Guest speakers are not the first thing that comes to mind when you think about self-awareness. Socrates said "know thyself" and this brings up images of days in contemplative isolation and candle light reflection in the evenings. In essence self-awareness is to know your strengths and weaknesses but also to become aware of any blind spots. Specialized guest speakers in South Africa can play a significant role in building self-awareness, because sometimes employees tend to trust educated opinions from the outside, easier. Assessments, evaluations and 360-degree feedback instrument are extremely useful in the process, but so are guest speakers who can create external focus.