Robert Brain Coaching Services

through Christ Church Kenilworth. Experience:
Robert’s approach is shaped by many years of coaching and mentoring, including over 30 years of corporate experience and more than a decade in senior management at Vodacom. He’s worked across diverse industries including IT, education, contact centres, telecommunications, oil refining, banking, broadcasting and life insurance. Qualified in electrical engineering, Robert brings rare technical understanding to his coaching. After many years as a corporate employee he realized his desire to work with individuals by resigning from corporate employment in 2009 and undergoing a one-year Diploma in Integral Coaching training course. He is registered with Comensa (Coaches and Mentors of South Africa), and with the International Coaching Federation. Among organisations, Robert has coached and mentored for the likes of Datacash, Old Mutual, The Allan Gray Orbis Foundation, Foschini, Risk Flow, Potion Design, The Clothing Bank and a variety of NGOs. The bulk of Robert’s work is made up of coaching private individuals. Typical clients include those who are searching for meaning and purpose, who may be mildly depressed and working with a therapist, or who have difficulty identifying and prioritising what is most important in their lives. Other examples include difficult relationships, career choice and change, changes in life (often around 30 or 50 years of age), menopause, retirement and retrenchment. Differentiating specialities:
Robert creates a safe, emotionally honest context for meaningful reflection, primarily using questions to facilitate change rather than just providing answers. This Socratic approach encourages sustainability and ongoing self-coaching. He’s passionate about working with people seeking personal growth, those who are in therapy with mild depression and people seeking purpose for their lives. Working within a narrative and integral framework he excels in restoring clients’ self-belief, developing the realisation that that they are capable of more than they believe. Robert’s experience and intuitive, flexible approach allows him to work with individuals and teams. He offers coaching to individuals and to organisations, including small businesses, NGOs and corporates. Coaching takes place at Robert’s premises in Muizenberg, at the client’s premises, at any suitable venue in Cape Town, or by telephone.