It was love at first sight. I found this kitsch cat at a thrift shop in Howick recently. What do you think I should call her.

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Nadine Lake. Senior Lecturer. PhD. I help businesses, education institutions and human rights organisations become effective at navigating the issues of gender mainstreaming, diversity, equity and inclusion. If your organisation is struggling and failing to traverse the choppy waters of gender mainstreaming, diversity, equity and inclusion, seriously consider reaching out to me. I’ve made these important issues my life’s work since being acclimated to the issues of social justice, gender, inclusivity, diversity, and community care in the sphere of higher education and development work. I’m currently a senior lecturer and gender studies programme director at the University of the Free State, South Africa. I’ve studied and served in the field for 20 years, and was awarded my PhD in Gender Studies in 2016. My view of the world has been informed by feminists, educators and human rights activists. Authors, educators and legal experts who have inspired me are Aude Lorde, Sara Ahmed, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, to name a few. I am actively involved in research on gender-based violence, the LGBTQIA+ community, and queer archives. I’m also the South African partner to a Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) project which focuses on gender-mainstreaming and gender-sensitive research approaches in Maputo, Mozambique. I had my Damascene moment in 2014 when I was awarded the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship at Uppsala University, Sweden. It was here that I got to look through a different lens on the world. Swedish culture, which adheres to the values of respect for everyone, enabled me to imagine a different future for the society we live in. That’s what most gets me out of bed every day: that we can change the narrative from one of inequality to equality, exclusion to inclusion, and prejudice to acceptance. So, how’s this useful to your organisation, you may ask? Gender diversity is my greatest life’s work; it’s my magnum opus. It’s the work I know and want to do. My passion, my qualifications and my lived experience is an asset to any organisation who wants to crack the diversity/inclusivity code.

LinkedIn Profile for Jonathan Hughes: Key Account Manager | BDM at WRC Technologies | SFC | Scrum Master I Product Owner | Assist businesses in acquiring new clients by expanding and maintaining their existing client base. “Education never ends, Watson. It is a series of lessons, with the greatest for the last.” – Sherlock Holmes ++Recently awarded Scrum Master and Product Owner Certifications++ I help sales-focused organisations find more clients, upsell & cross-sell and retain & grow their existing client base. My name is Jonathan Hughes, business development manager, key account manager and avid Sherlock Holmes reader. When I read Arthur Conan Doyle’s, The Sign of Four, I became totally hooked on Sherlock Holmes. You may ask, “How’s Sherlock Holmes pertinent to my business and generating more sales?” Well, being a good detective and being a good business development/key account manager has similar parallels. I have a verifiable track record of reaching and maintaining my sales targets. I have many of the traits that make a good detective and business development manager: I’m infinitely curious about how human behaviour works. I know how to dig out clues to find opportunities to acquire and grow a business. I have an analytical mind, I know how to get the right information, and act on it. I’m empathetic and know how to read people. I have well-tuned listening skills. I’m observant, and in tune with the moods of others. People generally like me because I am always a gentleman (not my words; clients have told me this), balanced, pragmatic, dedicated, dependable, conscientious and a team player. These ‘detective’ traits have made me good at helping sales-focused organisations find clues that mitigate danger, exploit opportunities and build on strengths when it comes to business development. To this end, I’ve completed a considerable amount of short courses to help me become the best business development manager / key account manager I can be.

I fix boring LinkedIn profiles so that you can attract the right clients to your cause. If you’re serious about using LinkedIn to generate sales, then you need to be obsessed about crafting a profile that registers and resonates with your ideal client. I’m Jacques de Villiers, rainmaker, author and speaker. I shift people who shift the world … people like you. My contribution to you is a LinkedIn profile that helps you reach the right people (your tribe), and open conversations with them. Imagine what that could mean for you? Imagine what it could mean for them to have you in their corner with a safe pair of hands guiding them? Imagine what they could do with your help? Imagine if they can shift the world because of you … how’d that feel? Pretty darn good, I’d say.Let me help you clarify your contribution so that you can attract clients that you want to work with, and who respect you and your art … and, are prepared to pay you fair value for it. Your banner, your summary and your about section are the three most vital parts of your profile as they are what your ideal client looks at first. You’ve got one shot to pull it off, so you need to make those three elements count. Your profile has to be pitch perfect, resonant and nuanced specifically for your ideal client. That’s where I may be helpful to you because I know how to craft beautiful profiles that are delightful to read, works of art, and get real results too.It’s not going to be hard for you to get into the game and find the clients you deserve. Once you’ve clarified your contribution, and found (real) belief in what you offer your clients and the world, then things will shift massively for you. Your clients are waiting for you. The world is waiting for you.

#Linkedin profile for Yoke van Dam. I join, grow and transform leaders and teams into something quite wonderful. Yoke van Dam has been called the Kintsugi queen* because of her ability to join, grow and transform teams into something quite wonderful. She’s staked her hard-won reputation on the premise that all poor performing teams can be turned around to become collaborative, committed and cohesive superstars of the organisations they serve. As a qualified behavioural change coach with verifiable in-the-field experience (2000+ team members, 2 300+ hours training and 350+ coaching hours) she’s eminently suited to uncover the real issues holding teams back. Her hard-won experience (15 years) and tried and tested high performance processes have seen even the most fissured and fractured teams join together, become stronger and remarkable. With her keen intelligence, empathetic energy and ‘can-do’ attitude, Yoke helps leaders co-create winning outcomes so that they can unleash their teams’ untapped potential. She works with enthusiastic, selfless and empathetic leaders who want to create space to allow their teams to learn, grow and thrive. She works with leaders who want to effectively articulate and communicate their vision so that their teams buy into it, and are prepared to follow them to hell and back to make sure that vision is achieved. She works with new, untested leaders who need a strong foundational roadmap of how to work with and lead teams to successful outcomes. If this is you (and it probably is) then you should seriously consider Yoke to help you Kinstsugi your team from fractured to fully functional, from selfish to selfless and from miserable to masterful.

I get disinterested husbands to wake up, grow up and shape up so that they can treat their wives like the goddesses they are. My fluffing service helps reignite passion, romance and exhilaration in any flagging, stagnating and dysfunctional relationship. My name is Giacomo Casanova, a former lover of more than 1000 women, turned fluffer. Is your partner slovenly, slothful and unavailable when it comes to your needs? Is he more interested in sitting on the couch, with a beer resting on his boep, biltong in fleshy fingers and ogling 30 sweaty men playing rugby on the television, than giving you the attention you deserve? Do you wish that he was still as romantic, passionate and considerate as he was when he first started dating you and trying to get you into his bed? If you said yes to everything above, I may be able to help you. I know my way around women. I know what they like. I know what they need. I know what their dreams are. Just for the record, I probably didn’t bed more than 1000 women. It was more like 927 (I don’t know why I kept those statistics?) Women don’t like to be ignored, and why should they be? They want to be treated like goddesses all the time. They want their partners to love, respect and cherish them all the time. I can help with this. You’ve seen me, right? I’m Johnny Depp hot. I’m smouldering, sparkling and sexy. I make women tremble at the knees, and men wish they were me. Here’s how it works I start showing you attention, and use my considerable charm to make you feel alive, gorgeous and wanted. Men have an acutely accurate radar when it comes to competition on their turf. Your partner will quickly pick up that something is afoot, and that a competitor is making a move on you. Here’s where the magic happens. He suddenly wakes up to the fact that you’re desirable to someone else, and that he’d better do something about it if he wants to keep you. He grows a pair, grows up and realises that the gift that is you is right in front of him … he mans up, stands up and fights for you. He shapes up and shakes off his slovenly, indolent and slothful ways ,,,

LinkedIn profile crafted for Jolene Raison. Applying the alchemy of Cognitive Linguistics as a copywriter, children’s author, and English teacher. If you’re looking for copywriting that gets results then the subtlety, nuance and finesse of cognitive linguistics may just be what you’re looking for. I’m Jolene Raison, a former director of a large retail operation, currently lecturing cognitive linguistics and teaching ESL/EFL, but with a cornucopia of experience as a professional copywriter. If you want to get attention, write good copy. If you want to sell an idea, write copy that opens a window to the minds and a doorway to our hearts. That’s when the magic happens. Through cognitive linguistics I use language choices that subtly guide and influence the thoughts, emotions and attitudes of the audience we are communicating to. If communicating to your staff, clients and prospects in a way that gets them to take positive action is a priority for you, then you should seriously consider engaging with me. I help owners of companies and those responsible for communication and marketing get their message out effectively. Organisations use my services when they want to: Inspire and motivate their staff Develop effective staff training material When they want to send out marketing messages that get results Design sales landing pages that work Send out email marketing messages that get people to buy what you’re selling Produce winning proposals that help them close important deals Turn website visitors into prospects, prospects into customers, and customers into super fans Why Me? If you want a copywriter that intimately understands how to reach into the human mind and heart, consider me. If you want copywriting that creates meaning, stirs emotion, evokes passion, drives desire and spurs action, consider me. If you want writing that communicates clearly in the moment, keys into ideals, values and emotional responses so that the audience is persuaded to your viewpoint, consider me.

LinkedIn profile commissioned for Hanrie Fridjhon I help people, and the organisations they serve, to become more self-aware, develop grit and empower them with skills to thrive. I’m a business coach (Enneagram, leadership and communication) and human potential trainer. My name is Hanrie Fridjhon (here’s my profile on LinkedIn), empathetic, experienced and versatile (my clients’ words, not mine). My teachings resonate with, and have helped cleaners to CEO, and everyone in between. The common thread is that: • You must want to develop yourself. • You want to be more self-aware and accountable. • You have a burning desire to stretch yourself beyond your limiting beliefs. I bring 25 years of coaching and training experience that has been honed and fine-tuned in 1000s of boardrooms and classrooms. My approach is to stay curious and open to new possibilities in an ever-changing world. Some of the themes I cover: • Communication skills • Conflict resolution • Dealing with diversity and inclusivity • Critical thinking • Conducting effective meetings • Effective teamwork • Negotiation and influence Please have a look at our website for the full range of our offering. I customise and design training and coaching to ensure that it is appropriate for you. Let’s set up a chemistry call to see if we’re the right fit. hanrie@pro-activecommunications.co.za #linkedinprofiles #linkedinstrategy #personalbranding

LinkedIn profile commissioned by Lomo Senoamadi Helping laboratory professionals run efficient laboratories that deliver results. Founder of BICS. Instrument Mechanic | Laboratory lover. I specialise in helping manufacturers, industrial and medical facilities run streamlined, efficient, and well-maintained laboratories so that they can save costs and deliver on their mandates. I’m Lomo Senoamadi, former instrument mechanic turned laboratory solutions partner. My love affair with laboratories started 18 years ago, in 2003, when I was exposed to my first laboratory. I was totally hooked. I was enthralled, enchanted and energised by what could be created, forged, and breathed to life amongst the beakers, chemicals and micro sampling bottles. I immediately quit my job as an instrument mechanic and started BICS on 6 August 2003, the first 100% Black female-owned laboratory solutions partner in Africa. I secured my first contract to provide a solution for a laboratory for Rand Water, and the rest, as they say, is history. Today, BICS is a solution provider for 72 laboratories at 38 clients, and helps more than 500 laboratory personnel run streamlined and efficient operations so that they can achieve their mandate. We have forged a solid reputation for delivering laboratory solutions. Today, 18 years on, we are still a solutions partner for our first client, Rand Water. Our hard-fought and enviable reputation for excellence, delivery and service has brought clients like Coca-Cola, Unilever Khanyisa, Eskom and Lafarge, amongst others, into our fold. We provide more than 70 different products, from glassware, testing instruments, chemicals & reagents to every conceivable piece of apparatus that is needed to drive an effective laboratory. ~ We offer lab equipment installation, repairs, calibrations and maintenance services. ~ We consult and advise our clients on laboratory architecture and design. ~ We constantly innovate to save costs and improve efficiencies for our clients. https://www.jacquesdevilliers.co.za/linkedin-profile-written-for-lomo-senoamadi-laboratory-equipment-supplier/ #linkedinprofile #personalbranding #linkedinstrategy #laboratoryequipment