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Power To The People With Ms. Vani Moodley
Power To The People With Ms. Vani Moodley
Date: 2023-12-22
Ms. Vani Moodley'scareer path is more impressive than any Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Herachievements and accolades are as extensive as they are inspiring. Ms Moodleyis truly, proudly and honourably one of South Africa's genuine socialstalwarts, who has been fighting for the rights of the most vulnerable membersof our communities.
As a trainer, coach,mentor and, human rights activist, Ms Moodley is a champion ofentrepreneurship, leadership and human development; and she lives right here onour doorstep, in Durban. With views stretching across the familiar cosmopolitanskyline, Ms Moodley invited me to tea and a most scrumptious carrot cake; wetook the time to appreciate the view, the cake and the importance ofvolunteerism.
"I have always wantedto shelter people from injustice." Ms Moodley tells The Bugle, "I wanted tohelp people understand their rights and their potential to be whomever theywant to be in life and not be weighed down by social and racial structures."
Ms Moodley isinternationally renowned; she has presented various papers, locally,nationally, and internationally; covering issues of enterprise, development,gender enterprise development, non-violence, transformational leadership,management; government and corporate leadership development, service deliverywith excellence, mental wellness and managing change.
With over thirty years, specifically inexecutive management and leadership skills training; Ms Moodley is a pioneer intransformational leadership; effective global leadership models and strategies.
Ms Moodley is aninternationally recognised trainer in the fields of entrepreneurship andleadership with experience in 29 countries and 4 Islands. She shares herexperience with an international and local audience. Ms Moodley expresses theimportance of young women having mentors for guidance and support, saying thatwithout the assistance of her mentor, she would not have achieved all that shehas.
"I teach peoplebasic essential skills in leading and managing a dynamic team, personaleffectiveness, facilitation of individuals to operate at their optimalperformance - self healing approaches and the psychology of leading your teamto success."
"In this uncertainworld everyone must understand how the economy works." Said Ms Moodley, "I amtruly passionate about coaching of leaders and managers and incorporating thefourth industrial revolution principles into leadership and management principles."
Ms Moodley is a trueactivist and her ability to work with a diverse group of participants, whetherracial, cultural, gender or physically challenged, is impressive. She stressesthat mental wellness is a critical cross cutting element that is incorporatedinto all her interventions.
With so manyaccolades and recognitions locally as well as internationally, Ms Moodley hasthe much needed knowledge and experience to change and transform lives. She hasrecently authored a book on women in leadership called 'The Triumphs andKafkaesque of Women Leaders', which was published and launched at theUniversity of Cambridge in May 2023.
While Ms Moodleyplays an important role in developing global entrepreneurship, management andleadership, she is also all about wellness, highlighting how overall mentalhealth plays an important role in any business or organisation. She encourageseveryone to take an active role this festive season to check up on employees,neighbours and acquaintances - near and far - 'showing up' for people is a giftmost people need at this time of the year.