About DDK

Debola Deji-Kurunmi is a polymath, best-selling author, keynote speaker, public policy advisor, corporate trainer and transformational coach for Visionary Leaders. Through her work of coaching, consulting and capacity building, Debola deploys her extraordinary gift of unlocking potential in people, institutions and nations. She is the Founder of IMMERSE Coaching Company (a professional coaching practice), Executive Director at Ideation Hub Africa (a public policy and impact advisory firm), President at Kingdom Leaders Global Alliance, Founder of the Future-Forward Female™ Movement and Visionary Compass (a coaching practice serving Africa’s 1% visionaries and founders). Across these organisations, she directly leads a vibrant 100,000+ community of change-makers across the world, and has reached more than 1, 000, 000 people across her media platforms with the message of human empowerment and transformation.

She is a Certified Visionary Leadership Coach by the Oleg Konovalov Global Coaching Certification, a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach, a Certified Masteries Practitioner by the International Association of Coaching, USA and renown for her archetypical coaching frameworks as well as original assessments.

A highly sought corporate trainer for multinational corporations, SMES, development agencies and governments; Debola has delivered executive coaching, team building retreats and senior leadership training for organisations including the World Bank, Lagos State Government, NLNG, OANDO Foundation, Chams Plc, Pernod Ricard, SEPLAT Energy, Axxela, VFD Bridge, Ventures Garden Group, FSDH, Luminate Africa, Platview Technologies, Interswitch amongst others.

Debola has been severally recognized for her outstanding leadership impact, with her transformational work featured on TV, international news and media. She has received several awards including 2014 New Leader for Tomorrow of the Crans Montana Forum, Geneva. 2018 Mandela Washington Fellow by US Government, one of 100 Most Inspiring Nigerian Women 2019, Nigeria’s Leading Coach in 2021, 50 Most Inspiring Women in 2022, Nigeria’s 50 Most Inspiring Authors 2023, ABCD Africa’s 50 Most Impactful Voices 2023, one of 100 Women Shaping a Better Africa, 2023, one of 5 Women Empowering Women by WEMA Bank, 2024 and a 2024 SUCCESS ® Women of Influence Finalist: one of 50 Women Who Change Our World, released 2025.

DDK, as she is fondly called, is an author of 30 books to date and has spoken across three continents to emerging and established leaders. Over the last decade, she has worked with corporate leaders, C-Suite executives, ministry gifts, high-growth visionaries, and purpose-driven individuals, serious about building institutions, amplifying influence, and scaling impact – without compromising their integrity and faith. She is masterful at high-tier coaching for crafting go-to-market strategy, rapid execution techniques, visionary launch and mastery, personal reinvention, ministry growth, and wealth expansion.

About DDK

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