Author Archives: Barbara Walsh

About Barbara Walsh

Barbara is a licensed Meta-Coach and holds the internationally-recognised Associate Certified Meta-Coach qualification. Together with this, she is also a qualified Neuro-Linguistic Programming/Neuro-Semantics Master Practitioner (Business Leadership). Barbara’s key focus areas are Meta-Coaching her corporate and small business clients, and on Business Development for MetaCo. She has recently been appointed Chairperson of the Coaching & Mentoring Committee of the Johannesburg Branch of the Business Women’s Association (BWA). She writes a regular leadership column for the BWA Magazine. Barbara has a background of over 30 years in business, and over this time, has held management and directorship positions within some of the largest corporate travel agency groups in South Africa. In a previous position as Managing Director of Uniglobe Travel Southern Africa, Barbara was part of the leadership team which took this company from start-up upon the purchase of the master franchise license for the region, to become a well recognised brand. At heart Barbara is an entrepreneur, and over the past 15 years she has started a number of businesses from scratch. These include SA Tourism’s Tour Operator of the Year for 2009, Specialised African Tour Services and a new social events company, Great Conversations, which she still co-owns. Marketing and Business Development remain a passion, and she continues to read and extensively study and implement the works of internationally renowned masters in these fields. Concurrently she continues to place a strong focus on her own personal development initiatives. She has a solid understanding and appreciation of the challenges with which businesses today are faced, and thoroughly enjoys facilitating successful, measurable and sustainable solutions through various coaching interventions.