The League of Visionaries Podcast by YaziMedia

In this final episode of this second season of The League of Visionaries Podcast, we have a very special guest. 

Njideka Chika Orji is known as the MEC — the Moms Empowerment Coach. She is a professional speaker, a popular MC and the winner of the PSASA Speaker Factor Competition 2023. She is also the author of ‘For the Love of Mothers’. A mother of four, Njideka recently welcomed a fifth new life into the family: Wiggle Kids Centre, a crèche where children can learn and grow with sound values as their mothers step back into the world. 

In this interview, Njideka shares her story of empowering mothers, igniting purpose and how the speaking profession called to her. 

What is a mentalist? And what can a mentalist tell us about the art and science of influence and leadership? 

Gilan Gork is a global authority on influential leadership. 

As a best-selling author, speaker, and executive coach, Gilan has worked with leaders in over 40 countries – from Fortune 500 companies, governments, the military, and organisations like NATO.

Gilan’s unique background as an expert mentalist, and his special ability to deconstruct influence into practical frameworks, helps leaders to predictably elevate their impact and achieve success faster.

We talk about what a mentalist really is and does, influence, and self-influence. 

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On this episode of The League of Visionaries Podcast, our guest will dispel the myths and share the experience of ADHD and neurodiversity.

Jenna Evelyn’s unique perspective has developed from a late diagnosis, and she is now integrating her own research into ADHD and neurodiversity into her psychology studies. 

Our guest on The League of Visionaries Podcast this week is David Chislett, keynote speaker, Change Pilot and prolific creativity role model.

David is a published author, poet, musician and artist, and has been an entrepreneur for over 25 years. The link that joins everything in his life together is creativity.

David’s speaking and training is aimed at helping individuals, teams and companies people and teams let go of their attachment to what IS in order to find out what can be. With him, they explore how to take what they have and extend it into the future, instead of ring-fencing it in the present with rules.

David is forever curious, which leads him to always ask WHY… and HOW? As a result, his career has enabled him to join dots across many worlds. Through his speaking and training work, David brings this breakthrough to his audiences and clients. 

What can confidence mean to you, your brand and your Visionary message? 

In this episode we find answers with confidence coach, actress, voice artist and serving PSASA Virtual Chapter President Ursula Botha. 

Ursula’s mission is to assist professionals to express the most empowered versions of themselves, so they can advance in their careers and serve their organisations. 

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Ever wonder if your diverse talents, passions skills and background make you a jack-of-all-trades?

What if they made you a Renaissance individual? 

This week on The League of Visionaries Podcast, we meet living proof of the value of a diverse, transdisciplinary background. 

Janet du Preez is a seasoned and creative organisational development practitioner. Her research on stakeholder engagement has earned Janet the Da Vinci Institute’s Mandala award in recognition of her integrated, heterogenous and transdisciplinary approach. With her company, Engagement Dynamics, she helps leaders to navigate the unchartered demands of a rapidly changing and unpredictable world. 

In the episode we talk about Astute leadership, transdisciplinarity, the CliftonStrengths assessment and developing as  thought leader. 

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Is it possible to bounce back when life deals you a blow? 

If you’ve ever struggled — as most of us quietly have — you will want to meet today’s guest on The League of Visionaries Podcast. 

Joni Peddie is on a mission to remove the words “bounce back” from the dictionary. A Behavioural Strategist, Team Performance Facilitator, Keynote Speaker & Exec Coach ... Joni helps Leaders, and Teams re-energise, reduce stress + Bounce Forward™.  She is also one of the expert speakers at the PSASA Convention 2024. 

Joni talks to us about bouncing forward, the modern impact of the ancient enneagram, the power of the professional speaking community and why you should sleep your way to the top. 

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In this episode we talk to current Global Speakers Federation President and Futures Alchemist, Charlotte Kemp, about the value of joining a professional speakers association (PSA), what makes a great speaker and how to become a better one. 

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Artificial intelligence, or AI, is changing the world as we know it. Fast. How can we be winners, rather than losers? 

Arthur Goldstuck wrote the book on artificial intelligence. Literally. His 20th book, ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to AI: A Handbook for All’, documents his observations from extensive international travels focused on emerging technologies with a focus on artificial intelligence. 

Arthur is also one of the speakers at the PSASA Convention 2024, who will be presenting on Future-focused art&science for the speaking profession.

In this interview, we ask Arthur the burning questions on AI, from its potential to make our lives and world better, to the potential risks. His key message is that when we understand both the potential and limitations of AI, we have a powerful competitive advantage. 

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“Stop selling and you’ll make more sales!” That’s the advice of our guest on this episode. Experts, entrepreneurs, speakers and other Visionaries are sure to gain great insights from this master of his craft — both speaking and selling.

Anthony Stears is a keynote speaker and new business development specialist. Known as “The Telephone Assassin”, Anthony is a leading expert on conversation steering — a vital skill for experts, entrepreneurs and other Visionaries. From the stage and other platforms, Anthony helps businesses and professionals to improve Customer Service levels and Sales results through strategic conversation. 

In this interview, Anthony explains how he became known as “The Telephone Assassin”, and how his superpowers can benefit business owners, including speakers. He also shares priceless insights on building a successful business, getting better sales results in less time, getting speaking gigs and, of course, his presentation at the PSASA Convention 2024. 

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Ever wonder if there is a way to secure the funding, investment, sale or other results you aspire to from your audience?

This episode has the answer. 

Our guest on The League of Visionaries Podcast this week is a captivating speaker who has raised $200M and counting for her clients. On our show, she will hand you the keys to doing that and more. 

Kristal Frazier speaks candidly about her speaking journey, from her first presentation where she froze up and went blank to the multiple repeat bookings she enjoys today. She also gives us a look into the heart of her Assertive Ask® system that converts conversations to donations, investments, sales and results.  

How do we make the world a better place? 

This is the underlying question our guest on this episode of The League of Visionaries Podcast answers. Not only in the interview, but with her life’s work. 

Our guest is a remarkable development economist,  speaker and creator of transformation and sustainability strategies that lead to meaningful societal change. She has worked with major organisations from the public, private and nonprofit sectors to enable genuine transformation through sound education, social and governance (ESG) principles. Her contribution has brought a fresh spark of creativity and caring in a field that can easily get mired in challenges and compliance checkboxes. And although she is very humble about it, her own community and volunteer work has been making ripples through the societal ecosystem. 

Meet the inspiring Kalnisha Singh as we talk about making the world a better place through the principles of development economics and ESG in this episode of The League of Visionaries Podcast. 

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This season of The League of Visionaries Podcast is sponsored by Totally Morpheus. 

Discover what conscious leadership development can do for you and your teams: 

Why should you care about emerging technologies?

Our guest on this week’s episode of The League of Visionaries Podcast explains it with crystal clarity. 

Meet Alex Pryor, emerging technologies advocate, sought-after speaker and Head of Innovation at EOH. 

In this rather exciting interview, we talk about: 

📢 Emerging technologies: why you should care

📢 Demystifying the jargon: blockchain, cryptocurrencies, NFTs, the metaverse & more

📢 Emerging technologies in Africa and the Africa Web3 Revolution

📢 The role and potential of women in technology

📢 Where to start if you feel clueless about emerging technologies

If the terminology has scared you off, in this episode Alex explains each concept clearly in ways that anyone can understand. 

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Imagine you could know what the future holds… and have a more active hand in it. Just think what an edge that would give you. 

Our guest on this episode of The League of Visionaries Podcast will introduce you to the tools that make it possible to not just predict the future with greater accuracy, but to prepare for it… and even play a more active part in creating it. Practically and realistically.

Charlotte Kemp is a professional futurist, keynote speaker and workshop leader who works with organisations so that they can learn how to use futures skills to create new opportunities for themselves. Using the access of her various leadership positions both regionally and internationally, she creates strong networks of people and encourages opportunities to co-create new projects and to share resources and insights. 

She holds the current position of President-Elect of the Global Speakers Federation (GSF) and is Immediate Past President of the Professional Speakers Association of Southern Africa (PSASA). She is also the author of several books on futures thinking and other subjects. 

Join us as we boldly go where no episode has gone before with Charlotte Kemp, Futures Alchemist. 

In our conversation we talk about: 

📢 Futurism and Futures Alchemy

📢 The 5 Stages of Futures thinking

📢 Star Trek and Futures (Yes, you read that right)

📢 Professional Speaking and its value to Visionaries

📢 Afro-Optimism

📢 Futures in Africas

Find Charlotte Kemp, Futures Alchemist at: 

“YOU are your greatest resource.” This vital reminder is at the heart of the message from this week’s League of Visionaries Podcast guest, Sue Fuller-Good. Sue’s clients have experienced near-miraculous results, giving her a reputation as “The Body Whisperer”. In this episode, she hands you the keys to overall wellbeing across the different domains of life. 

“A Visionary needs to be overflowing with energy, passion, zest, life, creativity,” says Sue as we explore the diversity of what true wellbeing is all about. 

In our conversation we talk about: 

📢 The domains of wellbeing (Sue identifies eleven, and some might surprise you)

📢 Why generic health advice might not be working for you

📢 Taking ownership of all aspects of our health as unique individuals

📢 Where to start if your health and wellbeing is off track

📢 Why “Me Before We” needs to be a mantra for every Visionary

📢 And Sue’s recent book, The Sweet Spot: Energise Your Work and Life so You Thrive!

Find Sue Fuller-Good online at: 

If you are the kind of Visionary looking to build a startup company that attracts both followers and funding, this episode is for you. 

We get to know a Visionary who works with leaders, pioneers and entrepreneurs to draw major investment through a Build In Public approach, with a focus on LinkedIn as a networking platform. 

What does all this mean to you as a Visionary? Get the answers from Renier Lombard, Managing Director of Flance Creative Directors, as we explore the power of building in public. 

In our conversation we talk about: 

📢 The Build In Public approach: what it is and why it works

📢 LinkedIn as the networking tool of choice for businesses

📢 What makes your business worth investing in (and the shocking truth about why it’s easiest to get funding when you don’t need it)

Find Renier Lombard on LinkedIn at:

If you are a Visionary looking to get your message heard, podcast guesting is one of the smartest strategies out there. 

In this live online event, you will discover: 

🎙 3 Reasons WHY podcast guesting positions you as the expert in your field

🎙 3 Reasons WHY podcast guesting is so doable

🎙 3 Podcast Guesting Traps to Avoid

… and your first steps to becoming a sought-after podcast guest (for publicity AND profit.) 

Join YaziMedia’s global community of Visionaries as we tap the power of podcasting in this live online event. 

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What if everything you’ve been told about Africa is wrong? If the stories of hopelessness  you’ve heard were only a few among the many of hope, success and progress?

Our guest on this episode of The League of Visionaries Podcast will invite you to discover the African continent through the fresh eyes of new narratives. She has dedicated her life and career to the advancement of the African continent. As founder of the Access Africa Channel, she has reached international audiences through her series on CNBC Africa and other international platforms. Her current project takes on the courageous topic, Africa: On the Cusp of an Economic Miracle.

Yelang Prue Jinka is the founder of the Access Africa Channel, a consultant, executive producer, speaker and author. 

Yelang's Visionary message is that new stories — and the facts behind them — can show us how Africa is poised to lead the way worldwide.

In our conversation we talk about:

📢 who shapes the narrative surrounding Africa

📢 other narratives pointing to an economic miracle

📢 international investment in Africa, and what makes it yield

📢 the role of women in raising up the African continent

📢 the role of the youth in Africa’s economic miracle

A fresh perspective on Africa could transform the way you work. Whether you are in Africa and on a quest for hope, or abroad and seeking phenomenal growth opportunities.

Don’t miss this episode to discover why that fresh perspective is justified.

Find Yelang Prue Jinka and the Access Africa Channel online at:

What would it be like if everyone could be happier at work? The statistics suggest that it would not only benefit employees, but managers and leaders, not to mention company profitability… and perhaps even the economy at large.

Aoife O’Brien of Happier At Work and the Happier At Work Podcast has made happiness at work her life’s quest. A multiple award nominee for her remarkable business and podcast, and an astute researcher who lines up the numbers to serve the people, Aoife is this week’s guest on The League of Visionaries Podcast.

In this interview, we explore…

📢 why happiness at work is such an effective strategy for business growth

📢 the opposite of happiness at work, and how to address it

📢 what motivates employees (and is money an incentive?)

📢 eliminating toxic workplaces

📢 overcoming impostor syndrome

📢 why companies with happier employees make more money

📢 how human resources teams and leaders can support a happier workplace

This episode is for every leader who wants the all-round benefits of a happier, more productive workforce, every HR professional and every employee who feels those Sunday blues set in halfway through the weekend.

Find Aoife O’Brien on LinkedIn at:

What do you think of when you hear the words: Live your dream?

Today’s guest has made “Live Your Dream” not only the slogan of her business, but her way of life. She is a true digital nomad who chooses what view to wake up to in the morning as she travels at her own pace in her luxury caravan while running an impactful online business that operates internationally.

Meet Mariana Van Der Walt, founder of Remotania Coaching and the New Zealand Institute for Rural Entrepreneurship. Following her acclaimed career in research, Mariana applied her expertise in innovation and entrepreneurship to initiatives of her own. The result is her thriving Remotania Coaching community of online remoting freelancers and business owners around the world. Thanks to Mariana’s guidance, they, too, are empowered to live their dreams.

In this rare interview, Mariana Van Der Walt talks to The League of Visionaries about:

📢 Online remoting: the possibilities for individuals and businesses

📢 Securing a path to success

📢 Implementing  the principles of innovation and entrepreneurship in practice

📢 Optimising a remote workforce for exponential results

📢 Creating entrepreneurial communities, and ultimately an entrepreneurial society

📢 How professionals in any field can create success online (even one of her clients in the construction industry who services clients internationally online)

📢 How new businesses can escape the “Valley of Death” to secure sustainable growth

📢 How the knowledge economy is transforming into an innovation economy as entrepreneurial societies emerge.

📢 Creating success by creating success for others in a spirit of win-win collaboration rather than competition

Remotania Resources

Online Remoting Self-Assessment:

Many Visionaries share the same challenge:

Getting your Visionary message out there in the world where the right people can see it. Share it. Act on it. Invest in it.

One of the most effective solutions is strategic media placement. But how can you be sure to get the best results?

This special episode of The League of Visionaries Podcast is a recording of the February Media Strategy for Visionaries open online event: How to Get Famous* with Media Placement.

*Get as famous as you want to be within your ideal target market.

Get the Media Placement Cheat Sheet for this session and your special VIP pass to the Media Strategy Mafia at:

In this episode, Chantelle Botha, Catalyst, shows us what drives trends like The Great Resignation, Quiet Quitting and Career Cushioning. And there’s more to it than just wanting a nicer job where pants are optional.

Chantelle explains how our real pursuit is for purpose, not only in our work, but in life at large. And the secret to that? Listen to the episode to find out.

In our conversation we talk about:

📢 The Great Resignation, Quiet Quitting and Career Cushioning: What’s it really about?

📢 Work/Life/Balance: Where does purpose begin?

📢 Personal challenges and how they spark your life’s work

📢 Why making a difference makes a difference

📢 The Dragonfly Model for creating a purpose-driven career (and life, and more)

Find Chantelle Botha on LinkedIn at:

To a Visionary, money isn't everything. But it certainly can help make your Vision a reality.

That's why our next guest on The League of Visionaries Podcast is financial coach Kendra Friedland of Money Mine Financial Coaching (Pty) Ltd.

In our conversation we talk about:

📢 Financial literacy and empowerment

📢 Financial advice vs. financial coaching for freelancers, solopreneurs and entrepreneurs

📢 Indulgences: Making them happen within a sustainable budget

📢 How freelancers, solopreneurs and entrepreneurs can build stability in their business and personal finances

📢 Money Dates to master your finances in business and life

Find financial coach to freelancers and solopreneurs Kendra Friedland on LinkedIn at:

Do you think of yourself as a leader? After this episode, you will.

In this very first episode of The League of Visionaries Podcast. Ian Hatton, international keynote speaker and creator of the Totally Morpheus leadership development programs, talks about his Visionary message: conscious leadership.

Our very first guest ever on this podcast, Ian Hatton is a mentor and mage who has awoken many to the importance of leadership for each and every one of us. Yes, even those who don't think of themselves as leaders.

In this episode, some of the topics we explore are:

📢 Conscious Leadership: What is it?

📢 Authenticity as a leader

📢 Why true leadership begins with Self

📢 Leadership beyond techniques and “improvement”

📢 What leadership is really about (Hint: NOT a position)

📢 Raising up leaders

📢 Empowering teams with distributed leadership

📢 The opposite of leadership

📢 Leadership in unexpected places

📢 Strengths, weaknesses and Genius in leadership

📢 Essence: the core of who we are

📢 Purpose and vision: the compass of leadership

📢 The true purpose of the leader

Whether you lead a nation, an organisation, a community, a family or just yourself, this is your opportunity to be inspired by Ian’s Visionary message of conscious leadership and #GetMorpheused.

Subscribe now to catch each episode as soon as it is released.

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