We bring decades of leadership development experience and coaching expertise — including stress management and resilience training — to help workplaces transform stress into resilience and leadership into results.
Luminate Workplace Transformation was founded by mother–daughter team Candace and Jo-Anne Watermeyer.
Together, we focus on the two biggest levers for strategic and sustainable change in any organisation: stress and leadership. From both personal and professional experience, we know that when you pull these levers, the rewards are exponential.
Supported by a trusted network of expert coaches, we deliver programmes tailored to the rhythms, challenges, and people of your organisation.
Stress Management Coach & EFT Practitioner, accredited by ICF & EFT International.
Candace is a stress management and resilience coach specialising in workplace wellbeing and career-related challenges.
Certified by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and accredited by EFT International (EFTi), she combines professional coaching with Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) to help people reduce stress, restore balance, and perform sustainably.
With a background in corporate communications and PR, Candace understands the realities of high-pressure environments and the toll they can take on individuals and teams.
She also brings lived experience of navigating resilience in demanding circumstances, giving her work both empathy and insight. Over the past five years, she has supported professionals and leaders to re-pattern their stress responses, build resilience, regain confidence, and navigate their careers with clarity and purpose.
Leadership Development Coach & Strategic HR Expert, fellow of CIPD and accredited by ILM
Jo-Anne is a leadership and development coach with an MBA and over 40 years’ international experience in human resources and organisational strategy.
A DISC-accredited practitioner and member of the EMCC, she specialises in helping leaders and teams align people, performance, and purpose.
Her career has spanned global HR leadership, university lecturing in Strategic HR, and consulting on leadership and development initiatives.
At Luminate, Jo-Anne designs and delivers our leadership programmes, tailoring each to client objectives and drawing on evidence-based frameworks.
Known for her pragmatic, results-driven style — and her genuine care for the people she coaches — she helps leaders grow with confidence while building resilient, high-performing teams.
The Institute of Leadership
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
The British Psychological Society
European Mentoring and Coaching Council
EFT International
International Coaching Federation
At Luminate, we combine evidence-based practice with a human-first philosophy. Our programmes are:
It’s this blend of science, strategy, and care that enables transformation to last.
Across industries and cultures, two factors consistently shape performance: how people manage stress, and how leaders respond to it.
We’ve seen this in multinationals, SMEs, and public-sector teams alike — when these two levers move, everything else follows.
1. Stress management builds resilience.
Unmanaged stress drains focus, energy, and motivation. Resilience isn’t about endurance; it’s about recovery. Helping people regulate stress responses restores productivity and prevents burnout before it begins.
2. Leadership amplifies every outcome.
Leaders set the tone for wellbeing, engagement, and organisational trust. Coaching equips them with the emotional intelligence and communication skills to turn pressure into purpose — strengthening both people and performance.
By combining these disciplines, Luminate helps organisations achieve measurable results: healthier teams, stronger leaders, and sustainable performance growth.
Discover measurable results for your leaders and teams with Luminate coaching.