“We consider ourselves incredibly fortunate to count CreateConsulting as our strategic partner, guiding us with unparalleled coaching, mentoring and facilitation. Without your contribution, navigating the transformative journey we're on would be considerably more challenging.

Adopting the Whole BrainⓇ Methodology has revolutionised our organisational practices. It has played a central role in establishing our distinctive company culture, known as HO HOLA (growing together as one) – symbolising growth and unity. Its integration across all facets of our operations, from training to sales to overall business development, has been instrumental.

We extend our deepest gratitude for the profound impact you've had on our organisation and the lives of our employees, suppliers and customers. We wholeheartedly endorse CreateConsulting to those seeking to cultivate sustainable, people-centric, and customer-focused enterprises."

Esther Geldenhuys, People Operations Executive

“Thank you for the incredible role you played at the 30 x 30 workshop hosted by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), to lead and hold the space for best thinking and ultimate collaboration.

The workshop was the beginning of new and important conversations held in a new way, and for that, you can be immensely proud.”

Louise Duys Walker, Project Manager

“I embarked on a year of coaching with Melanie. It was an amazing journey and a highlight in my life. I was facing challenges and my sessions with Mel ignited new ways of thinking and doing. The results were amazing - I became a better human being.

I was asked to caretake the CEO role at Pep Africa. The Coaching contributed significantly to my growth, and within a year, I was permanently appointed. I had such positive feedback from people across the business who had witnessed the positive changes in me.”

Bouwer Strydom, Chief Executive Officer

"Based on my previous experience, when I needed to host a conference, I reached out to CreateConsulting. I wanted it to be entertaining, engaging, and deliver valuable takeaways. By using artful questions, Mel sought to understand my vision and beautifully crafted the vision and outcomes. We then co-created the details of each day. The CreateConsulting team were flexible, created an engaging rapport with the delegates and managed the energy very well.

They were true partners, continually working with us to get the best out of the event. Using Whole Brain Thinking and Time to Think™ frameworks, they weaved a golden thread throughout the event. Mel's insights, thought leadership, and calm grounding energy was much appreciated. The conference was a huge success and the feedback reflected this. Thank you, CreateConsulting, for your partnership in making this possible!"

Michelle Slabbert, Head: Group Service Management Practice, Standard Bank

"We wanted to develop an asynchronous mirror of our international Science Week so that non-participants could provide inputs to the in-person discussions. We partnered with CreateConsulting, a team of Mural experts, to design this and make it a pleasurable, useful and self-paced experience for online collaboration. It’s amazing how flexible the Create team was and how they adapted as the process emerged.

I appreciated the attention to detail, colours, look and feel, illustrations, deep listening and how they put it all into action. Their extensive experience, ability to translate concepts into functional and attractive virtual boards and speed of implementation made them a pleasure to work with. I am happy with how it turned out."

Arwen Bailey, Knowledge Sharing and Science Communication Specialist, The Alliance of Bioversity International & CIAT

"I wanted to engage my team on a different platform, outside of the daily operations, and use the process to equip them to manage change better and become stronger. Justin was a great facilitator. He took the time to understand our team dynamics and embraced the journey with us to ignite best thinking.

Through this, our team has seen an improvement in leadership capabilities, engagement, trust, and we have become a team that is comfortable to have difficult conversations and be vulnerable with each other."

Andri Geel, Group Financial Director, GWK

“Thank you Mel & CreateConsulting for your brilliant facilitation and for being part of our journey. The time with you, was as before, incredibly special and meaningful to us individually and as a team..”

Cordula List, Trend and Design Manager, Ackermans

“Working with Melanie and the CreateConsulting team has been one of the most rewarding experiences for my team and my business. Mel has an innate ability to get teams to gel and she knows exactly what tools to deploy to address specific areas. From strategy planning to team dynamics, Mel has brought out the best thinking in our people and we’ve experienced how creating the proper space for thinking brings amazing results. Taking the teams through the HBDI assessments and going through the Whole Brain® model brought a deeper level of understanding of who we really are and how we could bring out the best thinking in each other and get the team to thrive. As a team that comprised baby boomers, GenX, millennials, and GenZ,
Mel was able to get the team to really understand the thinking preferences between the different generations in a super-fun, yet inspiring way.

Our business certainly saw the benefit of the workshops. I would consider Mel to be a real asset to any team that would engage her and the CreateConsulting team; she takes the real potential and success of her clients to heart. Team meetings are never the same and are so much more impactful using Mel's coaching and tools.”

Praveen Dwarika, Managing Director: Lemang Agricultural Services, AFGRI

“The workshop with Melanie Kiley of CreateConsulting at our MEA Supply Chain Forum in Amman, Jordan was a valuable investment. It was relevant and practical, providing a different perspective to leadership behaviours that we can apply daily in our jobs.

The topics covered are all important and highly relevant for us as leaders.

It I can sum up how I felt about our time together , this quote by Brian Tracey says it all:

“ If you choose to believe that you are enough, that you are confident, and super powerful, you will be.”

Cesar Pina, Senior Director, Global Supply Chain, McDonalds Corporation

“I felt that it was time to do something for the team. Something fun and motivational to reward them. I wanted us to connect as people on a different level than the day-to-day operational interactions. I also thought that it was a good idea to do a team-building exercise to bring our new colleagues closer to the team.

Going into the journey, I did not have the challenges of working as a team in my mind as it was meant to be a reward for our achievement. The timing, however, was perfect, because while we are a fantastic team, no team is without challenges. The session helped identify opportunities for us to understand each other better while we were not under pressure.

The Create Team are wonderful people who are full of wisdom, grace and energy. It was an absolute privilege to experience their process and to be guided by them. Everybody felt energised, positive and uplifted after our sessions. We are all complex creatures. Partnering with the CreateConsulting team allows you to unpack complexities in a fun and easy-to-understand process that leaves you with practical tools to be more mindful of the people around you.

The world needs more of this!”

Sabine Frielinghaus, CEO Onsight

“DirectAxis embarked on a journey to embed our Values and we worked together with Melanie Kiley and her team to achieve this. We co-created a number of workshops that Melanie rolled out to all our staff using Whole Brain® Thinking as a framework .

The way in which Mel facilitated and transferred the message we were aiming to achieve was well received by staff on all levels. I highly recommend CreateConsulting as a partner to work with to design learning solutions and embedding the Culture and Values of a company.

Since then, Melanie has continued working with a number of our senior leaders and their team helping them reach their objectives and achieve business goals using Whole Brain® Thinking and the Time to Think principals as frameworks.

If you are looking for a provider who will be a thinking partner, take the time to understand your business and design a solution that suits your environment then I highly recommend CreateConsulting as that provider.”

Leigh-Anne Swartz, Learning and Development, DirectAxis

“I have had the privilege of working with CreateConsulting for over 8 years during which time they have expertly facilitated the team’s effectiveness journey.

Melanie’s ability to decode what can sometimes be quite a vague brief into a defined and specific roadmap allows us to get maximum benefit from all our engagements! Our sessions are always the perfect balance between digging deep as a team, high-level strategic thinking and LOADS of fun!

It has resulted in deep connections within the team and high levels of trust and vulnerability. This in turn has created an environment in which the team’s level of thinking and engagement has improved significantly through the continuous developing and nurturing of the relationships the results speak for themselves!

We don’t consider CreateConsulting to be a service provider but rather as a valued member of the team!”

Raynard Potgieter, Chief Executive: Buying