Purpose. Authenticity
About Busi
Busi is a social change catalyst and has over a decade of work experience in a variety of sectors namely, civil society, local government, corporate and academia. The service that I offer in coaching and facilitating mixed gender groups is to create a solid container that allows multiplicity of contexts and an allowing atmosphere where teams and individuals can feel safe to be self-aware thereby connecting to the Self and connect to others authentically in private life and at their workplaces. Reflect Coaching Life Skills is a social enterprise with a focus on people development and was founded in 2015. When invited to work with larger projects, I have a pool of independent facilitators to draw from.
My work is more about continually checking internally who am I being in the moment, checking whether I am living in authenticity. I thrive on passing my ethos to my clients because I completely bring the whole of me into my work, social spaces, and workplace including within my family. I cut my teeth in facilitating big group workshops serving in 2006 at The Institute for the Healing of Memories where I learned to facilitate Peace and Reconciliation workshops in South Africa. Working with a variety of societal structures from prisoners, theologian students, religious organisations, community leaders, the homeless and ex-combatants enabled me to create a safe, sacred space for those on a healing life journey. My perception always is, everyone has a story to tell and I always offer my presence to hold space and deeply listen without judgement.
Coming out of the turmoil of experiences under oppression and struggle for freedom I sought to live a purposeful life from a young age. I relate a purposeful life to offering service to those in need which has always been a big part of who I am. Offering service to my peers and upcoming leaders and living a purposeful life has remained the same throughout my transformation from a clueless teenager to a caring Purposeful Coach. The articulation and sensing of my call to purpose was sought mostly by utilising the modality of journaling and sensing. I use this approach very much and forms a big part of my reflective moments that I use when coaching clients with whom I am naturally intrigued by their diversity and resilience.
What I bring is strongly moulded by overcoming my diverse experiences in facilitating community healing, assisting clients facing challenges with creating financial freedom and those desiring flexibility in working with difficult customer experiences at work in organisations. I live in Cape Town (South Africa) which I use as my base for coaching and facilitation, however am available to meet clients from across the world. My husband and 2 kids live with me. Colleagues say that I am good at facilitating crucial and courageous conversations that allow systemic shifts. As an individual, the core of my make up as a black woman is made up of knowing and owning my power and fully living it by not compromising my self-worth.
CREDENTIALS AND MEMBERSHIP
- National Diploma in Public Management / Cape Peninsula University of Technology – 2006
- Basic Facilitation NQF Level 5 / University of the Western Cape – 2009
- Certificate in Coaching / Strong Foundation Academy of Coaching: 2014
- Diploma in Coaching / Strong Foundation Academy of Coaching: 2017
- Member Coach with COMENSA (Coaches and Mentors of SA) – current
- Psychosocial Support – 2015
- No-Name Initiative Dialogue Institute Facilitation Training - 2015
- No-Name Initiative Dialogue Institute Advanced Facilitation Training - 2017
- Institute for the Healing of Memories: Associate
- Rites of Passage Facilitation Training: 2017
- Presencing Institute- Leading from emerging future: 2017
- Deep Listening Skills Training - 2018
- Art of Facilitatation Training - 2019
- Pricewaterhousecoopers (PwC) – Associate
- ForReal Social Enterprise - Associate
Offering
COACHING
Coaching is a growth process in which self-awareness and ownership are facilitated. It's about creating a big vision and working towards that, not just fixing problems and I'm of a conviction that purpose is a contribution to the world that uses your whole self fully and gives your life meaning, passion and fulfilment through dedication to something larger than yourself. Your destiny can be like a "connecting the dots" on a drawing board which will unfold over time. In our professional coaching engagement I seek to capacitate others on their journey of finding inner healing and self-discovery in order to ignite potential. You will be held accountable and supported in stepping into self awareness and you will be supported to be able to make the best transformative choices in whatever circumstances you find yourself. Your life journey can be like a "connecting the dots" on a drawing board which will unfold over time.
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LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT FACILITATOR
Spaces where people are going through seasons of change and growth, seeking greater alignment, connection and effectiveness is meaningful work to me. I have accumulated a decade of experience in Peace and Reconciliation, Employee Engagement, Communication and Effectiveness, Diversity and Inclusion, Culture Change and in facilitating stakeholder meaningful, crucial and courageous dialogues. Deep and meaningful facilitation requires the ability to hold the space with compassion, to understand diverse perspectives and to meta-listen. Being present in the moment and my calm demeanour are the principles used to step into my work. I can work with small or large number of groups and the number of delegates I have worked with range from 6 to 180.
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WOMEN's NATURE RETREATS
This retreat opens up your heart, body and mind to fresh and powerful perspective, to have a deep look into whatever is happening in your life from a transition to an embedding of sorts. If you feel a need for a holding of a diverse group of women, find out more...
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DIVERSITY and INCLUSION
I believe that transformation, diversity and inclusion is far from a numbers game of replacing one race with another in an organisation, it is much deeper than just race but requires culture change. Organisational Effectiveness and Culture Change is one that is complex and is a deep underlying trajectory. The workshops of this nature conducted focus on embedding compassion through story narratives to deepen a culture of inclusion.
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Testimonials
My coaching journey with Busi helped me to work on areas that I needed to grow in but needed accountability in. It was great to work on myself and have someone hold me accountable for the goals I set for myself. Busi shared with me a few valuable tools that I could apply to various aspects of my life. It also forced me to reflect on where I was in my journey- my work life balance, and identify areas I was out of balance in. We set small goals one step at a time, which motivated me and gave me confidence as I began achieving them. One of the big areas I needed assistance in was in my finances. It took a lot of discipline to change my bad habits but Busi kept encouraging me to calculate my debt and work out how long it would take me to pay it off. Eventually I was able to pay off a significant amount of debt and buy myself a flat. This was a huge achievement for me. I believe most people need life coaching to achieve their goals and dreams. Thank you Busi for helping me achieve some of mine. God continue to bless you and work through you in this transformational work with people.
Venessa Padayachee: Nicro - Advocacy Manager and Social Worker
At the time of our meeting I was lost and confused not knowing my purpose in life. My first impression of life coaching was, is this counselling or what can I expect. Busi gave me the outlines to the process and I was sold. At first it was intimidating because of the level of intimacy and I am not usually an open person but it later changed as I became more relaxed and understood expectations from both myself and coach. What I really enjoyed is the way in which the coaching stretched me and pointed out specific areas in my life that I can improve on in order to live a more fulfilled life. Accountability was my first barrier followed with sticking to my goals and achieved them. And I did. I’m no longer where I used to be, I have accomplished more than I expected. From not knowing who I was, what my purpose is and where my career development is going, I’m surely proud of making the decision to get a life coach which happens to be Busi Mgbemena. I can recommend her to anyone looking for a life coach. Thank you Busi for choosing your passion to teach me and many others how to be accountable for our dreams, goals and finding one’s purpose in life
Nazleigh Kannemeyer: Take a lot- HR Analyst
Dear Busi, I am deeply grateful for the time you have dedicated to coaching me over the last few months. You have taught me not only about myself, but also about Coaching. You will always serve as a role model to me. All the very best with your career and family life Kindest Regards, Estelle
Dr. Estelle Coustas: Nursing Executive - Mediclinic Southern Africa
Contact
- Parklands, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
- +27 73 676 9452 - Busi
- busi@reflectcoaching.co.za
- 09:00-17:00
