Mike Eldon
Founder & Facilitator
The DEPOT offers high-impact consultancy, facilitation and coaching to corporates, governments, development agencies, NGOs and others. We engage at the very highest levels and cascade all the way down. We expect to make a big and lasting difference as a result of our involvement, always expecting our clients to “have a good time doing good things”. We deliver value way beyond our fees, and consistently generate enthusiastic word-of-mouth references.
About Us
The Dan Eldon Place Of Tomorrow (DEPOT) was set up as a living memorial to Dan Eldon, a Reuters photojournalist who was killed in Somalia in 1993 while covering the tragic events in that country. It was established in 1994 as a Charitable Trust by the Rotary Club of Nairobi, as a centre for experiential learning for young people. The Founder Chairman is Mike Eldon, Dan’s father.
Since our early days, while continuing to develop youth we have evolved into a fully-fledged management consultancy. We have however retained our lightness, always expecting our clients to be “having a good time doing good things” with us.
Our philosophy
- Continuous learning through continuous doing
- By creating an enjoyable atmosphere, putting participants in a relaxed frame of mind that allows them to experiment, explore and learn to a dramatically greater extent than they would have thought possible
- Flexibility and adaptability; our ability to link comprehensive indoor discussions and the outdoor experience
- Emphasis on mutual feedback and encouragement of self-facilitation
- Sensitive to individual capabilities and needs
- Keeping it simple… and constant programme improvement and development
Partnerships
We partner with a number of complementary service providers including:
Human House
Human House was established in 1995 and has 20 permanent and associated employees. Their global activities concern consultant solutions such as organisational development, executive Business coaching, courses and competency development. Client solutions are distributed with 60% in private companies and 40% in Government, NGO and the public sector. They have offices in Denmark (Copenhagen & Aarhus), and are opening offices in Mexico and China. They have now partnered with The DEPOT to offer their services in this region.
Gaiasoft
Gaiasoft is a UK-based performance management company with global clients, including in Africa. Gaiasoft works with technology support to help clients use highly interactive scorecards, integrated with action-management, thereby going far beyond the traditional “M&E” to full performance management.
Stepwise Management
Stepwise Management is a German-based management consultancy that, like The DEPOT, specializes in energy alignment, through strategy development and execution, and culture strengthening. Their lead consultant Frank Kretzschmar has extensive experience in Kenya and elsewhere in Africa.
The DEPOT Team
The DEPOT brings together some of the most experienced and skilled consultants and facilitators in the region into one seamless and tested team:
Nazir Ebrahim
General Manager & Facilitator
Twalib Ebrahim
Senior consultant, facilitator & coach
Jan Hyttel
Senior consultant & coach
Rajeet Shah
Facilitator & Consultant
More Team Members…
Associate facilitators
From our blog
Our Charitable Work & Projects
The DEPOT is a not-for-profit organization, and therefore we put funds generated from corporate and other clients back into the community by subsidising programmes for rural communities, schools for the mentally challenged, university students’ clubs and church and other youth groups.
Some of the organisations we have supported include:
Thomas Barnados Children’s Home
We offered a subsided cost teambuilding programme for the house mothers and staff of Thomas Banados, now known as Kenya Children’s Home. We enabled them work as a team to ensure they achieve the goal of providing the best care, protection and education to the children of whom they shelter.
Cura Village
LIAME Supported projects
Our Programmes
Recruiting Talent20th August 2017 - 9:18 pm
Executive Coaching20th August 2017 - 9:16 pm
Stimulating Creativity & Innovation20th August 2017 - 9:13 pm
Performance Management20th August 2017 - 9:12 pm
Retreats/Symposia2nd December 2016 - 3:09 pm
Strategy Development & Implementation2nd December 2016 - 3:06 pm
Change Management2nd December 2016 - 2:43 pm
Culture Transformation2nd December 2016 - 2:42 pm