— About Us —
Dawie Smith (Founding Director of The EPL Way)
The EPL Way is the brain child of Professor Dawie Smith, professor of Leadership Development including Personal, Interpersonal and Professional Leadership. He developed post-graduate degree programmes in Personal, Interpersonal and Professional Leadership at Honours, Master's and Doctoral levels at the Rand Afrikaans University, now the University of Johannesburg. His fields of expertise include, among others, Executive Coaching, Self-Mastery Development and Coaching, Realisation of Potential, Relationship Building, Team Building, Professional Leadership and Maximising Teaching and Learning Effectiveness.
Please click on this link to view Prof. Smith's CV...
Credibility of The EPL Way
The EPL Way has at its disposal the services of a team of highly qualified and experienced facilitators and practitioners. The credibility and reputation of EPL Interventions and its practitioners are built on sound scientific and practical principles. The scientific pillar of EPL is founded, inter alia, on phenomenological, anthropological, physiological and psychological principles and theories. EPL's practice oriented pillar is based on people's real life experiences in personal, interpersonal and professional contexts. The scientific foundation of EPL ensures continuous improvement and development of training material and facilitator effectiveness.
In addition, the credibility and reputation of The EPL Way and its practitioners are supported by its clients. Some of The EPL Way clients are:
- Anglo Development Centre (ADC)
- Modikwa Platinum Mine (Burgersfort)
- The Global Leadership Centre at Standard Bank
- Gold Fields
- Global Payment Technologies
- Harmony Gold
- XStrata Alloys
- Momentum
- The Free State Department of Education
- Windhoek Teacher Training College
What others think of The EPL Way
The feedback from previous interventions varies from "excellent, inspiring and empowering" to "deeply touching and life changing". The style of The EPL Way Interventions is practical, interactive and experiential.
Some personal comments from participants:
- "The EPL Way provides a depth of understanding of the human being in all his/her major life dimensions that blows my mind away. The harmony between academic theory and the practical realities of 21st century living makes it the most valuable learning experience I have ever been part of."
- "Beautifully presented with examples all people can relate to. Loved the combination of science combined with philosophy and psychology - super insight, fantastic energy levels."
- "Fantastic course! Very relevant and well presented. Very inspiring and still practical. Find the psychological elements fascinating and very useful."
- "The workshop was very educational in that it provided an excellent environment for self-reflection. The gratitude journal has really taught me that despite any negative things that may happen, there are positive things that we can focus on and be grateful for."
- "The course touched me personally in a very profound and positive way - I can change something I acknowledge, and I can acknowledge something I'm aware of. Thank you for making me aware of who I really am!"
- "Once you have attended this course, your life will never be the same. This workshop gave me another chance in life!"
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