Louise van Rhyn

Business adviser, Change Agent, Connector, Consultant, Educator/Teacher, Event planner, Idea generator, Parent, World traveler

Dr Louise van Rhyn is a social entrepreneur, Leadership development and Organisational Development practitioner. She believes the worlds' huge intractable problems can be solved through cross-sector collaboration and a solid understanding of complex social change. She holds a Doctorate in Complex Social Change. Louise is the designer of the Partners for Possibility (PfP) programme – an innovative nation building and leadership development process for business and school leaders. Business leaders develop their capacity to lead in a complex and unfamiliar environment by becoming a co-learning and co-action partner to a school principal. The focus of their partnership is to lead positive change in an under-resourced school, thereby reducing inequality in education. Through these partnerships previously under-resourced schools mobilise the gifts and contributions available from business and community members around the schools. So far more than 3,500 leaders across South Africa have benefited from the programme and they’ve won many national and international awards for innovation and impact. Leaders report that they learn more about leadership from working with a school in an under-resourced community than attending a course at a business school. School leaders are equipped and empowered with the skills and agency to lead change at their schools. Partners for Possibility has impacted more than 1.5 million lives.

My 2 gorgeous daughters. Living a life of purpose and contributuion. Scuba diving. Learning. Connecting. Conversation. Community. Leadership Development. Making South Africa work for all who care about the country. Travelling with my family

Partners for Possibility - an award-winning leadership development and social change process. So far we have touched more than a million lives in South Africa. We are excited about the possibility of this process for other sectors and other countries

Change & Leadership development, Leadership Development, Organisational Development, Social change, Social Entrepreneurship

Connecting people / crossing boundaries