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With the right set of skills and competencies everyone is capable of leading.

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Strategic Business Impact

Magewu has extensive experience in delivering strategic business impact in organizations with complex governance structures. With a career in diverse built environment fields that has spanned more than 20 years she has coached a generation of leaders, executives and high potential professionals resulting in cultural change, effective working relationships and dramatic improvement in productivity. It is these experiences that taught her that it is the tiniest shifts in perspective that results in the highest achievements.

Interests on leadership

Thando is a keen scholar with research interests in leadership, gender and diversity, as well as infrastructure utilities. She holds a B.A (Honours) from Rhodes University, a Master in Town and Regional Planning (University of Natal) and a Master in Business Leadership (UNISA). She is trained in Practical Leadership Studies, Biblical Leadership Studies and Women in Leadership from the University of Stellenbosch. She is a member of if the Institute of Director of South Africa.

Leadership Footprint

Leadership Footprint is a boutique leadership development practice. Leadership development is our core business. We develop leadership competencies through a number of leadership interventions that is, executive and leadership coaching, applied research, and advisory services.

Solving Leadership Problems

An endless supply of leadership problems worth solving and questions worth answering, deep curiosity, a love of intellectual rigour, an appreciation of the role of an exchange of ideas to one’s growth, a heart for people, and a deep reflection on my own career experiences resulted in a burning desire to create a learning environment in which leaders and aspiring leaders can thrive.

Critical Career Stages

The absence of intentional coaching and mentoring at critical career stages to transition first-generation professionals from functional to leadership competencies is heightening the risk. The technical/expert knowledge that progresses the careers of professionals into leadership roles is proven inadequate for leadership. Thus, most executives occupy leadership positions and roles beyond their training and emotional preparedness. The problem is heightened by the absence of executive induction while expected to deliver immediate results in politically charged, diverse, and fast-changing organizations. Leaders need to learn essential tools, techniques, and methods to face these complex realities.

Transformational Approach

We see leadership as a complex multi-dimensional concept. With the right set of skills, we believe everyone is capable of leading. Our approach is transformational, accepting that the key traits of successful leaders are self-awareness and personal mastery.

Creation Of Objective Spaces

We create objective spaces for reflection, guidance, support, and advice for leaders, executives, founders, rapid risers, and organisations that seek to build legacies, navigate disruptions effectively and remain relevant by developing unique leadership expression and embodiment. We guide managers, business leaders, and executives to transition from a managerial/ functional into a leadership understanding. We believe that leadership is the most critical business skill as it sets the stage for business success.

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