ABOUT
BRENT JANSE VAN RENSBURG
Leadership & Systemic Performance Coach
Helping people, teams and organisations develop leadership and build the environments that enable collective performance to hold under pressure and last beyond any one season, campaign or leader.
A PERSON-FIRST, SYSTEMIC APPROACH
Recognising that sustainable performance depends on both the people within an environment and the way that environment operates.
Brent works across sport and business, combining 23+ years in demanding performance environments with evidence-informed coaching, behavioural science and postgraduate study.
23+ YEARS
Across elite sport, education, leadership development and business
EMCC Senior Practitioner
Professional coaching accreditation
MSc
in progress
Practical. Direct. Evidence-informed.
The practical aim is: to connect people, behaviours and systems so insight becomes action that strengthens relationships, collective performance and the environments in which people work.
His work draws on current research from systemic coaching, psychology, behaviour change and neuroscience, backed by his qualifications and combined with practical experience in elite performance environments.
Brent is a former teacher, that now lectures on programmes in coaching, leadership, performance and behavior change.
He has more than 23 years’ experience in high-performance sport, education and leadership development, and has coached in competitions including Super Rugby, the Gallagher Premiership, the Champions Cup, the Europe Rugby and the Currie Cup, and has contributed to advisory work supporting Olympic and Paralympic preparation.
Through his work, lessons shared are relatable, brought to life through powerful storytelling and a style of support that draws people into the conversation. Complex performance challenges are met with simplified interventions that are useful.
Experience That Shaped the Work
More than two decades across elite sporting competitions, education, business and leadership development have shaped the way Brent works today — navigating high-pressure environments, rebuild projects, teams dealing with change, systemic leadership impact and the challenge of creating progress when resources, time or certainty are limited. Here are some competitions, organisations and professional environments from across Brent’s career & development.
TIMELINE OF ACCOLADES
Runners up of Premier Currie Cup & Super Rugby Unlocked.
Top of the Super Rugby Log when COVID-19 hindered competition.
Champions of Supersport Challenge Cup. Semi-Finalists of Currie Cup Premier Competition for first time in 21 years!
Unbeaten champions of Supersport Challenge Cup.
Most turnover tackles and breakdown steals in Premier Currie Cup. Scored 24 more tries than 2016. Record wins vs. Bulls & Western province.
Gained promotion to the Premier Currie Cup for the 1st time in 7 years, SA Rugby Coach of the Year Nominee.
GreyHigh Ranked 5th in South Africa.
Beat Grey College (Bloem) for first time in 10 years.
Coached NMMU to their most successful season in the history of the Varsity Cup on a tiny budget. Semi-finalists Varsity Cup. Champions of Grand Super League.
Champions of National University Tournament B Section. Gained promotion to A Section.
One of only two unbeaten teams at Craven Week tournament and produced player of tournament.
Performance & Leadership
- MSc in Coaching and Behavioural Change (In progress)
- Neuroscience, Phychology, Executive Coaching (Completed)
- Professional Certificate in Executive Coaching (Completed)
- Post Graduate in Coaching and Behavioural Change (Completed)
- Sport Management & PhDs Rec
- SMATE Mathematics Teacher
- Entrepreneurial Business Management
SPORTS QUALIFICATION
Level 3
World Rugby level 3 qualification
Diploma
Diploma in Rugby Theory and Practice - South African Rugby Institute
Performance
High-Performance Coaches Course - IRANZ
Specialised
Specialised Skills & Unit Coaching Course - SARI
Programs
Proficient in use of Sports Code, Power BI, Kitman Labs, Catapult and STATSports.
Teams Coached
COMPETITIONS Coached
WHAT THE WORK STRENGTHENS
The work is shaped around the context, but the aim stays consistent: helping people and organisations move from fragmented effort to highly connected, collective performance that holds under pressure and lasts.
Level Change wasn’t built in a boardroom. It was shaped by years of rebuilding teams with limited resources — and discovering that resourcefulness matters more than resources.
Whether the work is with an individual, leadership group, team or wider organisation, the aim is the same: to create the conditions and develop capacity for people and performance to thrive.
