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Samuel Baloyi: Inspiring Leadership

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Samuel Baloyi is an author of Leadership and Motivational books. He is a sought after conference speaker and an entrepreneur. He is a dedicated community worker and a leadership and management consultant.

He provides mentorship in business and leadership and is the Founder and Director of Training the Trainer Leadership Academy. He is a banker by profession and holds a qualification in Banking and in Theology. His banking career took off at FNB followed by Wesbank until he resigned to pursue Leadership and Personal Development Consulting.

He is the founder and Director of ParExcellence (Pty) Ltd, a company that trains on Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Personal Development and Public Speaking.

Samuel Baloyi has since travelled extensively both nationally and internationally on speaking engagements for various companies such as Coca-cola, Nedbank, Standard Bank and Cashbuild, organisations (inclusive of churches, Non- Profit Organisations, community events etc) and Government entities such as the Department of Social Development, the SAPS and Department of Education coaching over 7000 educators.

He has spoken in conferences, conventions, seminars, workshops and public events. His travelling extends to Lesotho, Zambia, Kenya, the USA and throughout South Africa.

Samuel Baloyi speaks on topics such as Leadership Development, Performance (Career and Business), Conflict Management, Personal Management, Cultivating a Winning Attitude, The Power of Perception and various Inspirational and Motivational Topics.

Under the ParExcellence Publishing House, a wing in his company, he has published 8 books including “Dreamers Never Die”, “Winning Tendencies of High Performers” and “Failure is Necessary”.

His latest book, “Transformational Leadership” extends his training programme providing informative guidelines on excelling in one’s Leadership role especially within Corporate situations within your business.

Samuel Baloyi is married to Amanda Baloyi and together have been blessed with two daughters, Pearl and Samantha.

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