Assessments and Leadership Development

Do you want to inspire others? Start by understanding how to inspire yourself. When you understand your strengths and challenges, you can better predict how you’ll respond to situations—allowing you to take smarter action.

Great leaders are aware of their capabilities and their blind spots, and they continuously develop themselves to maximize the former and minimize the latter. The first step is to understand how you naturally lead. That insight will allow you to be conscientious about the team you lead, and how to relate to and inspire them individually.

One of the best ways to build self-awareness is by gathering and analysing data! A 360 assessment, a workplace behavioural assessment, a cognitive assessment, and many other types of objective scientific data can help you understand what drives and motivates you at work, how this impacts others, as well as how that influences how you lead.

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Anthony Walley has 26 years leadership & consulting experience growing entrepreneurial teams and organizations. He has a track record of achievement in developing ideas to fruition and executing strategy through people. Anthony is adept at using business metrics to stay ahead of team and company needs, and is an expert at using various assessments to uncover performance potential to create, develop and empower teams to perform at a superior level. He experiences absolute delight in disrupting the business status quo to allow for radical growth and change.

Anthony’s current focus areas are talent development, needs identification, communication, change management, diversity & inclusion, growth strategy & leadership effectiveness.

Anthony is registered with the SABPP as an HR Professional Generalist (64044440) and has a Bachelor of Commerce (Management & Law) from The University of the Witwatersrand.

Bianca Theron is a Talent Optimization Specialist at The Confidant Group, located in Johannesburg, South Africa. In this role, she collaborates closely with leaders, decision-makers, and HR professionals to spearhead a range of initiatives aimed at advancing organizational development. Her areas of focus include driving change management efforts, overseeing talent management and succession planning, leading projects to enhance organizational culture and engagement, facilitating team improvement programs, and conducting analyses to align individuals with suitable roles.

Bianca is highly engaged in providing career counselling, fostering personal and professional growth, delivering career guidance, and orchestrating diverse assessment projects. Notably, she assumes responsibility for designing and delivering educational programs centred around the Predictive Index (PI), a tool for understanding workplace dynamics. She possesses proficiency as an assessor, regularly participating in management coaching and development endeavours. Her expertise extends to accreditation in various workplace and psychological assessment methodologies, including the PI Behavioural assessment and the PI Cognitive assessment.

With a remarkable presence on the international stage, Bianca has shared her insights at notable conferences, including the European First-Year Experience Conference in Belgium in 2016. Furthermore, her contributions extend to scholarly pursuits, as she has authored a paper published in the South African Journal of Industrial Psychology.

Bianca's academic achievements include a Doctoral degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the North-West University. Her professional standing is underscored by her registration as an Industrial/Organizational Psychologist with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA).

Bukelwa Mvunyiswa is currently an Industrial Psychology intern at The Confidant Group under the supervision of registered Industrial Psychologist and Talent Optimization Specialist, Bianca Theron. Bukelwa started working at an Executive Search firm after which she decided to pursue her master’s degree in industrial and organisational psychology. She is passionate and curious about individual behaviour in the workplace, leadership development, organisational development and change, and all processes that lead to the unleashing of the full potential of individuals and organisations. She believes that in order for individuals and entities to succeed, they must constantly adapt and upskill, which is why she is interested in change processes and all of their unique challenges.

Bukelwa is genuinely interested in the welfare and enhancing work experiences of people within organisations and those in the communities in which organisations are nested. She hopes to make a positive impact in the field of industrial Psychology and the society at large.

Bukelwa completed her Masters course work with the University of Johannesburg and is currently working towards completing her minor dissertation which investigates the Relationship among career engagement, career agility, and cultural values in the South African public sector. The study has its focus on the rapidly changing world of work and how people with different cultural orientations approach career management and development amidst the changes.

Bukelwa is certified in the use of 16pf and Assess First assessments and has recently obtained certification in Talent Optimization as a Talent Optimization Consultant.

Raeesah Ayob is an intern industrial psychologist working at The Confidant Group in Johannesburg. This role affords me the opportunity to work on client-centric activities under the supervision of my company supervisor-Bianca Theron.

Raeesah is passionate about the field of Industrial psychology and has a special interest in the facilitation of the hiring process through assessment and report writing as well as change management just to name a few. Raeesah is actively engaged in the improvement of work operations through taking initiative to always expand her breadth of experience and knowledge. She is a team-worker and is willing to foster good relations with colleagues.

Raeesah's academic achievements include an Honours degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Johannesburg. She has completed her Coursework (M1) for her Masters in industrial psychology and is currently completing her research with the topic “The relationship that Decent work has on performance with psychological conditions being moderated.”