Tshidi has held senior positions in both the private and public sector. While at Spoornet she won a number of awards including Leader with Business Acumen and The Most Exceptional Women Leader in Transnet. She is a non-executive director of Royal Bafokeng Holdings and several other businesses.

She has coached numerous senior executives, building on her own corporate experience from the 1980s when there were few role models for women and ambitious black executives.

Tshidi is passionate about the role of executive coaching in a nation committed to accelerated development. She advocates continual reinforcement of strengths and cautions that fixating about supposed weaknesses is much less likely to create excellence.

“It’s OK not to know everything,” says Tshidi. “The key is to work on those areas that complement your greatest talents.” She encourages clients to get closer to their needs, fears, motivation for actions, values, beliefs and priorities.

“Leaders should spend more time reflecting,” she advises. “Reflection generates creativity. When we don’t reflect, we keep doing things the same way.”

Tshidi has a B.Com. from the University of the North, an MBA from the University of Bridgeport, USA and is currently towards the Middlesex University post-graduate certificate in Coaching.