Hi, I'm Tenji
I'm an executive coach, leadership developer and speaker.
I help high-growth leaders and ambitious professionals to lead themselves and high-performance teams and organisations with greater impact, to accelerate their advancement into senior roles with authenticity, and to find deeper meaning and alignment in their careers.
My dream is for us to have abundant careers, sustainable leadership and high-functioning, healthy organisations because we live and lead with authenticity, courage and wisdom.
In my vision of abundant leadership,
We aren't afraid to lead with both our minds and hearts.
We aren't afraid to ask the tough questions and design a new status quo instead of conforming to a model that isn't working.
We are brave enough to go deep within and uncover what's holding us and our companies back so that we can emerge more powerful and true to ourselves.
This is what will bring us high-performance, flow, and sustainable growth without burnout, disillusionment or losing ourselves.
What does an abundant career look like in real life?
Join me on the Abundant Leaders Podcast where we're exploring how to courageously bring all of ourselves to the table so that we can harness the fullness of our personal power and increase our flow and success at work.
Expand your impact at your own pace with an online course or resource
Whether you're a new manager or experienced executive, my leadership and career advancement courses bring you the strategies, support structure and community you need to level up or go deeper in your career or business
Get Promoted
Online course
Fast-track your advancement into your dream leadership role by learning the 3 winning strategies that executives use to get to the top
US$ 270 for the full course
US$ 90 per strategy
How are you tracking towards promotion?
Self-assessment and guide
Step-back and assess how you're tracking towards advancing into your dream role and create an action plan to showcase your strengths and fill any gaps
Free
Achieve lasting results by taking a holistic approach
As a growth and performance partner, I help my individual clients and corporate teams to define what great looks like, understand who they need to be to achieve the desired outcome, then help them build new capacities within themselves to show up successfully.
The 5 pillars of my approach are:
- Take a holistic approach by addressing the mind, body, heart and spirit; and using the Integral Coaching Method to consider all the drivers and areas impacted, including your inner self, your outer behaviour, other people, and external systems.
- Solve for the root cause by focusing not just on what you need to do, but also on who you need to be inside in order to show up in the desired way.
- Design a structured programme with clear development objectives that will take you step-by-step from where you are now to where you want to be.
- Bravely celebrate and leverage who you are instead of leaking energy by trying to change yourself or conform to norms.
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Take real-time action and course-correct though personalised growth practices, best-practice tools and resources, and reflection exercises designed to build your self-awareness and ability to coach yourself.
Pick the right support model for you
Individuals
I help managers, leaders and senior-level individual contributors with
- 1x1 coaching programme for a specific topic or challenge – 7-9 sessions over 5-6 months
- 1x1 coaching retainer for thought partnership and ongoing support as you lead – meeting at regular intervals e.g., monthly, quarterly
- One-time coaching deep-dive to problem solve a key issue – 1 or 2 intensives for 2-3 hours each
- Self-paced online courses and downloadable resources
Book a 1x1 coaching discovery call
Organisational leaders
I help talent executives, business unit leaders and line managers to get support for themselves or leaders on their teams, with
- 1x1 coaching programme for a specific topic or challenge – 7-9 sessions over 5-6 months
- 1x1 coaching retainer for thought partnership and ongoing support as you lead – meeting at regular intervals e.g., monthly, quarterly
- 1x1 talent strategy thought partnership to devise your talent strategy or problem solve talent and culture challenges your team or organisation is facing leaders
Book a 1x1 coaching discovery call for yourself
Get talent strategy thought partnership for yourself
Management cohorts
I help management and leadership cohorts to build collective skills and cohesion, with
- Group coaching programmes
- 1x1 on-call coaching office hours - on retainer
- Leadership development workshops
- Licensed on-demand courses
- Bespoke retreats
Teams
I help teams to optimise their operating models and make better decisions, with
- Group coaching programmes
- Leadership development workshops
- Facilitated strategy workshops, e.g., talent strategy, organisational health and culture, leadership principles, top team effectiveness
- Bespoke retreats
Organisations
I help organisations to have meaningful conversations and inspire and align their people around a common topic, through
- Speaking events
- Moderating panels
- Internal culture and leadership podcasts or interview series
What clients are saying...
When I started my coaching journey, I thought I needed help to find my purpose. Through dedication, patience and a growth-enabling holistic approach, Tenji helped me to find deeper meaning in everything I do.
I am a better person because of this journey.
If you want to leave your comfort zone, eliminate self-limiting beliefs, and truly change your professional and personal life for the better, I highly recommend Tenji as your coach.
- INAM, Business Development Director
My coaching journey with Tenji unlocked my self-awareness and confidence.
Tenji helped me realise that achieving my full potential was within my reach if I focussed on my uniqueness.
Tenji helped me to eliminate the mindset that was blocking me from career progression and helped me design the practical tools I needed to build confidence and develop my leadership presence.
Tenji is thoughtful, kind and cares deeply about her clients, I appreciated the tailored approach to my personal struggles and journey.
- SONAM, Financial Controller
I came to Tenji burned out and unhappy in my role. I wanted to move into a more senior role but didn't know how to do it.
Tenji helped me to create and act on a targeted approach for my promotion. She gave me tools that made a difference immediately, especially a value proposition (which I never had before) and strategies that helped me to build relationships with two senior leaders in my firm who are now mentoring me and supporting my journey.
I now feel confident that I will get into the role I desire.
- LIENDA, Investment analyst
**UPDATE: Lienda subsequently caught the attention of a head-hunter and, with the value proposition we worked on and the confidence she had built, she landed a global role at a more senior level with higher pay!
Tenji is my go-to career advisor because she asks thoughtful questions that help me to step back and consider alternate ways to bring purpose to my career.
Her advice always addresses what I need as a person, my passions, my circumstances and my short- and long-term plans.
Whenever we work together, she leaves me with helpful resources that help me to plan out my next steps.
- CHIEDZA, Lawyer
Get to know me
I'm a proud generalist with a spike in talent development and organisational health and performance.
My diverse background spans many functional areas, sectors and geographies, but the golden thread of my career - my consistent why and central how - is that I love helping people and organisations to achieve their greatest potential by figuring out what's holding them back and how they can overcome it, using my skills as an independent advisor and expert problem-solver.
My core strategies for creating breakthroughs for clients have come from building a successful career in some of the world’s leading high-performance organisations, including McKinsey & Company, J.P. Morgan and Harvard University.
At these organisations, I’ve given corporate strategy, talent performance and investment advice to C-suite executives in the largest listed companies in Africa, Britain and the United States, helping them to optimise their performance and grow to new and more profitable levels.
In these roles, I've learned what matters to leaders and how to drive results with an eye on value creation for the business.
I've also had practical experience running businesses and being a corporate leader. Early in my career, I followed my creative passions and founded and ran an interior design company, Zuva Interiors. Later, I served as junior executive in Massmart, Africa's largest retailer, working closely with the CEO of a subsidiary to develop a turnaround strategy for two struggling brands.
Because I was an entrepreneur early in my career and understand the demands of leadership on the ground, the approaches I use with my clients are always relevant, actionable and help my clients to see results from Day 1.
I am currently an executive coach, leadership developer and speaker; and the Founder and CEO of Kuva Performance. I am a Certified Integral Coach with Integral Coaching Canada and hold a BA in Economics from Harvard University.
My client and work experience extends across sectors and the world
