Testimonials

Many thanks again for the wonderful team building sessions we did with you, your beautiful wife (in all senses of the word) and your splendid team.

All the staff here are still on a positive high and it’s been so nice to bump into them and see them smile from ear to ear. They had such fun and learnt so much.

May the ancestors bless you all.

Ambassador Nozipho January-Bardill. - Head of Human Capital Management
Department of Foreign Affairs
Pretoria - South Africa.

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I felt loved and supported by my colleagues and I felt love and pride towards my colleagues.

Sibusisiwe Mangoegape
Department of Foreign Affairs
Pretoria - South Africa.

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It brought about a sense of completion, a sense of belongingness and togetherness, the spirit of humanity. It also shows us that people do take notice of our differences and are willing to go the extra mile to get to know each other and develop life-time friendship.

Vishal
Department of Foreign Affairs
Pretoria - South Africa.

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It was a great privilege to have been included in your training day today. I thoroughly enjoyed the workshop and learnt a great deal from you and from the other participants.

Top marks for an outstanding session today.

Brenda Eckstein - MD
Brenda Eckstein International

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Well done on a great, unique approach which will add to our cultural heritage.

George Muchna - MD
Acorn Express

I recommend this program because there are many people in our country who need a shift in paradigm/ thinking, regarding diversity and accepting people.

Anil Salick - MD
Synergistic Outcomes

I recommend the program because it can play a huge role in breaking down prejudices, enhancing understanding and communication in the workplace.

Brian Findlay - MD, Innoveight

Comments from our Namibian delegates

What I learned best was the communication between the teams.

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I went home yesterday and taught my kid the exercises and she enjoyed it.

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Communication is the problem and we are used to talking in the language we understand. We don’t listen when people speak and the message will not get through.

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Also the Visual, audio and kinesthetic. It is important to know the level of the other persons understanding.

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Coming to this course, I know everybody’s name on the computer, but now I know their face.

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When I came, I came here as a supervisor, I was supposed to know how to give orders, communicate, but I came here and I learned a lot like VAK. To see how people act, behavior, after I enjoyed the course, it was beautiful.

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t I have leaned to communicate better, even with my juniors, seniors and the rest of the world. The whole of the course was better for me. Maybe after 2 or 3 years you guys can come and teach us again. I know these things are expensive, but if we deliver production, they will find the money.

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Thank you guys, you are doing an excellent job. I learned a lot. I haven’t been here long, but for us being able to open up in 2 days was a privilege in such a unique environment.

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First of all, you to guys for coming here. I enjoyed it. I didn’t know these gentlemen, now I know them. I learned that we never tell our problems but I leaned about problem solving. That we can get solutions.

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First of all I want to thank you for our team building.
I have learned about communication, now I know how to communicate with a person at work or general in a good manner or a different language.

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I learned about problem solving, finding someone with a problem and solve it. I can tell my friend my problem and he can help me solving it.
The three groups of VAK, I did not know, but because of team building I now know.

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I learned also to talk to the person face to face. Maybe I was afraid to talk to you, we have practiced talking face to face and to each and not be afraid. I think, it’s not me alone, but both of us have enjoyed a lot, most of the different things.

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I now know my colleague and I can say their names.

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Thank you for the chance to say. I want to thank the almighty God for bringing us all together, for the ideas, solving our problems and sharing ideas. We learned never remain silent, because sometimes the quiet ones who know how to solve problems but you are quiet.

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The VAK is like a pot, when you want to cook in the pot, you need the pot, water, fire, matches, if you are missing something, you cannot cook. If the one leg is broken the pot will fall. If the AGM is weak or there is something wrong we need advices and solve the problem.

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Try to make friendship and come close to those people, some people are having problems at work, we must have love for them and love our work to do things the way its supposed to be done.

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For those who are drinking must remember that there is a time for enjoyment and they must think of others at work. I pray for God to bless you people.

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You guys must come time and time again.

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Thank you very much for the team building and I learned a lot about going to work as a team. We were not really as a team at work.

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Thank you; because we learned to be one team and we go back to work we will understand each other. From here onwards we will be able to communicate nicely and understand each other.

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Thank you guys, Now we can stand together and solve the problem together and feel free, like we learned this morning and respect each others problems.

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Firstly I would like to start of by thanking God and to you for spending time here in Namibia, because everyone is here learning this valuable information.

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I learned a lot, like improving my communication skills, personality skills, how to approach them and I like you to come back and refresh us.

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I would like to thank you two guys. You teach us so we learned a lot and I don’t think we will forget. Please continue doing it as you do it for us. Please God must give you long life and bless you both.

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Thanks for the chance and for you two being with us. It is not easy to work together, but we learned a lot, it was powerful and I thank you and God Bless you.

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Thank you very much. Guys with these two days, I thank you for sharing with me and teaching me. We have learned from each other and when I was with my friends, I can know my problem and identify it and I can solve it.

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All of us are unique, it was strange for us Damaras to dance to a “Wambo” songs and now we have gained love for each other, it is not the same between us anymore.

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Communication was strange, planning and prioritizing is important. Big guys go to the site (foremen and supervisors) and tell what they want. But that’s a short cut. We need to say who will do it, how they will do it. I thank you for sharing this with us.

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I think I found the VAK and learning styles are very interesting and I think I can apply it to the work and home situation as well and it is a valuable lesson. I would like to learn more about it. In the work situation to identify people in the work and getting my message to them.

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I think also this one VAK what I learned yesterday... I think I can especially use it with my youngest; I have some idea about to go about it, and even in the workplace. I can even study my colleagues whether I am talking to him and body language and where he falls. When I give him an instruction and know he will follow it.

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Yesterday I learned this one, VAK maybe my supervisor talks very fast and I do not understand, maybe when I do not understand very well if you make a mistake and cause an accident and I know how to act in that environment. When I don’t use the right tools because my supervisor talks very fast and I do not understand very well and the mistakes come. I can improve by asking my supervisor about the right information.

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What I learned is to be free (to talk up) at the workplace.

What I learned from this is that I am a dictator and my family is going to benefit a lot because I realized that its important to share information and in the end everyone will get the one conclusion and once you have enter the house you think the kids are behaving but when you leave it is different.

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What I learned is basically to be more tolerant of other people and because we have different personalities we don’t always understand where they come from. I learned to adapt and be more tolerant and why this person is acting this way and the situation.

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What I learned I have to make use of my team members more often. I am capable but cannot do everything.

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For me, VAK was impressive, just to find out how my team really works and my approach those people. Another striking moment was the problem solution which is unique to that person. That is good. That means it leads us to understand we must approach our team members and respect what they can offer.

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I think that this was a very good learning curb, VAK was the best and know what to focus on and coming to problem solution I realize there are bigger problems out there. There are always someone with more problems out there, despite all what I am going through.

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Sometimes you make an issue before you go to that person. I would have chosen the wrong person to talk to but I learned that I should just feel free to talk to them and they will show me their personality.

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I found that I can talk fast and fast and fast but not everyone can understand and I learned a lot about it. Communication is very important and that is why I found ourselves in problem when someone doe’s not understand and passes the wrong message and it gets worse and worse and worse.

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Problem solving, you try to do the right thing but you haven’t ask the advice, Now we nee to try ourselves ands ask different people for advice.

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I also learned a lot from VAK and to listen to other people’s problem and not interfere. If you have something to say speak up and listen.

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Personally after I went back after the whole course I tested my cousins with VAK and she was laughing and I didn’t realize that through this she could also access the kids instead of wondering how to tell the kids to sit still. As far as VAK is concerned I have leaned how people communicate and I can first access that person and see how they should understand the plan and I know if they understand they can tell others as well.

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In the line of commu nication it is good and in groups my presentation would be in the visual form or audio or kinesthetic and they will understand and in that sense VAK is good, As for this morning, to get advice from young and old it helps, because my niece thinks I try to access the problem in my way, I can now do it in all four forms.

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When I go back, I must try for safety at the workplace. I learned Visual, Kinesthetic and to talk to someone and how to talk with him and explain him. Everything here, I am going to check the operators and how they are working with safety, everything, I will see if someone is missing something I am going to talk to the supervisor.

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What I learned so far communication wise, from today, I am going to speak up more. I am going to ask for people to help, instead of doing things on my own especially when I am stuck. If I don’t understand I am going to go back and ask.

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Perfectionists, I am going to practice not just doing something alone by myself. For this exercise I am very thankful, I have never known that someone else can help solve my problem.

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What I learned is how to say No and if someone asks me something I don’t have to say yes. That was a big problem, for me not saying what I wanted or what I should. Now I have learned how to be helpful and to talk.

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How to treat people, help more, I think I will work a lot better in the work place.

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I have to say many thanks to you all; you have come far to Namibia. I was thinking what this is, but it is something very important about the VAK. All the VAK touched me; I am going to keep it. When it comes to communication, it is always lacking here, I see yesterday the communication go wrong and when it comes to where I was standing and I mis-communicated. It is very, very important or the message will get destroyed.