Mentoring Company of the Year
Naidu Consulting
WINNER
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aidu Consulting are a growing civil and engineering company with more than 160 staff and operations throughout South
Africa. A key component of this growth may be attributed to the rapid mobilisation of their resources to contribute to problem-solving. This mobilisation has been effective through a learning and empowerment culture established within the organisation. The company's ability to adapt and thrive
guiding experiential learning and their
in the volatile South African market is highly
application to register as professionals.
dependent on the capacity, capability and
The mentorship process involves a
adaptability of their people. While there is
detailed assessment of each candidate
an underlying drive to draw young people
by a Registered Mentor through
into the profession, they understand the
Naidu Consulting’s Commitment and
need to build judgement capability and to
Undertaking with ECSA. Based on the
disaggregate decision-making in order to
experiential gap analysis, the mentor crafts
allow for growth and development within
a personalised training plan in conjunction
the organisation. They realise the importance
with supervisory staff to fast-track
of raising leaders, decision-makers and
registration through ordinary day-to-day
contributors rather than mere followers.
project work. Without compromising
Training and mentorship is a building block of operational efficiency, mentors identify key empowerment, which has become an integral learning areas through common activities part of the culture within Naidu Consulting. The Naidu Consulting Mentorship Programme was developed by a team
and direct mentees to optimise learning through these activities. Twelve candidates have been registered in
of professional engineers to promote
the last year. The company database tracks
skills transfer. Through the programme,
progress and they celebrate success by
technicians, technologists and engineers are
formerly communicating each registration
mentored by ECSA Registered Engineers,
to all staff, inspiring others to register. Registered staff are rewarded with salary increases and promotions. While seasoned mentors have traditionally undertaken mentorship activities, all professionally registered staff members are registered as mentors after completing three years of post-registration experience. This supports many mentees, while enabling junior mentors to develop their mentoring skills. This strategy ensures that the programme continues to grow, and that the mentorship workload is evenly spread across all mentors. Training, capacitation, upliftment and empowerment: it’s in their DNA.
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