The Difference.

We take the stress out of leadership.

Are you a purpose-driven, growth-oriented and impact-focused young leader?

Do you want to build a high-performing team with a greater purpose in life and doing work that is interesting and fulfilling?

Are you looking to build a smart, fun and caring team to help you accomplish your goals?

Do you have a desire for change and believe in giving your team a voice in key decisions and positive experiences that are values-driven and inclusive?

If you answered yes to any of the above questions, we invite you to join our Becoming a Willing Student® Business Coaching Program. The Becoming a Willing Student business coaching program is about empowering young leaders to build authentic teams that inspire and prosper while creating long term value for themselves, their businesses, and the communities in which they live and work. If you want to feel more purposeful, effective and passionate at work and with your team than you’ve ever been before, join us.

My name is Tawanda Chirenda. I founded Becoming a Willing Student to empower visionary, smart and passionate young leaders like you with the authentic leadership mindset and tools you need to become who you want to be. If you want more from your team, I get you because I was you. I know what’s at stake. I understand that becoming who you want to be at work and in your life isn’t easy because I have been through it myself.

Unlock the Next-Level Leadership Growth

Before I founded Becoming a Willing Student, I had to ask myself some very tough questions. I was dealing with a lot of challenges as a young leader, and I wanted help breaking past these barriers. I wanted to take my team and life to the next level, but I was stuck.

I wanted to stretch myself, but I didn’t know how. I wanted more authenticity, impact and influence. I wanted to grow my leadership brand presence. I wanted to influence others in powerful ways, but I wasn’t sure how to go about it.

I needed a coach to help me and I didn’t know it then. When I started working with my first coach, my life changed for the better. Working with my first coach taught me the power of leading myself first before I could influence anyone else. It taught me how to sell a new idea or product to myself first before I could sell to anyone else. It taught me how to build a smart, fun and caring team around me by building myself first.

It was a thought-provoking and creative process that gave me perspective. I had to become a Willing Student first before I could get the outcomes I wanted.

That’s what we do at Becoming a Willing Student. Our business coaching approach is designed to give you a perspective that will change your life for the better. And then we get to watch you create the team and life you’ve always dreamed about.

Have you ever said any of these things before?

I am unclear about my leadership goals.

I don’t know why I am struggling to grow my leadership.

I am trying to figure out what's next with my team.

I am not sure what to do or how to do it.

I am afraid of making the wrong decision.

I don’t know what steps to take.

I want to have more influence with my team.

I don’t know where I am headed with my team.

I want results.

I am at a crossroads with my team.

I feel like I am running out of options.

If this is you, you’re not alone. Young leaders around the world are feeling many of these things. If you are a smart, passionate and dynamic young leader and you want more from your team and from your life, we want to help. Join our movement and gain access to authentic, high-quality business coaching designed to help you grow your leadership, build your team the right way, and become who you want to be much faster than the average young leader.

Becoming a Willing Student is about thriving as a young leader not just surviving. It’s about change. It’s about creating your own certainty. It’s about creativity. It’s about health. It’s about stability. It’s about you. It’s about building a great team around you that you can do life with. That’s what we want for you.

What You'll Learn

Becoming a Willing Student® will help you:

  • Get clear on your leadership goals, your strengths, your brand voice, your message, your story, and the actions to stand out and get you to the next level.

  • Overcome self-doubt and get results from the most high-impact leadership growth activities.

  • Master the most effective business growth strategies relevant to your industry.

  • Expand your influence and own your position as a young leader.

  • Go from a lost beginner to confident young leader when networking, promoting or marketing yourself.

  • Leverage your true gifts and create offerings from them.

  • Get a clear strategy to grow your leadership, engage your team and make an impact with your life.

  • Build a team and personal brand that fits you and your lifestyle.

I am you.

I know what it means to spend sleepless nights starring at the ceiling worrying about your team. I know what it means to have a racing mind thinking about your next move. I know what it means to have your heart pounding all the time. I know what it means to ask these questions.

What if this doesn’t work out?

What if I lose everything?

May be like me, you lost everything. That’s a story for another day. Be still. If you build right, you will get it all back. I promise. I can show you how to get back up after a hard fall.

I believe in self-reliance. I believe in time alone. However, I don’t want you to be silent. I don’t want you to be stuck. I know you are the rock of your team. I know you are tough. It’s okay to ask for help.

You have more power than you think. You can choose to think differently about your team and your life. You can choose clarity. You can choose calmness. You can choose you. You can choose to be okay right now. As Theodore Roosevelt said “In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.”

Growing your leadership begins with you. Our business coaching programs have been designed with you in mind. Each program builds on and compliments previous programs, all adding up to a new way of thinking about your team and your life. Your team and your life will change, for the better.

You’ll know exactly what you need to do to grow your impact and influence as a young leader and build the team and life you’ve always wanted. In our coaching programs, we’ll talk about everything that you might be worried about as a young leader - your value proposition, sales, competition, customers, team, strategy, goals, income, and brand, etc.

  • It’s about elevating your impact and influence in the global workplace and marketplace.

  • It’s about driving long-term strategic value to your business and your team.

  • It’s about needs.

  • It’s about your craft.

  • It’s about being compelling and flourishing.

Get in touch.

If you have any questions, or would like to learn more about the Becoming a Willing Student Business Coaching Program, get in touch.