Founding Members

The SOAR Institute is founded on the principle of awakening new possibilities in individuals, teams and organisations through shifting the way they fundamentally observe, their attitudes and beliefs and by creating new contexts for success and sustainability.  Its founders, Gavin Friedman and Riaad Isaacs espouse the passion, dedication and commitment to learning, coaching, facilitating and exploring why and how human beings do what they do and whether they can be more effective. read more...







I have learned this at least by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavours to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

Henry David Thoreau

 

There are two ways of spreading light; to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it - Edith Wharton

The S.O.A.R. Institute’s process is designed around four imperatives. Ontology and Axiology, the two methodologies underpinning our work seamlessly combine Science and Philosophy as the platform to launch into the third component, the process of Immersion. By being fully Immersed in any process, learning multiplies exponentially creating rapid and effective shift. The fourth aspect encapsulating everything is the context of Full Responsibility.... read more

Team Development

Teams can be powerful, energizing, creators of value for an organization, and through them a company can enjoy performance no individual could possibly achieve on their own.  At the same time, teams can be difficult, dynamic, inefficient centers of frustration that are the opposite of productive and can actually detract from a company’s value. read more... 

 

IT ALL BEGINS WITH WHY?

Why – The SOAR Institute lives its Purpose of shifting individuals, teams and organisations in a meaningful and powerful way into achieving their highest potential

How – We do this through the philosophy of Ontology, the science of Axiology, the process of Immersion and the principle of full Responsibility.

What – We coach, guide and facilitate interactive learning and development encounters