Nadia-Ayasha Mason

Nadia-Ayasha Mason
Management Consultant, Business Coach, Strategic & People Development Facilitation, Leadership & Management Development, Motivational Speaker

Being of service to others has consistently been a personal mantra and passion for Nadia-Ayasha Mason. A core skill is her ability to get people and teams to listen and give attention to one another as part of relationship development, using The Ten Components of A Thinking Environment®. Her desire for equality and respect for all was influenced by her two strong grandmothers whilst being raised during the Apartheid era of South Africa. This led to the establishment of Nadia Mason Personnel, an Employment Equity focused Recruitment Consultancy. After 20 years in Recruitment Management, Executive Search, Talent Acquisition and Talent Management where she led teams of 30 – 150 staff on numerous projects, Nadia Ayasha transitioned into the field of People Development and Management Consulting: Business - Executive Coaching; Strategic Facilitation; Leadership, Management and Organisational Development. Nadia Ayasha is a sought after Motivational Speaker whose words touch hearts to ignite inner and outer reflection through self-awareness.

Coaching & Facilitation overview in Corporate / Academia / Tertiary / School Sector:
Executive Coach to Business Executives and Academics (CEO’s, Executive Directors, Professors, Deans); Schools (Principals of high and primary schools along with their School Business Partners in her role as Learning Process Facilitator (LPF) with Symphonia SA – Partners for Possibility). Team Facilitation. High performance and life coaching.

Nadia-Ayasha Mason’s coaching model i.e. “Transformative Coaching through Intention”, is underpinned by Time to ThinkTM®, Emotional Intelligence (EQ) and U-Theory® methodologies and processes. The golden thread is calibrating one’s intentions (purpose / direction / goals) with one’s actions through inner and outer reflection and self-awareness. 

Her work as a Facilitator is underpinned by the Thinking EnvironmentTM®; Transforming MeetingsTM® (to save time and money) and Flawless Consulting processes. She also facilitates team conversations on the ideologies of oppression, superiority, racism, sexism as part of a workshop she developed i.e. “Stages of Self-Mastery Through Intention”. As a Human Capital Management Consultant, she collaborates with HR and business on people effectiveness interventions.

Awards: WECBOF / Santam Business Person of the Year; Black Management Forum Finalist – Manager of the Year, in her capacity as Founder of Nadia Mason Personnel. Awarded the GrandWest Casino & Entertainment World recruitment tender, the largest in the Western Cape at the time.

Qualifications: Certified Time to Think® Coach and Facilitator; Executive Coach - University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB); Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the University of Cape Town – Graduate School of Business (UCT-GSB) with distinction; currently reading for a Master’s Degree in Management Coaching (Research Assignment) through USB.

Clients: Corporate, Business, Entrepreneurs, Academia, Education, Pharmaceutical, Media, NGOs. Sectors include: Citrus Industry, Logistics, Oil & Gas, Parastatals, Universities, Colleges, Private and Government Schools. People profiles include: Board Members, CEOs, Executives, Directors, Management, Academics, Principals and Staff.

Volunteer: The Red Cross War Memorial Hospital – Friends of the Children’s Hospital Association (FOCHA) and Community based organisations.

Personal: Mother of two independent daughters who are both active in their careers.

Mr A Regal, Executive Director Finance and Services at the University of the Western Cape, a current client, describes their work together as follows: “Nadia’s work as a Coach, using The Thinking Environment theory and processes has resulted in the University of the Western Cape looking deep within ourselves, to become true to ourselves on addressing our weaknesses, unmasking our facades and believing in our true potential. Her work has had a lifelong positive impact on how we address challenges and successes. It has been and continues to be an incredible journey of trust and respect and insurmountable lessons learned.”

Presentation:
People Tools for Collaboration in the Thinking Environment^(tm)​
The quality of everything we do depends on the quality of the thinking we do first. The quality of our thinking depends on the way we treat each other while we are thinking. In this session Nadia-Ayasha will introduce delegates to the ten behaviours, known as the Ten Components of a Thinking Environment®, that generate the finest independent thinking--allowing people to think for themselves with rigour, imagination, courage and grace.

Conference Day 1

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