Nicole has 27 years’ experience in the corporate arena, specializing in various fields: Leadership and Management Development, Executive Coaching, Emotional and Conversational Intelligence, Building High Performing Teams, Advanced Communication, Stakeholder Engagement, Organizational Behavior, Executive Presence and Corporate Visibility, Advanced Presentation Etiquette and Voice Projection, Employee On-boarding, Entrepreneur Development, Managing and Improving Business Performance, Women in Leadership and all associated people-centric/team development skills.
Her all-encompassing experience in the field of business, psychology and guest speaking in front of audiences world-wide, has been the basis on which her success as an Independent training consultant and executive coach is comprised.
Nicole is an Irish (EU) national born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa. She began her training career in 1997 counselling and up-skilling American youth at YMCA Camp Thunderbird in Lake Wylie, South Carolina, USA. She also headed up the Acting and Drama Program focusing on confidence and public performance development.
Thereafter, in 1999, she went on to become a sales executive in the hospitality industry in Algarve, Portugal.
She continued gaining international experience when she relocated to Dubai, United Arab Emirates in 2009, immediately building knowledge and a better understanding of Middle Eastern markets and culture.
Nicole relocated to Muscat, Oman and between 2011-2019 she played an instrumental role in training Omani nationals and expatriates alike towards the countries ‘Vision 2020’ Omanization initiative: training and coaching towards the sustainable development of the private sector and closing
In April 2018, Nicole was selected as one of 10 International Speakers to host a TED Talk for TEDx Muscat Live on: The importance of contributing to a greener society.
Nicole has trained on behalf of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (Division for Multilateral Diplomacy) in Switzerland, Al Jazeera Media Institute in Qatar and is the formally appointed Executive Advisor and Coach to CEM Mining in South Africa.
She is actively training, coaching, consulting and speaking across the globe.
Nicole is an International Corporate Trainer specializing in Leadership, Management and Organizational Development
Certified Executive Coach
Neurolinguistic Programming Practitioner
TEDx and Guest Speaker
In addition to face-to-face training, Nicole Smart is an expert in delivering online workshops. She is a trained television presenter and has been hosting online training and coaching globally, since 2014
Nicole has trained on behalf of: UNITAR (United Nations Institute for Training and Research), Division for Multilateral Diplomacy (Geneva, Switzerland)
Nicole has trained on behalf of Al Jazeera Media Institute (Qatar)
In April 2018, Nicole was selected as one of 10 international speakers to host a TED TALK for TEDx Muscat, Oman
Nicole is the formally appointed Executive Coach and Advisor for Consulting Evolution Mining in South Africa
Her Degree in Communication Science incorporated various elements of Organizational and Social Psychology