Testimonials
I know Dr Mary as a competent and well-respected leadership coach. In just a year's interaction with her as my coach, I was able to gain a lot of valuable knowledge and experience for my leadership journey from her. Combined with her medical background and vast exposure, she makes a perfect public speaker who inspires people to discover their passion and follow it. If you are serious about transforming yourself or your organisation, I recommend her as a perfect executive leadership coach, trainer and public speaker.
Lusubilo Chakaniza
CEO, Ethanol Company
Dr Mary is a very capable and great coach. Having had the privilege to learn from her, I would recommend her to anyone. She has a way of enabling team cohesion and encouraging leaders to do that which ought to be done to propel any organization forward.
Vera Zulu
Chief Finance Officer, NBS Bank
Dr Mary Mkandawire is a seasoned coach, leadership guru who helps individuals raise self-awareness and support building team effectiveness and trust. We worked with Dr Mary in 2019 through a trust building and healing session for the team, and her methods helped the team unravel things that were deep and hidden but were hurting the team and she helped the team walk a path of healing.
Alinane Tembo
Senior Human Capital Business Partner, Standard Bank Group
The sessions we have covered, and monthly coaching have added value to work life balance. This has made me a well-balanced leader and focused on what matters most. You have been very inspiring.
Yusuf Olela
Chief Executive Officer, Sunbird Tourism PLC, Blantyre, Malawi.
Dr Mary is extremely professional in her approach to work and is committed to always deliver results in such a way that the customer's brief is met. She is collaborative in her approach when she works with others and is among the best coaches as well as leadership professionals that Malawi has produced.
Dr Margaret Kubwalo-Chaika, PhD
CEO BrandMark Safety Global Ltd (Malawi) at BrandMark Safety Global
Mary is an inspirational leadership trainer. She brings realism to complex leadership issues. Her sessions and lessons are very practical. The College of Medicine leadership has benefited immensely from her training and coaching. We are looking forward to working with her as we become a new university (KUHeS).
Dr Mwaptsa Mipando
Former Principal, College of Medicine, University of Malawi
Dr Mary speaks with a calm and commanding presence. I have found her inspiring me to self-reflect and want to continuously self-improve. There is always some new insight each time I listen to her speak, a shift in perspective that makes me want to continue being more.
Prof Chiwoza Bandawe
Clinical Psychologist and Author
Dr Mary gave me one hour of her time and it still resonates with me now, nearly a year later. She was patient, thoughtful and strategic in her advice. A real inspiration. Thank you.
Jonathan Mcllelland
Chartered Accountant, UK
Dr Mary Mkandawire captivates her audiences with her interactive style. Her message stays with you for a lifetime. Dr Mkandawire has a way of customizing her material to be relevant to her various clients.
Daniel Dunga
Chief Investment Officer, NICO Asset Managers Ltd.
I got to know Dr. Mary Mkandawire as our facilitator for a leadership conference we conducted. Her approach is phenomenal and effective not only to you as a leader but to your other managers. She effortlessly creates an environment that is safe yet challenging.
Her coaching has really been effective, I have learned a deeper way to reflect on my leadership skills and fantastic tips on how to improve my performance.
Heather Msefula
Former Chief Executive Officer, Sycamore Consult Limited
Dr. Mary Mkandawire is an inspiring facilitator and coach. I have known her for a short period of time but she has garnered a reputation as an able facilitator within ECAM and with our members. We highly recommend Dr. Mkandawire as a valuable resource in professional development for individuals and staff members.
George A.K. Khaki
Executive Director, Employers' Consultative Association of Malawi
I have known Dr Mary for more than 20 years and she was my coach when I made a major career transition between 2016 and 2017. The word to describe her approach in all aspects of life is excellence. She was a strong support who gave me the necessary tools to succeed at a time when I was in a new country and a completely different market. I highly recommend her as a coach and mentor.
Steveria Kadangwe
PUMA Energy East Regional Business Support Manager (Africa and APAC Downstream, Lubricants and Aviation)
Dear Dr. Mary, I found your speech on leading with Authentic Competitive Edge delivered during the 2019 Insurance Conference to be very enlightening. The insights from that speech are playing a very pivotal role in my organization and in me as a leader.
Clarence Gama
CEO, NICO Technologies
I have had Dr. Mary as a coach for the whole of 2019, she is very calm and helpful. I am very grateful to have met her. I have been helped a lot with her coaching skills.
Victor Sitima
Managing Director, DHL International Malawi Limited, Lilongwe, Malawi
Dr Mary is an emotionally intelligent lady who has assisted me in my leadership journey by directing me on my path without having to tell me what to do. She opened my eyes to the actual potential that I have and continues to guide me in my fledgling career. She has also taught me about the power of networks, something that I ignored in the past.
William Mpinganjira
Group CEO, FDH Financial Holdings Ltd, Malawi
Dr Mary shares her knowledge and insights with great articulation and humility. A few years ago, she accepted to speak at the annual Engineer's Conference and got the highest score for her highly motivational presentation.
Washington Chimuzu
Project Management Professional, Malawi
Dr Mary speaks calmly but with authoritative and compelling knowledge that comes out of deep research and thorough preparation. Very motivating and captivating in a manner that makes you not forget the key lessons of her talks. I recommend her very highly.
Dr. Matthews Mtumbuka
CEO, UbuntuNet Alliance, Lilongwe, Malawi
Dr Mary Mkandawire uses simple language in clarifying issues in leadership. She is a good mentor, coach and her teachings full of inspiration. She has tools for good leadership and management to enable team building and help managers to provide supportive leadership and management. I would recommend her to everyone.
Chrissie Hussein
Lecturer, St Johns Institute for Health, Mzuzu, Malawi
I have known Dr Mary for over 15 years now; she is one of the most consistent people I have ever known. What she is in private is what she is in public. She is a very talented speaker and writer who often uses testimonies from her own life to encourage, teach, mentor and coach. People love stories and the lessons in stories are never forgotten; stories from Dr Mary's own personal life bring the principles she talks about to life; because she has lived them; when one listens to these principles illustrated by these stories, one does not fail to say "ah; that applies to me; if she can do it, then I can too!" I always look forward to Dr Mary's teachings and writings.
Nicholas Lubega
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Beit CURE hospital, Blantyre, Malawi
Dr Mary is a great leader and coach, she often creates space for the people she is leading to engage with what she is teaching rather than just sitting through a lesson.
Diana Nkhoma
Metro Director, Young Life Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi.
I have benefited so much from Dr Mary's management coaching sessions as well as life skills and work-life balance. Her understanding of the local context, coupled with vast management experience makes her a must watch and a must listen to coach for every person in management position.
Rodger Phiri
Programmes Manager, Art and Global Health, Zomba, Malawi
Dr Mary is an inspirational leadership coach, getting to learn from her is the greatest asset one can ever attain. I am always willing to learn from her because she personally motivates me and I recommend her to everyone else I meet.
Lauretta Chithope-Mwale
Accountant, Accountant General Department, Ministry of Finance.
First day I heard Dr M. Mkandawire speaking I was so challenged and at the same time energized. She speaks with simplicity yet with such integrity in her words. The wisdom is practicable in all spheres of life, not just title leadership position. I have grown and am growing in my leadership through application of such wisdom.
Donald Mlombwa
Nursing Officer, Zomba Central Hospital, Zomba, Malawi
I have known Dr Mary since 2018 and my first encounter with her was more than invaluable as it helped me quickly adjust as a new team member in a not so familiar environment. Going forward, each session with her keeps unleashing the potential in me: inspiring me to achieve more and make a positive difference in my environment.
Esther Masi
Marketing and Communications Manager, College Of Medicine, University Of Malawi
Dr Mary is a very warm and engaging speaker and coach even when she writes you can feel the passion through her pen strokes. She presents with a personal touch that makes you reflect on your own life experiences and make you realize that she is just as human as you are. She makes you feel she is always ready to make your life better through her Life To The Full leadership coaching.
Frackson Kathibula
Risk Analyst, National Bank of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi
I like the practical approach to Dr Mary Mkandawire's presentations.
Humphreys Kalele Gunchi
Assistant Registrar, Kamuzu College of Nursing, University of Malawi.