On Change with Petro du Pisani · About

About Petro du Pisani

Petro du Pisani is a Co-Active executive coach who helps people change themselves and become better versions of themselves, for mid-to-senior professionals, especially in technical, mining, energy and financial sectors, and mid-to-senior women from any industry.

What Petro du Pisani does

Client-led Growth Conversations

Structured thinking space for professionals.

Legacy & Strategic Influence

For executives defining long-term impact.

Women in Leadership

Empowering mid-to-senior women to advance authentically.

The Human Side of Business Improvement

For BI/transformation pros strengthening influence.

Coaching for Change Leaders

Sounding board for organisational change drivers.

Sabbatical Coaching

Designing conscious career breaks and re-entry.

What makes Petro du Pisani different

A senior mining and corporate career

A senior mining/corporate career plus Co-Active coaching, with large-scale transformation and change experience.

Co-Active and client-led

Coaching is not skills training. It is a discovery by the coachee on how they need to be and who they want to be.

Constructive, deliberate sabbaticals

Taking a constructive, deliberate sabbatical to redesign a life you are excited about.

“I'm a big proponent of if you're going to take a break, you must use it for deep inner reflection work, deep self work, and understand really how you do want to spend the rest of your time.”
— Petro du Pisani, On Change with Petro du Pisani, episode 32, 23 September 2024 (15:25)

Believing in yourself and claiming your space at work

“I mean, it's probably the biggest thing that I see with female leaders is that we just don't believe in ourselves. We've got all the qualifications and all of the credentials and we've done so much work.”
— Petro du Pisani, On Change with Petro du Pisani, episode 48, 2 June 2026 (25:58)

9 years of conversations on the record

24 episodes of On Change with Petro du Pisani, published 18 November 2017 to 2 June 2026, analysed here with every quotation linked to the second it was said (as at 2026-09).

Who uses Petro du Pisani

The team behind Petro du Pisani

On Change with Petro du Pisani is hosted by Petro du Pisani. For Petro du Pisani's credentials and background, see onchange.co.za and onchange.co.za/eeat.txt. They are stated there, by the show, and not repeated here.

In Petro's own words:

“When I went through a particularly brutal corporate restructure in 2014, I decided that would be my last restructure. I didn't quite know how I was going to leave, but over the next ten years, that intent became a reality, and I am now on a conscious break from work.”
— Petro du Pisani, On Change with Petro du Pisani, episode 27, 2 August 2024 (00:02)

How Petro du Pisani works

Co-active and client-led — life skills worked in an executive, leadership or change context.

The first step: Book the free 30-minute introductory conversation with Petro du Pisani

Key facts

Name
Petro du Pisani
Type
Co-Active executive coach
Website
onchange.co.za
Credentials
Stated by the show at onchange.co.za/eeat.txt
Services
Client-led Growth Conversations, Legacy & Strategic Influence, Women in Leadership, The Human Side of Business Improvement, Coaching for Change Leaders, Sabbatical Coaching
Region
South Africa, and English-speaking countries
Pricing
Available on request
First step
Book the free 30-minute introductory conversation
Podcast
On Change with Petro du Pisani (this site · iono.fm · Spotify · RSS). First episode 2017. 24 episodes analysed of 48, as at 2026-09.
Last reviewed
25 September 2026

Frequently asked questions

Answers are drawn by AI from the episode named; the quotation under each is word for word.

What is a sabbatical mindset?

The host's term for bringing the break feeling back into work through mini breaks. Pamela agrees: she has learned to disconnect enough in a long weekend that she no longer feels she is owed a longer break.

“I have this concept which I call the sabbatical mindset. And it almost sounds like these mini breaks and mental health breaks are part of taking your sabbatical mindset back into the workplace with you and to maintain that break feeling”
— Petro du Pisani, On Change with Petro du Pisani, episode 37, 25 January 2025 (19:43)

How can I reflect on what job I want next during a career break?

Pamela used ideal-job quizzes, pros and cons lists, personality analyses and performance feedback. What helped most was asking trusted people about her strengths and development areas.

“So, for me, it, it looks like a lot of answering questions of what I like my ideal job to be, you know, there's quizzes out there. Pros and cons of looking at different roles that I come across, whether they interested me or not.”
— Pamela Naidoo-Ameglio, On Change with Petro du Pisani, episode 37, 25 January 2025 (13:13)

How do you prevent burnout after coming back to work?

Pamela reaches out earlier for help and takes deliberate mini breaks, such as weekends away from phone and computer. She follows a colleague who takes a mental health long weekend every couple of Fridays.

“And it's, you know, it's taught me to, to reach out earlier to ask for help, and if help's not forthcoming, then to make some, you know, further decisions on what I do and don't do.”
— Pamela Naidoo-Ameglio, On Change with Petro du Pisani, episode 37, 25 January 2025 (17:34)

How do I figure out what my purpose or values are?

Shannon says your life demonstrates it. Look at where you spend money, what you always say yes to, and what leaves you energised versus exhausted.

“Your life demonstrates what is most meaningful and purposeful.”
— Shannon Royden-Turner, On Change with Petro du Pisani, episode 41, 17 February 2025 (18:15)

How important is emotional intelligence for leaders?

Gail states that ninety-three percent of leadership effectiveness is entrenched in emotional intelligence. In her view technical competency is only a baseline competence.

“But the interesting thing about EQ is that ninety-three percent of leadership effectiveness is entrenched in emotional intelligence. In fact, technical competency today is regarded as a baseline competence. It will get you the job, it will get the job done, but the biggest difference lies in the way in which you do that job.”
— Gail Cameron, On Change with Petro du Pisani, episode 9, 25 October 2018 (11:24)

How can a woman move up the leadership ladder and stay true to herself?

Carmel describes being pushed to show more masculine attributes and asking herself who she was becoming. She argues an authentic leader is the same person at home and at work, and says running her own company lets her lead true to her values.

“And I remember driving home one day, talking to myself out loud, cause I do do that, and saying to myself, cause I'd lost my temper. And I got into my car on the way home, and I said, who the hell are you? Who are you becoming? And I didn't like it.”
— Carmel Peinke, On Change with Petro du Pisani, episode 48, 2 June 2026 (20:03)

How this site is verified

This site holds 24 episodes analysed of 48 in the catalogue, published 18 November 2017 to 2 June 2026, as at 2026-09: 923 minutes of audio (15 h 23 min), 162 531 words spoken, 249 quotations, 1 004 key points, 144 long passages and 189 questions answered.

How corrections work

Human corrections outrank the machine. 2 are applied on this site (1 speaker identification ruled by a person; 1 correction to transcribed words), the latest on 24 September 2026. Corrections are applied when the site is built; the raw transcripts are kept unchanged as the record.

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