Personally, we don't stay static, nor does the Institute of Secretarial Studies. It keeps changing, evolving and developing just like people do. Some years ago someone asked us how we saw our future, and we said, "We'll keep doing this till it isn't fun anymore. Then we'll do something different."
What keeps it fun is the relationships we have with our clients, students, our colleagues and our work. We have a commitment to innovation and to 'moving the furniture' every six months to keep things fresh.
We don't accept failure; we keep looking for other ways to do things. We like overturning the status quo so we can see what's on the other side.
We're quirky, creative, accessible, unpredictable, adventurous and dead serious about giving our clients the absolute best professional personal development programmes they can get.
THE PEOPLE
Chantelle Joubert-Dreyer (Director)
Chantelle has owned and managed this highly successful training consultancy for the past 10 years. She is recognised for her expertise in the field of Personal Assistant and Secretarial Development courses, Critical Thinking, Business Writing, Presentation, Negotiation and Communication Skills. In these fields she has:
§ Researched and developed innovative programmes
§ Trained executives, employees and trainers
§ Compiled guidelines and courses for leading organisations
§ Written articles and presented papers at conferences
She consults to several executives and serves on several forums, where she advises on implementation of professional skills programmes.
Samaria Mkhabela (Director)
Samaria has extensive experience in training and consulting in various Soft Skills: ‘Being Team Leaders’, Building and Sustaining Teams, Change Management, Communications, Telephone Skills, Presentation Skills, Assertiveness, Problem Solving, Conflict Management, Customer Care and Time Management.
She is a very energetic and disciplined facilitator who adds great value to the lives of her learners.
