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Everything in life is a journey, and we’ve designed our offerings to support organisations on their journey toward shaping and sustaining good company culture. What is good culture? Good culture is when ‘the way we do things around here’ supports high levels of performance and employee engagement. We believe shaping good company culture is a marathon and not a sprint, and we’re in this for the long haul. It’s our dedication to human potential which ensures that we are trusted partners to the brands we serve. We want to see people, and the organisations they work for, thrive.

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Culture Strategy

A culture strategy provides the roadmap for organisations wanting to define, align, shape and sustain a good company culture.

Workshops

Our workshops are high in quality and dialogue, and delivered through expert facilitators who are able to shift people’s beliefs and ensure transfer from knowledge to action.

Coaching

Our coaching creates a safe space for leaders to grow their strengths, learn from their mistakes and lead their teams more effectively.

Adventures

It may be time for your team to leave the boardroom and connect and think while walking wild and rugged coastlines or exploring the wisdom that nature has to offer.

Keynotes

Our engaging keynotes will equip your teams with the helpful insights they need to shift perspective or motivate change and can be either presentations or facilitated discussions.

The tribe

Travis Gale

Sarah Shuttleworth

Célia Senekal

Jana Niehaus

Gary Blair

Carey-Lee Gale

Welile Xaba

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Blog

The Power of AND

Social media has been inundated with visuals and stories which have brought about the voices of many who have experienced the...

Crisis and Culture

The crisis endured by the citizens of KZN and Gauteng last week revealed that we still have a long road...

Showing up the week after a crisis

One does not need training in psychology to know that the events that took place in KZN and Gauteng have...

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Get to know our clients

Kirsty Rowley

People Executive, MRP Money

Appletree is a business focused on creating tailored learning experiences that connect our people to the business vision. Travis and the team are passionately committed to making a difference in the world of people development. They have a team of experienced facilitators that bring the power of story to their sessions. Appletree is a business with ‘heart’!

Melisa Hadenham

HR Director – Beiersdorf

Appletree is a one of kind organization, their leaders Travis and Liesel are not just amazing experienced facilitators but just all round awesome people. They truly bring themselves to their sessions with a lot of heart , empathy and humility , and they genuinely want to make a difference and see your employees grow.

Lara Boucher

HR Business Partner, Derivco

Sarah has a real grasp of our business and what makes Derivco great. This has helped Appletree customise a program that suits our unique needs. Each of the sessions facilitated are authentic in how they are run and include real and relevant examples that assist our leaders in processing and internalising their learnings.

Charmaine Boshoff

Group Learning and Development Manager, RCL Foods

We, the Learning & Development team here at RCL FOODS, have partnered with Appletree for a number of years now to help us deliver world class L&D solutions and related interventions. We find them highly effective in doing so with some of their key strengths being; the customisation of solutions to meet our specific business requirements; an unmatched highly interactive & engaging facilitation style; and the use of the latest learning techniques and methodology.