Deftable, LLC

We’re not exactly in the business of mental health. But we’ve learned that communication, leadership, and mental health are inextricably linked… in the workplace and beyond. Organizations that ignore this reality do so to their own detriment. 🧠

We DO help leaders and their teams communicate more effectively. If you’d like to know more about how we do it, just send us a message! 📧

Does your workplace prioritize its employees’ mental health?

I absolutely love working with visionary leaders and mid-career professionals who are brave enough to take the risks necessary to reinvent themselves. Coaching has provided me the adventurous and globally-focused career I’ve always wanted. ✨ So grateful.

Thank you to Ty Aiken and Justin Spinner of ETA Chapter 100 Foundation for their donation of 14 laptops 💻 to community organizations and individuals doing great things! I felt like a fairy godmother 🧚🏾 delivering these all over town. These devices went to Greensboro Housing Authority, Black Child Development Institute Greensboro, Compass Greensboro, and North Carolina A&T State University students.

The perfect Thursday to shout out our spring 2021 intern, Deztinee Allen!! Deztinee jumped right into the mix, assisting with Ukuvusa podcast content, client meetings, community events, the Juneteenth Impact Committee, photography 📸, and web development!! She just graduated from (WOOT!! 🥂)!! 🔥

we wish you the best in whatever path you choose to pursue!! Thank you and CONGRATULATIONS!! 💛

Join us virtually on June 3 as we explore new ways of building and connecting through cultural entrepreneurship!! Register today. LINK IN BIO. 💥

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Meet Dr. Zithobile Nxumalo:

Dr. Zithobile Nxumalo is the Leadership Consultant and founder of Deftable — a leadership consulting firm which helps cultivate communities of skilled leaders through communication, leadership, and inner development programming.

Dr. Nxumalo will share insights and vision for the emerging Cultural Entrepreneur Movement and how ImagineHub can lead the way at the ImagineHub Summit.

There’s still time to register for the Summit to hear Dr. Nxumalo and many other amazing individuals speak! The link is in our bio!

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In July 2020, Zitty launched the Ukuvusa Podcast with Dr. Z at the invitation of her friend, Kisha Love Alston, who started the network. The program – inspired by the Zulu word for “awaken” — explores human transformation. It features in-depth conversations with Zitty and people from across the community, talking about their personal journeys.

“It’s all about awakening to different aspects of the human experience. I invite people who are willing to be vulnerable,” Zitty says.

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As we close out Women's History Month, we would like to highlight Zithobile Nxumalo ! She is an entrepreneur, leadership trainer, PhD, communication consultant, community advocate, writer, podcaster, professor, and dance company co-founder has a special way of curating nurturing environments. Bringing people in. Building connections. Inspiring them. Letting them inspire her. https://www.madeingso.com/2021/03/31/zithobile_nxumalo/

📸 Kendra Knight Photography & Videography

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Y’all. I am really trippin thinking about God’s plans, my participation, and divine timing. ✨ Two years ago I taught my first embodied leadership class at and got a taste of what it could be like to weave together all the most powerful concepts and ideas I’ve collected throughout this journey.

Today, amidst a pandemic, the door has opened to do it as an entrepreneur through AND I get to partner with my other alma mater to share how dance has helped me to re-learn my body’s power during some of my darkest times. Process is real, and patience is vital.

The young women of Zodwa are creative, hilarious, kind, and under great pressure to perform well over and over again under extraordinary circumstances. I consider myself blessed to be able to walk through my own healing as I get to support them through theirs.

We need our community’s support!! We’re hosting a RAFFLE — Tickets are $10 but gifts of all sizes are welcomed. CashApp: $ZodwaLLC

Self-care Basket includes products from these women-owned businesses:





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“You should do a podcast!” 🎙 I heard it for years before it became a reality. Many thanks to Onyx Urban Radio for the platform!!

For me, podcasting has been an incredibly healing experience. Having guests is the best part... there’s sooo much to learn!!! 😆

If you’re interested in getting tips about podcasting from me and a panel of other hosts/hostesses, check out this flyer!! We all do it for different reasons and different audiences. If you’re thinking about, come get the scoop...

Virtual diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) workshop today with the Alamance Workforce Council! So impressed with this group’s willingness to quickly dig into the most difficult and honest conversations.

Thank you to for coordinating! The future of global 🌍 organizational leadership is emotionally intelligent, compassionate, and brave. They’ve committed to one ☝🏾 small change each day. Feeling hopeful...

Finally got to meet our summer intern for lunch face-to-face!! THANK YOU for your energy and commitment to during one of the craziest summers we’ve seen in our lifetimes!! We really appreciate you!! ☀️

P.S. - He had this wood carved sign made for me!! Isn’t it dope?! 🔥

Deftable believes in ethical leadership of ALL flavors and hues. 🕯 We need each other. Be brave.

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Marcus Deon Smith loved music and dancing. 🔈🔥He would have been 41 yesterday.

It was wonderful to be able to join , the Greensboro Justice Coalition of , , and other community friends to honor this man while educating ourselves and each other on his case.

Like many people, I grew up in Greensboro. We can do better than this.

📸: Deztinee Allen () — Senior human services major at Elon University ( 2021 spring 🌱 intern!!)

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Have you ever been hit so hard with grief that it takes your breath away? 😞 If so, tonight’s Ukuvusa Podcast 🎙 is for YOU. My dear friend and guest, Alisha M. Wielfaert of Yoke and Abundance, does such a beautiful 🌺 job of guiding us through ways to manage our grief, whether sudden or enduring. Come get these good lessons, friends. ✨

How crazy that this airs on the anniversary of Kobe and Gigi’s untimely death? 🤯 Unplanned, yet totally aligned. 💫

**TONIGHT** at 7pmEST
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There are some life events that permanently change us, from which there is no going back to the way things were.

This is different from life changes that we seek and that we try to implement.

Sometimes, in the blink of an eye, beyond our control... unwanted change is thrust upon us.

What do you do when you can not go back to the way things were? How do you accept these changes to your life that you didn’t want?

It’s such an painful state of being- living in a present moment you wish was different- wanting to go back to the way things were when that is no longer an option.

If you are in this same space in life, please know you are not the only one. So many of us are facing this at this very moment... as you face today, with all it’s uncertainty and unfamiliarity, please know you are not alone 💞

**REGISTER TODAY** Spaces are limited.

Join us for an upcoming 5-week study called "Cultural Entrepreneur Mindset," based on the book, "Who Owns the Ice House? Eight Life Lessons from an Unlikely Entrepreneur," by Clifton Taulbert and Gary Schoeniger.

The workshop shares life lessons from an unlikely entrepreneur, Uncle Cleve, an African American who started an Ice House in lower Mississippi during the 1950’s. Cindy Thompson (Boundless Impact) and Zitty Nxumalo are certified Ice House Entrepreneurship Mindset Facilitators, and the training focuses on the critical mindsets and life skills necessary to start your own firm, side gig, initiative or advance in your career.

The foundation of the course will be on 8 entrepreneurial mindsets: Choice, Opportunity, Action, Knowledge, Resourcefulness, Reliability, Persistence, and Community.

This workshop will be facilitated as a 5-week online class beginning March 4 through April 1. It will be held through Zoom on Thursday evenings from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm. The class will be a small group experience including book study, videos, discussion questions and mindfulness practices.

The only cost to participants is to purchase the book that goes along with the training. Registration and more information can be found here. Participants only need to register for the first date, and will need a computer or tablet with a camera and speaker, and reliable internet connection.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cultural-entrepreneur-mindset-workshop-tickets-138198241661

Cultural Entrepreneur Mindset Workshop A 5-week study focusing on the critical mindsets and life skills necessary to start your own firm, side gig, or advance in your career.