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Mongezi C. Makhalima, PhD
Author, TEDx Speaker
Lecturer
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I Coach Legendary Leaders and Artists: The Coach's Coach! The Artist's coach. I'm the guy coaches, Global leaders and legendary artists go to when they need coaching. You LOVE my clients & have seen their work-you probably follow them!
I'm an African, A Music & Film Executive, an Academic and an Entrepreneur. Thinkers 50 Global Leadership Coach. Author, TEDx Speaker & Lecturer: Leadership,Coaching & OD at four global universities.
I'm an organisation development specialist, organisational learning expert, Motivational Speaker & Master Executive Coach (certified with the ABCCCP) with 20 years of working with organisations and leadership in corporate and NGO's.
I have the honour to serve as Chairperson of the South African National Youth Orchestra Foundation-The "National Squad" of Youth Orchestras and the first Orchestra to be recognised as such n South Africa, Chairperson of the Africa Board for Coaching, Consulting and Coaching Psychology (ABCCCP), Former Chairman of the Portfolio committee on Membership Criteria and Standards of Competence, Former Non-Executive Director at the Johannesburg Youth Orchestra, Chairman of The Entrepreneurship Academy Of Southern Africa, and Managing Director of The Coaching Community group.
I am also the founding member of the Special Interest Group on Consulting and Coaching psychology with the Society for Industrial and Organisational Psychologists of South Africa (SIOPSA) and a member of the Institute of Directors.
I hold a BCom in Industrial psychology and Business management, an MBA through the University of the North West, an MA in Coaching Psychology with a focus on Work-based Learning from Middlesex University in the UK as well as a post-graduate certificate in group process consultancy (using the tavistock methodology) through the University of South Africa. I also hold a PhD in Organisational Psychology with the Commonwealth University in the UK.
Specialties: Organisational Development/Change Management, Motivational Speaking, Executive & Career Coaching, Board Facilitation, Entrepreneur Development, Generalist HR Practitioner- Talent Management.
Nina Meyerhof, EdD.
Author
Education Expert
Award Winner: Mother Theresa Award and International Educators Award for Peace
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Nina has made a life of advocating for children and youth. As her vocation, she served as the Special Education Coordinator for a ten–school district in southern Vermont. Dr. Meyerhof has extensive background in the needs of all children, with Master of Arts degrees in both Special Education and in Counseling and a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies in Psychology.
She also holds a doctorate in Educational Policy, Research, and Administration from the University of Massachusetts, where she developed a self-esteem model to be used in schools. A co-author of Conscious Education: The Bridge to Freedom, she is recognized as an innovative educator committed to global responsibility through authentic learning. Having received many awards for her work from The Mother Theresa Award to the Citizen’s Department of Peace Award to the International Educators Award for Peace, Nina continues daily to focus on altering world views for creating a better future.
