Navigate change without fear.
Discover how to reinvent yourself and leverage unexpected change to create the life you desire no matter what!
Discover the Journey with Dancing With Change
Our Mission
At Dancing With Change, we know - if there is a constant we can count on in life, that is change. Yet, we all fear it even though we know life is bound to throw us curveballs along the way. Our mission is to empower individuals to respond to personal, professional or any change (especially unexpected) like a dance - harness it with grace, authenticity and good measure to create their dream lives.
About Dancing With Change
Background
Dr Khutso Madubanya is the creator of the Dance With Change program. An immigrant, a single mom of 3 (including twins!) and survivor of several unconventional marriages (and divorces), she has navigated many unrelated career paths and life changes. Having lived in 8 different countries throughout her life, she proclaims herself an international unicorn to reflect her diverse world experiences and how she has never felt like she fitted societal molds.
These experiences make her a master change navigator.
At 50, she told a new friend the other day, she feels like a cat - she has literally lived and survived several lives. She has reinvented herself personally and professionally quite a few times and has learned how to be versatile in any situation - dance with whatever life throws at her!
She is keen to share her journey and learnings with anyone who is paralyzed by the fear of change. She has developed a systematic step-by-step program that helps individuals push past fear, reinvent themselves into their authentic selves, and create their dream lives no matter what curveballs arise in their way!
A passionate dancer, runner, yogi and traveler, her mantra is, we all hate it but we all have to do it, so we might as well dance with it!
Skills
Dr Madubanya has a unique and eclectic professional skills set acquired through her myriad career paths over the years. The paths range from academia where she taught English as a Second Language and International Development in person in ESwathini, South Africa, the United States, and Thailand and online at various Chinese online schools; to public policy as an international economist working with governments, non-profits and think-tanks worldwide; to dog walker, wedding singer and nanny as a student in New Zealand, Australia and the United States.
Most recently, Dr Madubanya found herself pivoting into marketing and advertising running her own digital marketing agency and working with prominent brands as a senior manager at a large media agency.
Versatile is what she is. Versatile and intuitive. She is a professional learner who can pivot into any culture, situation and profession with grit and confidence.
She has come to realize that being versatile is a unique strength rather than a sign of weakness as status quo often had her believe. She realized that not everyone knows how to be versatile and flow positively with change - dance with change, reinvent themselves and thrive in spite of uncertainties.
Dr Madubanya loves to use her teaching, public speaking and writing passions to challenge status quo, and bring together people from different cultures and worldviews. Most importantly, her professionalism and diplomacy, bubbly energy, and high emotional intelligence enable her to offer down-to-earth, practical and customized coaching solutions to individuals who are struggling to find themselves and thrive amidst (unexpected) change - be it personal, professional or otherwise.
Education
Dr Madubanya has a doctorate in Business Management, 2 Masters degrees (International Relations and Development Studies), and a liberal arts Bachelor's in Economics.
Dr Madubanya is also a trained teacher and coach who has worked with students and clients from all over the world to help them take ownership of their futures through entrepreneurship.
She leverages this interdisciplinary education along with her teaching and curriculum design experience when she designs customized one-one-one coaching sessions with her clients. Underlying the hard elements of her programs are an intuitive spiritual approached inspired by her many years as a yogi. Her approach is intuitive, actionable and designed to meet her clients exactly where they are.
Services At Dancing With Change
Upcoming Book: How To PIVOT
The book How To PIVOT is a personal memoir that chronicles Dr Madubanya's journey focusing on two of her most tumultuous yet most transformative years, 2021-2023.
Through the book, Dr Madubanya shares in an open, intimate and vulnerable manner how she navigated the various multiple challenges she met in that period. Captivating and brutally honest, Dr Madubanya challenges her readers throughout her book while offering them concrete nuggets that they can apply to their own lives when undergoing unforeseen changes, no matter what the circumstance!
Public Speaking
Dr Madubanya is a professional speaker. She especially enjoys motivational speaking on the topic of transitions. She is funny, witty and engaging; yet she it thought-provoking and will make you a little uncomfortable as she challenges you to think a little outside the box!
Whether you need her to MC your personal or corporate event or give a talk at your academic institution or corporation, you can rest assured she will leave your audience feeling wowed.
Customized Coaching Sessions
Dr Madubanya offers personalized coaching sessions to individuals who are serious about pivoting into a different life path (voluntarily or not) but are afraid to. She offers them actionable step-by-step tools to help them take the first step in the new direction and keep going. She challenges them while holding their hands as a way to equip them for success.
Podcast Series: Dance With Change
Biweekly, come join Dr Madubanya live in her podcast series, Dance With Change. In her podcast episodes, Dr Madubanya discusses topics related to change and transformation - all sorts of change (relationship - marriage, divorce and everything in between, professional - career changes, locational - moving to a different country or city; physical - aging and other health and bodily changes).
At the heart of each episode is to empower you, the listener, to navigate whatever change you are going through with confidence.
It's a dialogue - your voice is just as important as hers!
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