Jennifer Tallack

Jennifer Tallack is the Executive Director of the Dependable Strengths Foundation in Johannesburg, South Africa. She has enjoyed a full career as an educator in primary and secondary schools. English and History are her subjects. As Deputy Principal for a girls’ high school, she served as head of the Guidance and Counseling Department. She is a Master Trainer in Dependable Strengths.

On a visit to Johannesburg in 1998, Bernard Haldane set in motion a kind of Job Magnet Process to offer the Dependable Strengths vision to the people of South Africa. Bernard began by contacting Joburg’s Anglican Bishop. He went on to develop a network of contacts who would remember him and make referrals. In 1999, a team of eight South Africans came to Seattle for Dependable Strengths Facilitator Training. Jennifer Tallack was one of those eight. In 2001, the Dependable Strengths Foundation was established in Johannesburg, with Jennifer Tallack as Executive Director.

Today, there are 85 DS facilitators in South Africa. Hundreds of South Africans have received Dependable Strengths training. There are Dependable Strengths Operating Groups at two South African universities, two secondary schools have agreed to integrate DS into their curriculum, and a regular schedule of DS courses is offered at a women’s community center.

In 2003, a survey of job seekers who received DS training showed that 64% had found work (in a country where the unemployment rate is at 40%). Ninety-eight percent of those surveyed said the DS Process was having a positive effect on their lives and had given them hope. Even among people suffering from HIV/AIDS, the DS Process is proving to be an effective catalyst for hope. Jennifer says, “There are endless possibilities for growth. We have only begun to scratch the surface.”

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