About Me and What to Expect
Carina Fourie: A Professional Executive and Team Coach
I am an experienced executive coach, with more than 30 years of experience in corporate financial services as a process analyst as well as business architect. I, therefore, understand the dynamics and design of organisational systems.
After being exposed to coaching I realised that helping people become more aware and reaching their potential really gave me a sense of fulfilment. My clients are global and I have done online coaching with clients in Italy, UK and Lebanon. I did a certificate and Masters degree in Coaching and have been coaching since 2013, loving every minute of it. As a coach I have worked in various domains including financial services, IT, Tersiary institutions, medical, manufacturing, entrepreneurs and private individuals.
My experience as a business architect and process analyst have provided me with a deep understanding of organisational design. I hold a BSc (Information Systems) and two Masters degrees: MPhil in Information & Knowledge Management from the University of Stellenbosch and MPhil in Management Coaching from the University of Stellenbosch Business School.
My team coaching focus is on building psychological safety and trust in teams. I follow a systemic approach to team coaching with the aim of enabling high VALUE creating rather than high-performance teams.
In 2020 I completed my team coaching training in an international programme of the Global Team Coaching Institute. I was fortunate part of the first group in the world to graduate in Conversational Intelligence (R) in 2016 and completed my certification in 2018.
Conversational Intelligence is a new intelligence-based on neuroscience that enables us to change our conversations in order to build trust. Integrating the philosophy of Conversational Intelligence into my team coaching has proven to be immensely successful. I have done work with Agile teams which enabled them to change the trust levels in the team by understanding the impact of conversations on the brains of others.
I don’t use many assessments but a strengths focus and understanding has made a huge difference in teams in understanding diversity and how they can complement each other.
My individual coaching is focused on helping people make sense of the world around them and develop skills and a new way of dealing with the challenges they have to face. Many of these challenges inevitably includes relationships and trust.
From a positive psychology point of view, I enjoy helping my clients to become the best versions of themselves. One way of doing this is to help them focus on their strengths and what they are best at.
Some of my Clients
Qualifications:
BSC (Unisa) 1984
MPhil: Information and Knowledge Management (University of Stellenbosch)
MPhil: Management Coaching (Unversity of Stellenbosch Business School)
Certifications:
Certified Individual Team Coach (Global Team Coaching Institute & WBECS)
Certified Neurozone Coach (Neurozone)
Certified Conversational Intelligence (C-IQ)® Coach. (WBECS & Creating WE-Institute)
Specialist Strengths Coach (Strengths Institute)
ICAgile Certified Professional (ICP)
ICAgile Certified Professional: Agile Product Ownership (ICP: APO)
Quotes I Believe to Be True
“Our company was involved with Carina for two engagements. The first of these was for all company members, where we undertook the C-IQ workshop, relating to effective communication. Carina obviously has a great passion for the subject matter, which comes through in the way the workshop was conducted. She is enthusiastic, patient, and very knowledgeable. She exhibits a great desire to impart this knowledge to all participants. Our second engagement was with a smaller group, our management team. We wanted to find out each other’s strengths and how to complement each other to generate greater efficiencies in managing the organization. Again, Carina was very knowledgeable in guiding the conversations and ensuring that we stayed on track, and found the complementary strengths across the team. I would have no reservation whatsoever in highly recommending Carina’s expertise, excellence and communicative abilities in any endeavor.”
Lester Sonnenberg, Product Owner: Transaction Junction
“Before attending this training we had received course material and that made me skeptical like what can we expect ? is it going to be about positivity etc. , however, all of my questions were answered on the first day. This course leaves you wanting more, definitely great tools that we can use in our everyday life. It helps you understand yourself and others around you. Definitely a course that needs to be attended by managers as well as their teams. It helps build cohesion and collaboration by playing to everyone’s strengths and building a better understanding of each person within a team. Something that really stood out to me was the “blindspot” aspect of the course, up until today I’m still practicing that and aware of it. In summary, it’s a good course for all teams to do, egg as a team-building initiative, The facilitator is enthusiastic but also creates an environment of trust and calmness which is so key to the discussions involved. Very thankful to Carina for delivering the course in such an enthusiastic manner.”
Larisha Somai, Volkswagen South Africa: Young Future Leaders Program
“Carina Fourie is an experienced and insightful coach with a well-honed ability to grasp the challenges faced by senior leadership. She has the right combination of humor and wisdom to engender analytical thinking and clarity of vision”
Prof Elmin Steyn, Head of Surgery at the Faculty of Health Sciences of Stellenbosch University
“Carina undertook a leadership coaching and training programme for DVT based on CliftonStrenghts. The programme spanned many months and Carina was able to successfully work with a diverse group of DVT’s leadership and provide them tailored feedback and coaching based on their individual Strengths assessment. In addition, Carina provided invaluable training in a group setting. Carina is highly knowledgeable, skilled and experience in coaching and mentoring groups and individuals in finding and applying their strengths. I would recommend her without hesitation.”
Jaco van der Merwe, CEO - DVT