Abundant Leaders with Tenji Moyana Tenji Moyana

My next guest, Marjorie Ngwenya, is a leadership coach, author and speaker and is a former executive at both Liberty Group South Africa and Old Mutual’s African operations. She was both the youngest and first black female President of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries in the United Kingdom. She broke down her own internal barriers to embrace and subsequently thrive in her appointment and now she’s written a book to help us do the same. 

Marjorie takes on challenges head on, bravely processes difficult emotions and is not afraid to let go of an identity or a long-held dream if it no longer supports who she’s becoming.

Her new book “Empowered Evolution: Shape Your Mindset, Discover Your Meaning and Thrive With Momentum” helps you overcome limiting mindsets so that you can go after a career that truly gives you meaning, in a way that’s practical and strategic, without running out of momentum on the way there.

Topics discussed:


Are we truly limitless?
How we can challenge our own limiting beliefs
What helps Marjorie to take big risks
How to create a life that is meaningful
Facing difficult emotions so that we can be resilient in life’s impossible moments, e.g., facing Marjorie’s father’s dementia diagnosis

 

Learn more about Marjorie, buy her book Empowered Evolution, and contact her for business opportunities or a coaching consultation.

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We all want to feel great in our careers. We want influence, opportunities, confidence, satisfaction, a sense of achievement, purpose. We want abundance. But it can feel hard to really grasp. What does abundance mean? Is it even possible in a world that seems to have finite resources? I’m discovering on my own path that abundance is not something we get from outside, it’s something we create from within. And when we cultivate our inner abundance it becomes a powerful radiance that we bring into the world. And from that place opportunities, freedom and fullness flows – and that’s how we manifest outer abundance.
Topics discussed:

What is abundance in theory and in practice?
The relationship between inner abundance and outer success
We can have abundance in some areas of our lives while we are growing in others
Practical strategies for how we can create abundance lives and cultivate its presence

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Andrew Johnson is a professional life coach and my second guest expert on the podcast. He joins us to discuss how he helps leaders to find more balance in their careers by mastering their calendars as a gateway to owning their time and clarifying their priorities. We discuss the importance of confronting the truth about yourself and life, managing your ego, and practicing being present in the moment in order to unlock your leadership genius, flow states and deeper trust in your body’s innate wisdom.

 

Topics discussed:

* Andrew’s work as a life coach and how he helps executives to approach work more sustainably

* The power of pausing to help you make difficult decisions

* How to say “No” without saying “No” so that you find more flexibility

* Asking the tough questions to stretch yourself into more growth

* What Brazilian Jujitsu and open water swimming have taught him about himself and how to manage his ego

 

Contact Andrew for coaching by email
or on +27 (82) 947-4884

 

The experts series brings you leadership experts in different disciplines who can help you bring your fullest-self to the table in your leadership and your career. We cover topics related to personal mastery, professional performance and personal development with skilled professionals you can reach out to after the episode to get the support you need.

 

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Fear shows up in so many ways in our leadership journeys - as imposter syndrome, fear of taking on a meatier role, fear of negotiating the right compensation package, fear of having difficult conversations, fear of taking the risk to dive into a new market or to recall a product that is no longer working, on and on. In order to lead successfully, we need to learn how to turn towards fear instead of away from it. When we’re able to lean in and ask fear what it’s telling us, it will always lead us into more – more growth, opportunities and maturity; deeper connection; and the discovery of what we care about most.

Topics discussed:


A Women’s Month ode to powerful women leaders everywhere who are exemplifying abundant leadership in spaces where we were previously excluded


How fear shows up and the things we do to avoid feeling or addressing it
The cost of being afraid of fear
What fear is actually telling us vs. what we think it is
How to alchemise fear and transform it into abundance

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Thokozile Lewanika is a coach, speaker and facilitator with a rich leadership career as a talent executive at Absa Group, Discovery Group and Novartis, and an organisational performance expert at McKinsey & Company. In Part 2 of our conversation, we explore the shifting motivation behind her career choices from primarily solving for making an impact to increasingly solving for happiness. She’s bravely transcending her identity as a high achiever, redefining what is considered a “worthy” career and creating a legacy that she can be proud of. 

Topics discussed in Part 2:

* How Thokozile has made career choices, her driving motivation and her golden thread

* The conundrum of being a C-suite executive who does not enjoy managing people

* Letting go of titles and role levels so that we can embrace a more expansive identity and create lives that will make us happy

* The legacy she wants to leave behind and the one thing she wants her children to have learned from her

 

Learn more about Thokozile and contact her for business opportunities.

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Book a free 1x1 coaching discovery call or reach out for speaking, leadership development or culture and talent consulting for your company

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Thokozile Lewanika is a coach, speaker and facilitator with a rich leadership career as a talent executive at Absa Group, Discovery Group and Novartis, and an organisational performance expert at McKinsey & Company. Today we discuss how she’s transitioned successfully in these meaty roles in order to have impact quickly and overcome setbacks. For Thokozile, a deep abiding faith in her ability to learn anything, as well as her faith in God, are some of the foundations that hold her mindset steady during change, emboldening her to take risks.

Topics discussed:

* Thokozile’s early career journey from academia to management consulting to the C-Suite

* Two practices you can use to support your mindset when you experience self-doubt and uncertainty – especially in new roles

* How mentors have supported her at major career junctures and when she faces challenges

* How she gained and continues to cultivate unshakeable self-belief

Learn more about Thokozile and contact her for business opportunities.

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Chart your course for 2024 using this short, guided teaching that builds on the 4 leadership themes for the year that I shared in Episode 26

Clarify what you want for your career and how you want to lead with the Discover What Gives You Meaning online workshop

Book a free 1x1 coaching discovery call or reach out for speaking, leadership development or culture and talent consulting for your company

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