Facilitator
Zed Xaba – Conflict Coach and Facilitator
Ms NtombiZandile (Zed) Xaba is a highly experienced trainer, facilitator and independent consultant with over 35 years’ experience. Zed is a WomenLift Health facilitator, as well as an independent consultant in the arears of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Conflict Transformation and Personal Leadership. Learn more
Akhona Tshangela – Director, Southern Africa
Ms. Akhona Tshangela is a public health professional with over 15 years of experience, including as a pioneer at the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where she co-chaired the science, regulations, and standards technical working group during the COVID-19 response. She holds a Master’s in Public Health from the University of Pretoria and a Bachelor’s in Human Genetics from the University of Cape Town. As the Southern Africa Director for WomenLift Health, Akhona is dedicated to promoting inclusivity and the vital role of female leadership in public health decision-making. Learn more
Authentic Leadership
We envision a world where diverse, accomplished leaders collectively transform health outcomes. To realize that vision, we seek to expand the power and influence of talented mid-career women in health and engage with senior institutional and societal leaders to catalyze systemic change for gender equality in health leadership. We work in East Africa, India, Nigeria, North America, and Southern Africa and continue to explore outreach to other regions.
PowerUp
The Southern Africa PowerUp workshop is free and open to mid-career women in public health globally, including all regions where we operate.
The workshops are hosted virtually, focus on developing leadership skills, and fostering meaningful connections between women leaders in health within a regional context. The topics rotate with each workshop. We encourage women leaders in public health to join us and use these workshops as an opportunity to learn, engage and build community with other women leaders.
Authentic Leadership
15 October 2025 @ 17:00-19:30pm CAT
Step into a space designed to help you lead with confidence and clarity by grounding yourself in what truly matters to you. In this 2.5-hour workshop, you’ll explore the power of authenticity in leadership through reflection, dialogue, and meaningful connection with peers. Together, we will uncover your core values and reflect on how they shape the way you show up as a leader.
In this interactive session, we will explore how to grow beyond your comfort zone while staying true to yourself. This is your opportunity to discover not just how to lead, but how to lead as the truest and most impactful version of yourself.
PowerUp Objectives:
In this 2.5 hour session, you will:
- Explore the meaning and value of authentic leadership
- Identify your core values and associated behaviors through self-reflection and feedback from others
- Reflect upon how to remain true to yourself while also stretching beyond your comfort zone.
- Describe how you want others to experience you as a leader
Registration Details
Please note that to enroll in the session, you should complete all sections of the registration form.
You are eligible for the workshop if you identify as a woman.
This virtual workshop will be conducted in the English language and is free of cost.
WomenLift Health PowerUp Workshops are interactive. By signing up, you agree to participate in the full session, which includes plenary discussions and breakout group activities.
Enrollment will be on a first-come-first-served basis, as spots are limited.
*Although women at all career stages are welcome to register, we believe participants who are at the mid-career stage will benefit most, as the content of the workshop has been designed with mid-career women professionals in mind (10–25 years of experience working in the public health sector). If the number of registrants exceeds our capacity, women who are within the preferred experience range will be given priority.
Registrants should await an email confirming their spot in the workshop. Please check your spam folders if you did not receive an email.
Facilitator
Zed Xaba – Conflict Coach and Facilitator
Ms NtombiZandile (Zed) Xaba is a highly experienced trainer, facilitator and independent consultant with over 35 years’ experience. Zed is a WomenLift Health facilitator, as well as an independent consultant in the arears of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Conflict Transformation and Personal Leadership. Learn more
Akhona Tshangela – Director, Southern Africa
Ms. Akhona Tshangela is a public health professional with over 15 years of experience, including as a pioneer at the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where she co-chaired the science, regulations, and standards technical working group during the COVID-19 response. She holds a Master’s in Public Health from the University of Pretoria and a Bachelor’s in Human Genetics from the University of Cape Town. As the Southern Africa Director for WomenLift Health, Akhona is dedicated to promoting inclusivity and the vital role of female leadership in public health decision-making. Learn more
We envision a world where diverse, accomplished leaders collectively transform health outcomes. To realize that vision, we seek to expand the power and influence of talented mid-career women in health and engage with senior institutional and societal leaders to catalyze systemic change for gender equality in health leadership. We work in East Africa, India, Nigeria, North America, and Southern Africa and continue to explore outreach to other regions.
PowerUp
The Southern Africa PowerUp workshop is free and open to mid-career women in public health globally, including all regions where we operate.
The workshops are hosted virtually, focus on developing leadership skills, and fostering meaningful connections between women leaders in health within a regional context. The topics rotate with each workshop. We encourage women leaders in public health to join us and use these workshops as an opportunity to learn, engage and build community with other women leaders.
Authentic Leadership
15 October 2025 @ 17:00-19:30pm CAT
Step into a space designed to help you lead with confidence and clarity by grounding yourself in what truly matters to you. In this 2.5-hour workshop, you’ll explore the power of authenticity in leadership through reflection, dialogue, and meaningful connection with peers. Together, we will uncover your core values and reflect on how they shape the way you show up as a leader.
In this interactive session, we will explore how to grow beyond your comfort zone while staying true to yourself. This is your opportunity to discover not just how to lead, but how to lead as the truest and most impactful version of yourself.
PowerUp Objectives:
In this 2.5 hour session, you will:
- Explore the meaning and value of authentic leadership
- Identify your core values and associated behaviors through self-reflection and feedback from others
- Reflect upon how to remain true to yourself while also stretching beyond your comfort zone.
- Describe how you want others to experience you as a leader
Registration Details
Please note that to enroll in the session, you should complete all sections of the registration form.
You are eligible for the workshop if you identify as a woman.
This virtual workshop will be conducted in the English language and is free of cost.
WomenLift Health PowerUp Workshops are interactive. By signing up, you agree to participate in the full session, which includes plenary discussions and breakout group activities.
Enrollment will be on a first-come-first-served basis, as spots are limited.
*Although women at all career stages are welcome to register, we believe participants who are at the mid-career stage will benefit most, as the content of the workshop has been designed with mid-career women professionals in mind (10–25 years of experience working in the public health sector). If the number of registrants exceeds our capacity, women who are within the preferred experience range will be given priority.
Registrants should await an email confirming their spot in the workshop. Please check your spam folders if you did not receive an email.