Just realised that it’s been a while since my last post… maybe because not a lot of different stuff has happened or maybe because too much has happened! Lots of coaching, on-the-job training and a lovely STEP UP workshop with 16 new ‘students’ – was a lot of fun and great to see the next level of talent in action.
Oh I must also mention that in the middle of it all I had bedbugs! It was not pretty, in fact it was pretty horrendous and incredibly itchy! Will spare you any photos – and it was pretty ironic that after we did the body language session where I was warning them not to fidget etc, all I was doing was scratching my arms and back for two days straight. Eek!
And then, all of a sudden I was asked to join the Tanzanian senior management team in Rwanda for a strategic workshop for three days. I was very honoured to be asked to facilitate this for them and I have never designed a workshop faster than that; just had a couple of days to pull it all together. The workshop was being held at the new Singita property in Rwanda – Kwitonda Lodge. A really beautiful place and even though it was pretty intense with the workshop, I did manage an hour of relaxation one afternoon with a local Virunga beer before the last dinner!
Some of the managers went to see the gorillas, but I did not have $1,500 to spare right now, and since I already saw them I thought it was better to skip that. Instead, a few of us went to visit a group of bamboo-eating Golden Monkeys. They were very cute and I can now tick another primate off the list! Am in particular in love with their uni-brow and fabulous cheeks! Hehe
BETINA IN AFRICA 