About Hermann du Plessis
Hermann du Plessis is the Founder and Managing Director of the Themba Thandeka Leadership Institute (TTLI), a company that has worked in more than 150 organizations, in 23 countries across the globe. TTLI has built a reputation as a catalyst that significantly raises engagement and profitability.
Hermann is a leadership student with 25 years of experience, having coached, mentored, trained, and consulted in various spheres of leadership development. He is the author of “Lead with Intent”, the double bestseller leadership book, that is also used in four Global MBA programmes. The research for the book was done with their clients in 18 African countries and presents a worldclass African leadership framework.
Recently, in July 2026, he released the long awaited follow up titled “Cultivate with Intent.” This book is being endorsed by seasoned corporate business leaders as the essential guide for leaders to cultivate life-giving high-performance cultures.
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Hermann has advised senior and executive managers of major corporations for more than 25,000 hours to cultivate diverse transformational leaders, lifegiving-high-performance cultures and winning strategies. He is also a lecturer in leadership at tertiary institutions and business schools’ executive education programmes.
Some companies that Hermann has worked with include: Standard Bank; Old-Mutual; Italtile Group; Baberton Mines; Hollard; ASI; AFGRI, Hensholdt, PWC, FNB, TWK Agri and over 140 more.
His keynotes focus on the following organisational behaviour, culture and psychological aspects:
Leading for Engagement – Principles and Practices that drive engagement
Creating Life – Giving, High – Performance Environments
Building Resilient Teams
Surviving the New Normal
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