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About 
Candida

Candida is a passionate and seasoned Learning and Development (L&D) executive with over 2 decades of Human Resources Development experience. Having held the role of L&D Executive for over 13 years in leading companies, she comes with a wealth of knowledge, expertise, and first-hand experience. In addition she has extensive expertise in both Talent and Performance management practises. Having managed the full training spectrum over her career, she provides a comprehensive skill set to support clients in any area of L&D, from compliance and skills development to strategy, to team effectiveness and talent development.

She has assisted numerous companies and senior leaders to build high performance teams, grow a culture of accountability, enhance engagement, lead teams for success, and improve cohesion. Her experience spans multiple industries including pharmaceuticals, FMCG, retail, manufacturing, beauty, cosmetics, banking, insurance, medical insurance, as well as government and municipal exposure.


Candida di Giandomenico

Co-Owner of Thinck
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She has a particular talent and passion for developing impactful training programmes and solutions that drive learner engagement and retention. . She has designed and delivered award-winning global training and development programmes, skilfully led specialist L&D teams and successfully managed projects across complex business environments. Able to work with large groups across all levels of businesses, Candida is an exceptional communicator with a remarkable ability to capture attention, deliver her message with impact, and energise and inspire any audience. With a flair for hospitality, Candida has a deep understanding of sales and customer service and has worked on various projects that improved client engagement and sales effectiveness for leading global and local luxury brands.  

In addition to her L&D expertise, she has also run several of her own businesses. She founded Thinck Learning and Development in 2019  The business is a culmination of her skills and experience with a core focus on using years of experience, passion and know-how to craft bespoke solutions for clients that get to the heart of the issue and make a difference.

Candida is an internationally certified NLP practitioner, executive coach and master facilitator.  She is accredited to work with both the Enneagram and INSIGHTS Discovery and has worked with the INSIGHTS profiling tool for since 2008. She also presented at the 2019 Dublin INSIGHTS International Conference.

Candida is deeply passionate about human growth and development. With enough energy to keep you focused and energised, she can connect with all levels across the organisation and delivers training solutions with enthusiasm, and impact. She is energising, engaging and enthusiastic – not your common garden variety training practitioner.

Skills

  • Leadership & Supervisory Development
  • Individual & Team Coaching
  • Process Design & Facilitation
  • Presentation Skills & MCing
  • Team Effectiveness & Cohesion
  • Customer Service & Sales Excellence
  • Customized Learning Solution Design & Delivery
  • eLearning Design & Development
  • Relationship Dynamics
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Self-Confidence
  • Trainer Development
  • Mentor Development

Education

  • ETDP – University of Johannesburg
  • LTCL, ATCL – Trinity College of London
  • LTCL, ATCL – SA College of Speech and Drama
  • Accredited DISCOVERY INSIGHTS practitioner
  • Accredited Enneagram practitioner
  • Certified Coach – The Coaching Centre
  • Certified Neurolinguistic Programming practitioner – INSPIRITU

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Candida

We work across multiple industries for a wide variety of clients.

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