Awards and Recognition
We are proud to have received the following awards, either directly or indirectly through the contribution we made to work our clients received awards for.
Our awards
Alinda Nortje, Founder and Executive Chairperson of Free To Grow was selected as one of 5 finalists in the Top Women Awards: Top Woman Entrepreneur of 2010.She was also the runner up of the Western Cape Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 1996.
In 1999 Free To Grow received the prestigious national IPM (Institute of People Management) People Driven Growth award for the ‘achievement of excellence in sustained commitment to investment in human potential.’
Alinda receiving the award from Prof. Theo Veldsman, Head of Department, Department of Human Resource Management of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Johannesburg.
Our clients’ awards
We are proud to have played a significant role in the projects that led to the following clients receiving awards.
TFG (The Foschini Group): Won Achiever Magazine’s Achiever Award for Best Training Programme: Large Company 2010 for their Field Academy Training and Development Programme.
Free To Grow’s 4 C Leadership programme branded as Building Inner Capacity for TFG and Helping People Grow (Coaching), form an integral and invaluable part of TFG’s Field Academy programme.
“Both programmes have contributed meaningfully to our leadership’s learning journey, firmly embedding the concepts of continual learning and personal mastery which are necessary for leadership competence,” says Debby Walters, Senior HR Manager, Talent Development, TFG.
“Thanks must go to Elzaan Pretorius for contracting excellent service providers, to Alinda Nortje for her brilliant training content and to Geraldine Leibbrandt for her passion and dedication in her facilitation of the courses, all ensuring world class training delivery at TFG. “
SACS Property Solutions: Won the South African Housing Foundation’s Housing Project of the Year in 2008 for their Khumani Housing Project.
SACS, a property and loan administration company, through its partnerships with institutions and homeowners, makes affordable housing a reality for people who have not traditionally qualified for home loans. Their latest HomeWise training programme (developed by Free To Grow) is compulsory for all new homeowners
"We entered into a most successful partnership with Free To Grow. Understanding our ethos and vision is the uppermost priority of Free To Grow's staff and we really value the highly flexible manner in which we are allowed to negotiate our service relationship with them," says Paul McHardy, CEO of SACS Property Solutions.
"Our experience of Free To Grow may best be described as a journey with a partner that understands that our company's destination is not to sell a product, but rather to empower and inspire a successful homeowner," concludes McHardy.