Elaine Jacob

Elaine Jacob is a recognised International Entreprenuer being awarded 3 Prestigious Entrepreneurship Awards in 2014 and 2015. Elaine has developed and trained more than 50 Entrepreneurs on her UNSTOPPABLE ENTREPRENEURSHIP Programme, which takes a strong focus on MINDSET to UNLOCK the Entrepreneurial Thinking.

2014 to Present

Advisor and Speaker on the Future of WORK, Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Good Governance. Elaine has spoken at International Conferences and Symposiums including International Maxwell Leadership Conference with Dr John C Maxwell, The United Nations, African Corporate Governance Conference with Professor Mervyn King, Women in Leadership and Tomorrow’s Leaders.

Elaine is also Business Coach to Industry Leaders, CEO’s and Business Leaders including the World Bank, United Nations, ABSA, African Bank to name a few.

2014 to present

Elaine is a 3XAuthor with Entrepreneurship and Leadership Publications used as Textbooks for The Leadership Academy SA

2017 – Present

Host of the “No Limits” Entreprenuerial Radio Programme has a “LIVE” listener base of more than 1 million listeners spanning the globe.

2015-2017

Adjunct Lecturer for Cultural Leadership at WITS University

2020- present

MIT- Sloan Teaching Faculty for Inquiry Driven Leadership

Yale University – Teaching Faculty for Leadership and Design Thinking

Specialties: Entrepreneurship, Leadership, the Future of Work, The War for TALENT, Building Organisatons of the the Future ; GenZ, and digital Marketing

Education

• Master of Philosophy (MPhil) Stellenbosch University/Universiteit Stellenbosch (2005 — 2012)
• Leadership Coach International Maxwell Certification (2014 — 2014)
• Certificate International Research Council, Delft, Netherlands (2008 — 2008)
• Post Graduate Diploma Stellenbosch University/Universiteit Stellenbosch (2004 — 2004)
• Sociology:Community Development University of South Africa/Universiteit van Suid-Afrika (2000 — 2000)
• Diploma Durban University of Technology (1994 — 1996)