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Dr. Dumi Magadlela

Dr Dumi Magadlela is an executive coach, Ubuntu coach, coach trainer, leadership development facilitator, organizational culture and ‘people whisperer’. He has an ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC) credential. Dumi is an author on executive coaching, Ubuntu Coaching, leadership development, and ethics in coaching. He is an international leader in growing coaching globally and is currently serving as the Chairperson of the International Coaching Federation (ICF) Global Board of Directors (2023-2024). Dumi co-founded the Ubuntu Coaching Foundation (UCF) at The Coaching Centre (TCC) in South Africa with Dr Paddy Pampallis, where he is Vice-Principal and has been Senior Faculty for over 16 years.

He delivers a module on “Coaching in the African Context” and on the “African Wisdom in Coaching” every year. The Ubuntu Coaching Foundation (UCF) is a non-profit coaching organization meant to promote access to coaching for leaders and community members who would otherwise not be able to afford coaching services. Dumi has designed and delivered numerous leadership coaching, team coaching, and organisational culture interventions, for executive clients in multiple sectors across Africa and beyond. More recently, Dumi is part of an international faculty at the Global Team Coaching Institute (GTCI), where he co- designs and co-facilitates team coaching training at Foundational (Gateway), Practitioner and Senior Practitioner levels. This is part of a premium Team Coaching certification programme offered by leading global team coaching practitioners through Renewal Associates and Clutterbuck Coaching and Mentoring International (CCMI). One of Dumi’s Team Coaching clients is Mastercard Foundation, where he works with leadership teams across the African continent. Dumi is accredited by the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) as a Senior Practitioner in Team Coaching. Dumi completed the Gestalt International Organizational Systems Development Program (IOSD) and has been an active Gestalt practitioner since 2007. Dumi works with individual and team coaching clients in the private sector, public sectors, international corporations, non-profit organisations, and multilateral clients around the world. He is available both virtually and in-person whenever required. Dumi is a regularly featured speaker and panelist on coaching, leadership and people development, and is passionate about helping to rehumanize shared spaces through humane connection.