1. The Management team
Sue Liburd
The founder
Sue is an original! The visionary and driving force behind Talaka. Beneath her Corporate experience and effervescent personality lie curiosity, intellect, creativity, compassion and humanity. Possessed with a quiet determination, confidence and self belief in her ability to contribute to the world at large and to help produce a better society, she acts as a catalyst for change. Combine this with more than a lifetime’s worth of experience and a track record of personal and professional success et voila! You have Talaka’s founder and inspiration.
Sue in five words:
Visionary, Creative, Passionate, Courageous, Wise
Valerie Elliott
Head of lifestyle management
Beneath the successful Corporate experience resides a person passionate about people and helping them to achieve what they want from life. Utilising her top-notch image consultation skills and life management consultative approach she acts as a great sounding board and Sherpa like guide. Possessed of energy, passion, drive and commitment Valerie is always working from a sense of purpose and a belief that we have the choice to ‘live it or not’.
Valerie in five words
Intuitive, Perceptive, Empathetic, Creative, Caring
Jackie Jenkins
Head of event management
Jackie is the perfect event manager, possessed of a love of detail combined with a passion for creating memorable events. A former and highly experienced Human Resources professional, event coordinator and administrator, she has been described as the standard bearer of organisation particularly of people. She has a passion for getting things right!
Jackie in five words
Interested, Friendly, Kind, Duty, Risk-taker
2. Life management coaching
Coaching is a powerful relationship that helps people achieve the extraordinary. Your coach is someone who is there to help you find your way by plotting and navigating a course that is your life. Here are 3 of our lead coaches
Elizabeth Harrison
Elizabeth is a caring, insightful and flexible psychologist, counsellor and coach with a track record of helping individuals to achieve profound and lasting changes in all aspects of their lives. She specialises in transformational and life coaching work, facilitating and empowering people to realise their full potential.
Bruce Grimley
Bruce is a supportive psychologist, counsellor and professional coach specialising in assisting people in managing their stress, overcoming anxiety, building confidence and who have a strong desire not to make the same life mistakes over and over again.
Tatiana Prokeyeva-Ross
A professional coach and practising psychotherapist she is very experienced in working with post-traumatic stress, depression, anxiety and problematic character styles. Specialising in conflict management, stress and developing people to achieve their full potential.
3. Facilitators
We have brought together a myriad of world-class specialist speakers, presenters and facilitators to share with you their knowledge, skills and expertise. Their raison d’être is to help you realise your potential and equip you on your amazing journey ahead.
Something you should know
It is the purpose of Talaka to set out every day to help her members achieve the life they want to lead.