ladies attending the event, and everybody had a great time.

 

Miele was kind enough to partner with us, and supply all the eats for the morning.  A big thank you goes  to the Miele team - and especially to Liezil van Wyk.

 

As always we had some lovely lucky draws, with extra gifts sponsored by Annique, Miglio and The Print Factory.

 

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MARTIE KRUGER – JULY FINALIST IN BUSINESS WOMAN’S COMPETITION.

At a recently held business women’s networking event that was held at Hirsch’s Centurion branch, The ‘Margaret Hirsch Women in Business Achiever Award’ finalist  was announced as Martie Kruger the owner of Martie’s Salon. Martie is also an Annique Distributor, and has won four overseas trips as a result of her successful selling. She received a certificate and a R500,00 Hirsch’s voucher and is goes forward to the finals of the competition – the winner will be announced in February 2016.

 

The Guest Speaker at the event was Sarah Bauling, professional speaker, MC and author of the newly released book “Loyal Raving Fans”.

With 19 years of experience in sales and customer care she has ‘walked the talk’ in terms of understanding what makes customers tick.  Her message was titled ‘The Magic of Customer Service’ and she explained how applying the basics in your business can turn potential customers into ‘loyal, raving fans’ who ultimately make you and your business more profitable. 

 

Sarah shared the 3 ‘M’s’ in business:

Mindful – being aware of why a customer would do business with you; what their expectations are as well as what their fear might be in dealing with you.

Manners – the importance of Thank You and Please – making your customers feel valuable.

Maximise – ensure that your customers know why they should be dealing with you and that they understand all the benefits you can offer.  This in turn will result in referrals.

 

 

Afterwards there was ample time to network with likeminded business women and make new connections.

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The Myth of work/life Balance

 

At the Monthly Ladies Networking Event held at Centurion recently, Louise Huyser was announced the June finalist of the Margaret Hirsch Woman in Business Achiever Award.  Louise is the owner of the Profession Hub – a Recruitment and HR Services Provider.  She started the business in 2009 and dealing with various industries and cultures provides overall leadership and guidance for both Employers and Employees.

 

The Guest Speaker for the event was Lori Milner from Beyond the Dress.  Lori facilitates and connects Business Women through tailored programs that address the unique challenges and needs facing the modern corporate woman, helping them retain their passion for life, and she spoke on ‘The Myth of work/life balance’ touching on the need for many woman to stay in control of every aspect of their lives, encouraging them to:

·         Say No – as women we often feel that ‘we must’ be everything to everybody, and we need to learn to say no graciously.

·         Delegate – we need to realise that although others might do things differently, our way is not the ‘only’ way.

·         Be Present – be mindful and live our lives in the present, to focus on the here and now and enjoy every moment,  focussing on doing one thing at a time.

·         Stop trying to be perfect – remember that despite our imperfections ‘we are enough’;  to be kind to ourselves and prepared to own our ‘stories’ even if they are messy;  to be authentic - without pretence.

·         Start with gratitude – not focus on what we aren’t or don’t have, but on those things that we are, and do have.

 

An opportunity was given afterwards to Sonja from the Clothes2Good Initiative to speak regarding the project, which is currently running in conjunction with Hirsch’s stores.  A request went out to those in attendance to show their support by donating their unwanted clothes.

 

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Margaret Hirsch Women in Business Achiever Award finalist for February 2015 goes to Celeste du Toit

The Margaret Hirsch Women in Business Achiever Award finalist for February has been announced at Hirsch’s Centurion -  Celeste du Toit from Yes Paradigm was over the moon to be presented with this prestigious award by Margaret Hirsch in person. 

 

We were honoured to have Margaret Hirsch as our Guest Speaker, and her passion and enthusiasm was infectious. 

The title of her message was “Unleash your Greatness”  and she encouraged all the women to be kind to themselves, ensuring that their “self-talk” was positive - practically demonstrating this by having everybody repeat positive affirmations.  

She shared on the principle of gratitude and how in practising being grateful, we attract good things to ourselves.

 

After the inspiring message, Margaret shared some real-life-stories of people whom she has mentored, that have risen above their circumstances to become successful business women in their own right.

 

One of the ladies attending the event, Tumisa Maja, stated “I was awestruck, this is just what I needed to hear today”.

 

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