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CAREER TRANSITION

I want to change my career. 
I want to feel inspired to go to work and feel fulfilled at the end of the day.

CAREER RECOVERY

I lost my job.
I want to get back into it - this time I want to become an indispensable and
valued contributor.

CAREER SUCCESS

I want to be successful.
I want to be recognised as a valuable contributor and feel fulfilled by both
my work and life.

CAREER STARTER

I am ready to start my career.
I want to embark on a successful career or start my own successful business.

LIFE COACHING

I can be better and more successful.
I want to develop myself and become more effective, more efficient, more successful and feel fulfilled.

EXECUTIVE COACHING

I am lonely as a business leader.
I want someone my equal (or more experienced) to talk to about my business challenges.

About Geordie

I am inspired to help people achieve personal, career and business success. It is most fulfilling to help people on their journey to Personal Mastery and achieve their personal goals; to help them find meaning in their lives and to transform to live a life of purpose and contribution.

I coach, mentor and advise from both experience and having a strong academic foundation.  I have an Executive MBA from Henley Business School of the University of Reading, UK (2018) and I am currently studying towards my Honours in Psychology.

As a Business Executive I have won several International Business Performance Awards and also both failed and succeeded in starting my own businesses.

As Employee I have received several accolades during my career and was also retrenched a few times.

I changed my career from Technical Specialist to Business  Leader, to Management Consultant and Executive Coach to Executive, Career and Life Coach. I received my Executive MBA at the age of 58 and am now qualifying myself as a Psychologist.

I am qualified to give 'Practical Advice that works' underscored by proven, research-based methodologies and frameworks.

Geordie holds the following Life Coaching Certifications: 
 
 • Certified Professional Life Coach
 • Certified Master Coach
 • Certified Career Coach

Geordie wants to see a world where people are inspired to go to work in the morning and feel fulfilled at the end of the day.
A world where people have found meaning, and live lives of purpose by contributing their particular values to their communities.
A world where people feel fulfilled, happy and enjoy life. 

Geordie is a Member of the Psychological Society of South Africa (PsySSA) with divisional membership of The South African Association for Counselling Psychology (SAACP).

Geordie van der Nest is an experienced Business Executive with 15 years experience as an Executive Coach and Mentor, Business Advisor and Management Consultant.

He is an Accredited Executive Associate of the Institute for Independent Business (IIB), a Certified Management Consultant and Certified Master Coach by the Institute for Management Consultants and Master Coaches of South Africa (IMCSA) and a Certified 7 Stage Business Advisor (C7C).


Geordie has 12 years' experience as an Executive.  He worked in several types of businesses, in various industries, from start-ups to global corporations.

He holds an Executive MBA from Henley Business School of the University of Reading, UK (2018) and is currently studying towards his Honours in Psychology.

He is the Registrar at the Institute for Management Consultants and Master Coaches of South Africa, Program Director at OpenCircle (for Real Business Achievement) and Managing Director and Principal Life Coach at Heads-up Life.

About Heads-up Life

Our Mission is to help people achieve career fulfilment and personal success.

We help:
•  People who want to start a second career transition to the right one or to start the right business for themselves.
•  People who lost their jobs, recover and become valued contributors, who are cared for, or to start their own business, where they can create their own success and fulfilment.
•  People starting their first careers, make the right career choices; ones that will energise them and where their contributions will be exceptional.
•  People who want to accelerate their career success, with self-mastery, increasing their contributions and personal growth.

We also help people transform, self-actualise and transcend from a life of self-interest to a life of purpose and contribution to the common good.

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I am terminally ill.   I am average for my age group.   I am healthy, fit and have an admirable physique.
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I have a serious mental illness (and am unable to answer this question).   I am like most other people; I am emotionally up and down, have some bad habits, and sometimes struggle to do the things I know I should do.   I am Mentally well, emotionally stable, cognitively sound and behaviourally effective.

How healthy are you?

How would you rate yourself physiologically on a scale of 1 to 10?  On a scale where 1 would indicate that you are terminally ill, and 10 that you are in top physical condition (healthy, fit and having an amazing physique), most people will recognise that they are average, and will rate themselves accordingly.

Yet, when asked to rate their mental health, emotional stability and being a fully functioning person, most people rate themselves quite high.  Why is it, that we accept that physiologically we are average, but psychologically we believe we are in prime condition?

The fact is, that similar to most of us being physiologically average, most of us are also psychologically average.  We rarely will admit it to others, probably due to the unfounded stigma associated with it, but more importantly, we often don't even admit it to ourselves.

Why choose us?

At Heads-up Life we help people on all levels of personal development.  Our holistic approach to your mental wellness includes:

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Category
Business Skills Development
Date
2021-03-05 08:00
Venue
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Presenter
Geordie van der Nest
About the Presenter
Geordie van der Nest is a Certified Executive, Career and Life Coach. He is the Registrar at the Institute for Management Consultants and Master Coaches of South Africa (IMCSA) and the Principal Life Coach and MD of Heads-up Life.

Would you like to learn the key lessons of experienced businesspeople in one day? 

In this intensive 8-hour course, Geordie van der Nest will share with you the key success factors that he learned in his 12 years as a Business Executive and 15 years as Business Advisor, Executive Coach and Mentor.

As a certified 7-Stage Business Advisor he will incorporate the lessons from Carl Gould, winner of Gold in the 2020 CEO World Awards and author of The 7 Stages of Small Business Success – From zero to six figures in 3 years or less and those of Roger Hamilton, world renowned futurist and founder of the Entrepreneurs Institute.

Get practical advice that works and learn core business principles for a sustainable and scalable enterprise. 

At the end of the course you will:

  • Understand the legal basis of a Company and what it means to have your "own" business. Know the purpose of an Entrepreneur and an Enterprise.
  • Know the interrelationship between your personal and business success and the importance of business ethics
  • Understand the importance of stakeholders and stakeholder relations and how they form the basis of a successful enterprise.
  • Understand the core principle of value creation, the basis of trade and pricing
  • Understand The 7 Stages of Small Business Success – from Start-up to Seven Figures in Three Years or Less
  • Know how to Plan your business and to do a Proof of Concept
  • Business Critical Success Factors
  • Know how to register your company by selecting the right company type, drawing up the required documentation and applying online.
 
 

All Dates

  • 2022-01-28 08:00
  • 2021-07-16 08:00
  • 2021-05-14 08:00
  • 2021-04-09 08:00
  • 2021-03-05 08:00
  • 2021-02-05 08:00

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Happy Customers

Mandla Nkomo - MD, Solidaridad Network SA

Geordie facilitated a strategic review session, to a multicultural group representing five nationalities and different levels of English proficiency, yet he created a truly participatory environment. His ability to guide conversations by listening carefully and integrating the audience's comprehension, while ably steering the conversation to tangible outcomes, was well done. The final product of the session was exceptional. 

Yury Gaudard

I did a few months of coaching with Geordie and it was life changing.  He is such a special person to talk to and he is also so resourceful! 

Wian Kriel

Geordie provides excellent leadership, guidance and support within business. He is a stupendous “Business Partner” for any organisation adding uncountable value.

JP Venter

Geordie impressed me with his general business knowledge and insight. I once assisted him with a 360o feedback from previous co-workers. Feedback from all levels were very complimentary regarding his managerial skills.

Duncan Glenday

Geordie is a pleasure to work with – extremely dedicated to his responsibilities. He ran his business unit efficiently, effectively, and with a beady eye on the bottom line.

Wian Kriel

Geordie is an outstanding Mentor that positively and constructively influences people around him.  He places himself very closely with the 'real business', taking it to a different height.

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Latest Blogs

I want it all! Happiness, Success and Wealth.

08 Mar, 2021

Geordie van der Nest
I want it all! Happiness, Success and Wealth.
We all want to be happy, successful and wealthy. Although we pursue them relentlessly, they often seem to evade us....
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19 Cliché Happiness Quotes and the (lack of) Science behind them

07 Mar, 2021

PositivePsychology
19 Cliché Happiness Quotes and the (lack of) Science behind them
You don’t have to look very far to find some of the many, many quotes on happiness that exist. But...
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Choose a career that energises you

10 Feb, 2021

Geordie van der Nest
Choose a career that energises you
Choosing your career is one of the most important decisions you will make, yet you often hear people say that...
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Youth Unemployment - South Africa

11 Feb, 2021

Geordie van der Nest
Youth Unemployment - South Africa
At least six out of every ten first time employment seekers will not get employed. And waiting for the situation...
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  • Phone: 083 640 4022
  • Address: 617 Jacqueline Drive, Garsfontein, 0081
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