Phephile Simelane

Executive and Leadership Coach

Coaching Philosophy and Approach

Phephile is an opportunity seeker and activator. Her curiosity and resilience enable her to push boundaries and pursue success and growth. As a lifelong learner, she is passionate about the development of herself and others. Her work primarily focuses on unlocking the untapped potential in people and organisations.

Coaching Experience

Phephile has over 10 years of executive coaching experience. She coaches leaders across sectors and at the highest levels, including C-suite and board-level executives.

Phephile also group coaches leadership teams to enhance and support their effectiveness.

Work Experience

Over the last 20 years, she has been working with senior leaders and stakeholders in numerous large corporations to develop and implement strategic programmes that drive organisational culture and performance. Her focus has been on working with leaders to shift mental models that inhibit the achievement of strategy and are counter-cultural. Her work includes ensuring that business strategy is formulated, disseminated, understood and acted on by all employees.

• She currently works with leaders in various organisations to:
• Coach teams and individuals to achieve business objectives
• Build high-performance leadership teams
• Articulate and implement business strategy
• Build cohesive and effective leadership teams
• Create high-performance, strategy-aligned organisational cultures
• Ensure that business strategy filters to all levels of the organisation
• Build fully engaged and committed workforces
• Align marketing efforts with service initiatives
• Enhance the service by aligning the brand promise with the customer experience
• Define, implement and communicate change management processes
• Measure communication effectiveness and levels of engagement

Areas of Expertise

• Business Strategy Formulation, Facilitation and Implementation
• Trade and Investment Facilitation
• Organisational Leadership
• Leading Change
• Executive and Leadership Coaching
• Developing high-performing teams
• Culture Transformation
• Leadership & Team Development
• Corporate Communications
• Organisational, Team and Individual
• Effectiveness
• Organisational Development
• Employee Engagement
• Change Management
• Internal Marketing and Brand Building
• Programme Management

Clients

Communications

• Ericsson
• MTN
• Cell C
• MultiChoice

 Education

• University of the Witwatersrand
• University of Cape Town

Financial Services

• Absa
• Nedbank
• FNB
• Standard Bank
• Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)
• Industrial Development Corporation (IDC)
• Liberty Corporate
• Investec

Public Sector

• Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC)
• Ghana (Office of the President)
• Mbombela Municipality (Office of the Mayor)
• USAID

Mining and Logistics

• Anglo American
• Barloworld Logistics

Pharmaceuticals

• Roche

FMCG

• Kraft Foods – Cadbury
• South African Breweries
• ABI (Coca Cola Beverages Africa)
• Ocean Basket

Board Experience

Phephile currently sits on the board of directors of Khulisa Social Solutions and serves as Vice Chairperson.

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