About Samuel A. Bakutana

Award Winning Senior Leadership Consultant

About Our Founder

Samuel A. Bakutana, MA, CPC

Samuel A. Bakutana, MA, CPC, is a Certified Executive Coach, trained by Coach Masters Academy (Singapore) and Harvard Business School. He is a Member of the International Coaching Federation; a Global Speaker who has addressed audiences on all 6 continents of the world; and an Award-winning Senior Leadership Consultant, who was the recipient of the Leadership Impact Award 2022 under the Vine Awards.

Samuel is an author of 17 books in aspects of leadership, business, wealth building, education, and relationships. His most recent book — “Blossom in Your Job and Business” (2023) — has become a 2-in-1 solution for both employers and employees, business people and their teams, individuals and groups. It is now being used as a “team read” for business masterminds and organizational staff book clubs.

He is the CEO of Inspired Leaders International – an international leadership development firm that he founded to empower leaders who transform nations. Under this umbrella, he partners with Business Owners, senior Executives, Management teams, and other multi-level Leaders to scale up their leadership capacity for personal, institutional and social transformation. This has made him excellently execute several global roles such as:

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Executive Leadership COACH

For U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Ghana Health Services; the Kofi Anan Public Health Leadership Fellowship (KA-GLF); University of Sierra Leone; Capital Markets Authority (CMA); “Enabel” the Belgium Development Agency; AAR Services; Grant Thornton International; Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI); Uganda’s Office of the Prime Minister; etc.

02.

Senior Leadership TRAINER

for the African Union; the Africa Centre For Diseases Control (CDC); the Government of Japan under the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA); British Council; Micro Labs India; National Social Security Fund (NSSF); Housing Finance Bank; Uganda Red Cross Society; Capital Markets Authority; Equity Bank; KCB Bank; Absa Bank; Stanbic Bank; FINCA Uganda; etc.

03.

Team Building CONSULTANT

For the Kingdom of Belgium; Grant Thornton International; DanChurchAid; Diamond Trust Bank; Airtel Uganda; Uganda Red Cross Society; Uganda Wildlife Authority; Uganda Law Reform Commission; Uganda Breweries Ltd; etc.

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Mentorship SPECIALIST

For European Union under Edukans – an International NGO headquartered in Netherlands; Kyambogo University Mentorship Program; El-Rehoboth Global Leadership Foundation Nigeria; Nation Media Group; Housing Finance Bank; etc.

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External Leadership Conversation FACILITATOR

For Parliament of Kenya; Digital Opportunity Trust Canada; Kenya Institute of Management; etc.

06.

Policy Consultant

For Parliament of Uganda; Church of Uganda; etc.

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Corporate Panel Moderator and Program Leader

For the First High-level National Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Summit by the Judiciary of Uganda and Pepperdine University USA (June 2023); the launch of Justice Yorokamu Bamwiine’s book; plus many other book launches and corporate summits/conference; etc.

08.

Uganda’s AMBASSADOR

To the Mega Symposium 2022 as one of the 65 global coaches from 54 countries; To mention but a few.

As an electrifying speaker with a special appreciation for the values of integrity, excellence and service, he has helped to build strong teams and empower leaders at many global, national and local institutions, plus many Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of governments in sectors of Finance and Banking, Agricultural Research, Wildlife, Virus Research, Capital Markets, Planning, Health, Microfinance, Budgeting, Social Security, Education & Sports, Revenue, Tourism, and Financial Management and Accountability.

He is the brain behind the design of about 16 exceptional leadership-development and staff empowerment programs; having featured in 27 media houses around Africa, and sitting on various Boards and Executive Committees in public and private sectors.

He is a husband and father, with a personal goal of being able to always go home every day and actively love his family! Since June 2022, he voluntarily serves as the National President of the Fathers’ Union in Uganda. He loves playing his guitar and piano, and he recently started learning the saxophone. If swimming and smiling didn’t exist, he claims that he would have invented them!