Dr Phumzile Mmope is an internationally certified and credentialed leadership and business coach and strategic communication consultant.
She is a keynote speaker and facilitator with an insightful and authentic style. Topics close to her heart are leadership, diversity and inclusion, engaging the workforce, strategic communication and branding.
Dr Phumzile cares about values, inclusion, professionalism and the necessity for authentic leaders to build culturally diverse workplaces where people and organisations succeed.
She became a coach and consultant following a rewarding career as an executive director and strategic communication expert in higher education over 20 years. During that time, she worked with high-performing, multicultural and multilingual teams.
She helps leaders and businesses identify and target painful issues in organisations so that teams can heal and become more productive and collaborative.
She holds a PhD in Communication Studies from North-West University and is a part-time lecturer on leadership communication at Stellenbosch University Business School. Her research focus area is intercultural communication competence in the context of facilitating strategic alignment and employee engagement in culturally diverse and inclusive workplaces.
Dr Phumzile is the author of a research paperback titled: Engaging the Workforce: The Role of Senior Managers in Internal Communication and Employee Engagement.