Felicia Mabuza-Suttle
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Felicia Mabuza-Suttle is a South Africa
n entrepreneur and talk show hostess.
Dr. Felicia Mabuza-Suttle is an international award winning entrepreneur, highly acclaimed talk show host, sought after speaker, lively emcee and best selling author.
She is President and co-owner of Leadership Success International, LLC, which specializes in executive leadership training, employee motivation, team building and business communications consulting.
She is host of her own talk show, Conversations with Felicia, on The Africa Channel in the US. Felicia, as she is popularly known on television, was also host of her popular talk show, The Felicia Show, in South Africa. She was the first to start an audience talk show aimed at getting black and white South Africans to debate about issues they could not talk about during apartheid. The Felicia Show was described as "the pulse of the nation," and was featured on NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, BBC, The New York Times, Atlanta Journal and Constitution, InStyle (SA), Ebony, Essence, Style magazines and many more international publications.
Dr. Mabuza-Suttle has introduced and shared the platform with renowned business gurus like Alvin Toffler, Tom Peters and Tony Alessandra. She has interviewed Suze Orman, John Maxwell, Iyanla Vanzant, T.D. Jakes and Wayne Dyer. She has moderated high profile conferences, including one featuring Presidents Nelson Mandela and Bill Clinton.
She was named one of the Leading Women Entrepreneurs of the World by The Star Group in the United States, and was finalist for Business Woman of the Year in South Africa. She was awarded the prestigious Impumelelo (Progress) Award for the Top 300 Empowerment Entrepreneurs and was nominated for Life Time Achievement in the 2009 OLAY South African Iconic Woman Awards. She is a member of the prestigious International Women’s Forum (IWF) and is on Who’s Who in Southern Africa and Atlanta.
Mabuza-Suttle is author of her bestseller, Dare to Dream, which is a story about a girl from the dusty streets of Soweto in search of the American dream. Her most recent book, Living My Dream, is about how she answered to Nelson Mandela's call to all South Africans living abroad to go back home to help rebuild a new democracy, in the process becoming a popular TV personality, businesswoman, author and motivational speaker.
She served as President of South African Tourism in the US, where she was responsible for overseeing tourism for South Africa in America. She continues to be "a passionate ambassador" for South Africa, and urges her audiences internationally to visit her beautiful country. She was Vice President for Corporate Affairs for South African Airways, where she served on the team that changed the colors of the planes in 1995.
Dr. Mabuza-Suttle accomplished her lifelong dream, "to get alphabets behind my name and prove apartheid wrong". She holds a BA, MA, Ph.D, and is pursuing a DBA. She is married to psychologist and inspirational speaker, Dr. Earl Suttle and is the mother of two daughters, Lindi and Zani Suttle.
Awards
The Star/Agfa Award for Popular Television Personality, 1995; Ralph Metcalfe Award, Marquette University, 1999; People's Choice Award for Entertainment, Vivid, 2000; People's Choice Award for Humanitarianism, Vivid, 2000; All University Alumni Merit Award, Marquette University, 2000; Tribute Achievers business category finalist, 2001; Soweto Legends Award, 2001; Prestige Rapport and City Press Achievers, 2001; Business Woman of the Year, 2001.
Works
Selected writings
* Felicia: Dare to Dream, Struik Publishers, 1990s.
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n entrepreneur and talk show hostess.
Dr. Felicia Mabuza-Suttle is an international award winning entrepreneur, highly acclaimed talk show host, sought after speaker, lively emcee and best selling author.
She is President and co-owner of Leadership Success International, LLC, which specializes in executive leadership training, employee motivation, team building and business communications consulting.
She is host of her own talk show, Conversations with Felicia, on The Africa Channel in the US. Felicia, as she is popularly known on television, was also host of her popular talk show, The Felicia Show, in South Africa. She was the first to start an audience talk show aimed at getting black and white South Africans to debate about issues they could not talk about during apartheid. The Felicia Show was described as "the pulse of the nation," and was featured on NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, BBC, The New York Times, Atlanta Journal and Constitution, InStyle (SA), Ebony, Essence, Style magazines and many more international publications.
Dr. Mabuza-Suttle has introduced and shared the platform with renowned business gurus like Alvin Toffler, Tom Peters and Tony Alessandra. She has interviewed Suze Orman, John Maxwell, Iyanla Vanzant, T.D. Jakes and Wayne Dyer. She has moderated high profile conferences, including one featuring Presidents Nelson Mandela and Bill Clinton.
She was named one of the Leading Women Entrepreneurs of the World by The Star Group in the United States, and was finalist for Business Woman of the Year in South Africa. She was awarded the prestigious Impumelelo (Progress) Award for the Top 300 Empowerment Entrepreneurs and was nominated for Life Time Achievement in the 2009 OLAY South African Iconic Woman Awards. She is a member of the prestigious International Women’s Forum (IWF) and is on Who’s Who in Southern Africa and Atlanta.
Mabuza-Suttle is author of her bestseller, Dare to Dream, which is a story about a girl from the dusty streets of Soweto in search of the American dream. Her most recent book, Living My Dream, is about how she answered to Nelson Mandela's call to all South Africans living abroad to go back home to help rebuild a new democracy, in the process becoming a popular TV personality, businesswoman, author and motivational speaker.
She served as President of South African Tourism in the US, where she was responsible for overseeing tourism for South Africa in America. She continues to be "a passionate ambassador" for South Africa, and urges her audiences internationally to visit her beautiful country. She was Vice President for Corporate Affairs for South African Airways, where she served on the team that changed the colors of the planes in 1995.
Dr. Mabuza-Suttle accomplished her lifelong dream, "to get alphabets behind my name and prove apartheid wrong". She holds a BA, MA, Ph.D, and is pursuing a DBA. She is married to psychologist and inspirational speaker, Dr. Earl Suttle and is the mother of two daughters, Lindi and Zani Suttle.
Awards
The Star/Agfa Award for Popular Television Personality, 1995; Ralph Metcalfe Award, Marquette University, 1999; People's Choice Award for Entertainment, Vivid, 2000; People's Choice Award for Humanitarianism, Vivid, 2000; All University Alumni Merit Award, Marquette University, 2000; Tribute Achievers business category finalist, 2001; Soweto Legends Award, 2001; Prestige Rapport and City Press Achievers, 2001; Business Woman of the Year, 2001.
Works
Selected writings
* Felicia: Dare to Dream, Struik Publishers, 1990s.
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