In today’s economy, firms don’t scale because they market louder — they scale because their leaders are trusted, visible, and authoritative.
In this episode of The Authority Advantage Podcast, Authority Global™ Founder & CEO, Modesta Mahiga, breaks down why building the personal authority of every C-suite leader and partner is now a top-tier business strategy, not a branding exercise.
The world no longer trusts logos first — it trusts leaders.
And firms with a visible leadership bench win:
More trust
Faster credibility
Stronger pricing power
Higher-value clients
Better deal flow
Stronger leadership retention
You’ll learn the four-stage Authority Funnel™ — Awareness, Trust, Demand, Conversion — and why executive visibility accelerates every phase of business growth.
If your organization is relying on one leader’s reputation, or if your executives are world-class privately but invisible publicly, this episode reveals why that model is no longer competitive — and how authority-led firms are building the future.
Listen now and discover why leadership got you here — but authority will take you global.
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In this episode, Modesta Mahiga breaks down how visibility, not just credibility, determines consulting success.
Discover the five tiers of authority and how to scale from trusted to global consultant.
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Visibility gets you noticed. Trust gets you chosen.
In this episode, Modesta Mahiga, Founder and CEO of Authority Global™, reveals why trust — not traffic — is the real ROI for leaders and organizations building global authority online.
Discover the strategies trusted leaders use to build credibility that converts and influence that scales.
Listen now and turn your digital presence into global authority.
In today’s borderless world, your digital presence is your most valuable passport.
In this episode of The Authority Advantage Podcast, Modesta Mahiga, Founder & CEO of Authority Global™, shares why building online is no longer optional — it’s the foundation of modern leadership.
Discover how leaders and organizations can:
Turn visibility into measurable global influence
Use their digital presence as strategic capital
Apply the Authority Global™ Framework to establish, amplify, and lead globally
If you don’t build authority online, you leave your reputation to chance.
Learn how to build strategically, show up intentionally, and lead with conviction.
Listen now — and start positioning yourself as a global authority.
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Build Authority. Expand Influence. Lead Globally.
Leadership was just the beginning.
Because in today’s world, being a great leader isn’t enough — you need authority.
The kind that builds trust, drives influence, and expands your impact across borders.
That’s why we’re evolving — from The 360 Leadership Podcast to The Authority Advantage Podcast — powered by Authority Global™.
It’s time to build authority, expand influence, and lead globally.
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In this episode of the Modesta Mahiga 360 Leadership Podcast, Dr. Carolyne A. Opinde, Founder & CEO, The NGO Whisperer: Centre for Social Impact addressed all the elephants in the room as she spoke to us about the innovation, investment, and impact leaders and their organizations need to adopt to lead through global shifts.
Bio
Carolyne A. Opinde, Dr.h.c. is an award-winning thought leader, futurist, author, lecturer and international speaker known for her expertise in social innovation, investment, and impact.
She is the Founder and CEO of The NGO Whisperer® Centre For Social Impact and a dedicated champion of building a sustainable world, now and for the future.
As publisher and lead author of Fit For The Future: A Guidebook For Nonprofits To Thrive In a Changing World, Dr. Opinde empowers organisations to adapt and flourish.
She cultivates strategic cross-sector partnerships with the public, private and social impact organisations to advance meaningful change on a global scale.
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Suzie Li—formerly Teete—is a qualified executive coach, counsellor, seasoned HR professional, and the Founder and Owner of Eli Counselling, Coaching & Wellbeing.
Suzie is known for creating honest, transformative, and deeply grounded spaces, from leading teams and projects to supporting clients through life's turning points.
With over two decades of experience across purpose-driven organisations and international teams, Suzie brings a unique blend of strategic HR expertise and psychological insight.
Her journey into coaching and counselling was no accident—it stemmed from a lifelong curiosity about what drives people, what holds them back, and how they grow.
Outside of her professional work, she leads with heart in her personal life, too—as a wife, mother, friend, and cook.
She’s passionate about mindfulness, storytelling, and the quiet but powerful moments where real change begins.
Connect with Suzie: elicounselling@yahoo.com
In your line of work, you will meet people who are either Gatekeepers or Door-Openers.
Your job as a leader is to identify and effectively influence them to maximize your, your team, and the organization's access.
This will require you to learn how to navigate power and influence.
Listen, subscribe, and share across all platforms.
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In this episode, Dr. Alinda Mashiku, a real-life rocket scientist, talks about taking moonshots at NASA and in life. Her message? Set a stretch goal that matters, make bold moves, and if you fail, don't tap out—recalibrate, get back on course, and don't give up until you reach your destination.
Dr. Alinda Mashiku is the Conjunction Assessment Risk Analysis (CARA) Program Manager at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD. The CARA program is an agency function that is responsible for providing risk analysis for ~100 un-crewed satellite missions to prevent on-orbit collisions and ensure the safety of the space environment.
In this role, she is responsible for providing programmatic and technical leadership for ground operations elements, interfacing with multiple mission operations centers, and overseeing various advanced technologies and engineering application areas.
Dr. Mashiku joined NASA in 2013 as a spacecraft navigation and mission trajectory design engineer, supporting various missions, such as the James-Webb Space Telescope and the OSIRIS-Rex mission.
She is the author or co-author of over a dozen conference and journal papers and has received multiple NASA Awards, including the 2020 Engineering and Technology Directorate Excellence in Safety & Quality Assurance Award and a 2020 NASA Mission Engineering and Systems Analysis Division Individual Special Act Award. She was also a recipient of the NASA GSRP (Graduate Student Research Program) Fellowship from 2010 to 2013.
Dr. Mashiku is also the Co-Founder and President of The Joule Foundation Inc. This 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization runs STEAM-based workshops for high-school girls in Tanzania, Nigeria, and Zimbabwe.
Dr. Mashiku obtained her bachelor’s degree Cum Laude in Aerospace Engineering from The Ohio State University in 2007, and then both her master’s and PhD in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from Purdue University in 2009 and 2013 consecutively.
She lives in the Washington, D.C. area with her wonderful husband and two amazing boys.
In this episode I am joined by Andrew Mahiga, Private Sector Specialist, Tanzania.
He speaks on “How to Build a Globally Competitive African Private Sector”.
Correction: We misquoted African graduate statistics from McKinsey Podcast.
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I had an impactful conversation with Herb Cogliano, former CEO of Sullivan and Cogliano Designers, International Business Growth Advisor, and Certified Scaling Up Coach, on the topic ‘How to Execute the 4 Critical Decisions to Scale Up Your Business’.
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In this episode, I am joined by Kendra Gaither, The President of the U.S.-Africa Business Center, to speak on the topic ‘Advancing U.S.-Africa Business Partnerships’.
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Leadership can be daunting, which is why this episode is wholly dedicated to improving leadership effectiveness.
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Leadership can be daunting, which is why this episode is wholly dedicated to improving leadership effectiveness.
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In this episode, I cover one of my favorite topics ‘How to Fail Successfully’.
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“A 50/50 balance may not be necessarily what we need.
What we need is to have competent people within an institution that are able to lead.
I don't want to have women leaders that could potentially be role models for younger women who don't have the capacity, but are there just because we want the numbers to be equal.”
Ambassador Fatima Kyari Mohammed.
Permanent Observer of the African Union to the United Nations.
In this episode of the Modesta Mahiga 360 Leadership Podcast, Ambassador Mohammed speaks from her experience “Leading Africa’s Global Interests”.
Phumla Motsa is a Registered Occupational Therapist and the Founder of Remote Ergonomics & MotsaHealth, a 100% female black-owned occupational therapy practice in Johannesburg, South Africa. With more than 15 years of consulting experience, Phumla has helped small and large South African companies and employees struggling with productivity and non-performance due to an illness or injury to optimize their contribution at work.
Her passion lies in improving the lives of ordinary people and supporting them to return to a sustainable productive life. She supports organizations with Functional Capacity Evaluations to determine whether an employee (following an injury or illness) can perform their work tasks, Case Management, providing for a smooth return to work for employees that have been off work for some time, Ergonomics workstation assessments and home office ergonomic workstation setup, as well as Speaking and Training on the fact that according to the WHO “Musculoskeletal conditions are the leading contributor to disability worldwide, with low back pain being the single leading case of disability in 160 countries”.
Phumla is also an Associate at Work-Link and an ASISA Academy Trainer.
Before starting her own business, Phumla consulted for Alexander Forbes Consultants & Actuaries Limited, a global financial services company that specialises in insurance, health, retirement, life, and other wealth and assets solutions.
Phumla holds a Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy from the University of the Witwatersrand, a Diploma in Vocational Rehabilitation from the University of Pretoria, and a Diploma in Health Economics from the University of Cape Town, in South Africa.
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Rita Mchaki is a Strategy Specialist with 15+ years of experience implementing US$50 million+ private and non-profit business and project development, resource mobilization, and communication projects in matrixed multinational, multisector, and multi-stakeholder contexts.
She leads with integrity and inclusion, effectively driving internal and external strategy collaboration and results.
Rita is the Principal Management Consultant at P.S. Management Consultants Ltd, offering Strategy Planning, Development & Implementation, Business Development & Management, Strategic Communication & Advocacy, Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Engagement & Management, and Resources Mobilization & Programme Cycle
Management services.
She is also a Board and Senior Management team advisor.
Rita holds a Master of Business Administration in Corporate Management and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Public Administration.
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On the latest episode of the Modesta Mahiga 360 Leadership Podcast, our guest, Samwel Ndandala shared the mindsets, money, and mentorship habits of the wealthy so we can learn what it takes to generate and enjoy the freedom that comes with building generational wealth
Samwel Ndandala is a growth mindset leader with over thirteen years of experience in finance, reporting, local and international tax as well as transfer pricing.
He has advised a number of multinational banks in Africa and Europe on finance, strategy, and taxation.
Samwel has been a member of the Tanzania’s Finance Minister’s Think Tank, advising him on fiscal policy matters. He has also addressed the budgetary committee of the parliament of the United Republic of Tanzania.
Samwel also regularly produces thought leadership materials and publications.
An effective communicator, Samwel has delivered numerous technical trainings and talks in professional and business associations, including the ACCA (UK), CPA (T), CEO Roundtable (Tanzania), and South African, American, British, and European Union Business Groups in Tanzania.
Samwel holds a Masters from SOAS, University of London, and a Bachelor's Degree in Finance from Mzumbe University (Tanzania) and is a member of Chartered Certified Accountants, UK, and Certified Public Accountant CPA, Tanzania.