Tim Eburne is a facilitator and trainer based in Somerset West, Cape Town with over 15 years of experience in education and 10 years in corporate training. He specializes in areas like personal development, leadership, sales, customer service, and change management. Some of his clients include Absa, Nedbank, Standard Bank, Deloittes, and universities. Recommendations praise his professionalism, vast knowledge, and ability to engage participants. The document provides details on his career history, areas of expertise, and passion for helping others realize their strengths.

1. Personal Résumé
Tim Eburne
Cell: 082 067 5268
eburne.tim@gmail.com

2. Personal Summary
Currently based in Somerset West, Cape Town, I am a well-
established, mature and professional individual with a friendly and
compassionate disposition. I feel I can combine my passion for training
and development plus my deep understanding of how people learn with
my innate organizational and self-management skills to make a valuable
and lasting contribution. I am well established as a facilitator/trainer in
the corporate arena, am mature, in that I am in my mid- 50’s and have
seen my two delightful sons into their own working life; professional, in
that I have led a successful 15 year career in education, followed by a
fruitful 10 year period in the corporate training and facilitation world;
and, motivated, as I have a tremendous amount to offer in the field of
professional development and personal effectiveness, plus management
development, consulting skills, and presentation skills . I have a passion for
technology and all that it achieves and can achieve – I’m always looking for
new and innovative ways of using the power of technology.

3. Key Skills Areas
• Training & Facilitation
• Management Consulting
• Course Development
• Education
• Communication
• Writing – Business / Creative
• Presentations
• Personal Development & Effectiveness

4. Facilitation Expertise
I have focussed on highly customised learning solutions, tailored to
client context and inherent challenges, to achieve critical
company, department and personal outcomes. Learning solutions
have had significant impact on building competency towards
improved business and personal results. Learning solutions include
the following :
• Personal Power
• Relationship Management
• Customer Service
• Sales Effectiveness
• Leadership Development
• Interpersonal Skills
• Performance & Time Management
• Change Management

5. Clients – Corporate & Organizations
Training, facilitation, and learning interventions to the
following corporates and organizations:
• Absa – Avaf, Platinum Bank, Retentions, Pvt Bank, Home Loans
• Nedbank
• Standard Bank
• Stanbic
• Deloittes
• Hans Merensky
• Bytes SA
• Discovery Health
• Trinesoft Technologies
• Rainbow Chickens

6. Clients – Schools, Colleges & Universities
Workplace Readiness Knowledge & Skills:
• Parklands College
WORKPLACE READINESS
Current Modules : Personal Branding, Personality
Styles, Relationship Management, Time & Stress
Management, Performance Management
Young South Africans, attempting to enter the world of work, more
often than not, do so on the strength of their qualifications, rather
than on the superior power of their own inherent personal qualities
and strengths. My aim is to share my understanding of workplace
requirements with those preparing to enter the dynamic, ever-
changing reality of the workplace.

7. Overview of Facilitation
• PERSONAL POWER • RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT
• Time management • Sustainable int & ext partnerships
• Stress management • Key account management
• Meeting management • Consulting skills
• Personal branding • Understanding personality
• SALES EFFECTIVENESS • LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
• Selling through • From technical specialist to
relationships manager
• Experiential practice • Performance management –
through realistic scenarios growing people’s potential
• CUSTOMER SERVICE • ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE
• Service as a sales strategy • Cultural fluency
• Aligning to a client focused • Teambuilding
service culture • Corporate values & branding
• Change management

8. Recommendations
“While my time with Tim was a mere two days of inter-personal/personality diagnostic and
interpretation training, I learned a lot. I can attest to his professionalism and efficiency, as well as
the usefulness of his vast knowledge when it comes to interpreting his client and giving them the
correct and necessary information/criticism without breaking them down. His work with me has
had a marked impression on my business life.” Wikus Kriel – Trinesoft Technologies. May 18, 2012
“Tim and I have worked together on a number of occasions. Two large projects stand out in
particular. Both involved the transference of (life) skills and knowledge to large groups of
participants seeking to make themselves more attractive to potential employers. Tim showed an
incredible ability to build strong and trusting working relationships with these participants. Such
was his insight into their specific needs and concerns that he was able (more effectively than the
rest of us) to engage with them at a level that best ensured that the new knowledge would stick
and that the new skills would be successfully applied. He is an extremely conscientious and
talented facilitator who sets high performance standards for himself and others.” Steve Woods, The
Achievement Network. April 30, 2012
“Tim was my Lecturer in a leadership course I did at Bytes Technology group, outsourced to
Powerhouse. I found him to be well versed in the course material and was able to capture an
audience, making the training 'come to life'. His story telling was a true inspiration (one of the
aspects of the course). Tim was able to connect with each learner on a one to one basis, even while
addressing the entire class. I would recommend him as a trainer any time.” Mike
Truter, Coronation. May 22, 2012

9. Career Details
• 1980 – Teacher – Highbury Boys, KZN
• 1981 to 1983 – Area Manager for Markham, Jhb
• 1984 to 1989 – Property Consultant, Basil Evans
Estates, Scottburgh, KZN
• 1990 to 1993 – Teacher – St Peter’s Prep, Bryanston, Jhb
• 1994 to 1997 – Deputy Head at Uplands
Prep, Whiteriver, Mpumulanga
• 1998 to 1999 – Acting Deputy Head – Merchiston Prep, PMB, KZN
• 2000 – Teacher – St Piran’s, Berkshire, UK
• 2001 to present – Facilitation & training on contract basis for The
Consultant Powerhouse, Rivonia, Jhb – Plus freelance private
facilitator to corporates / organizations / individuals; and facilitator
of Workplace Readiness to South Africa’s matrics, varsity and
college leavers

10. Final Word
I have spent my whole life in the pursuit of helping
others to uncover their inherent strengths and
recognize their competitive edge in order to make
them appreciate themselves more. Firstly in the field of
education, then, over the last ten years as a personal
coach and facilitator, I have accompanied many who
have been stuck in the “mundane,” showing them that
one can enhance one’s significance and standing by
building a personal, portable portfolio which is
recognized and read by everyone they meet: a
message of strength, competence and confidence.