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Maame turns  Communication Into Your Organisation’s Greatest Asset. 
“If you want to win, keep, and elevate the people who matter most, fix communication first.”

MY CLIENTS

From Universities to National Institutions, I am here to encourage confidence and advocacy within the UK and internationally.

MEET DR. MAAME AFUA NIKABS

The Influential Leadership Summit 2025

Dr. Maame Afua Nikabs is the Founder and CEO of LingLab Consult, a strategic communication and culture consultancy that helps organisations fix the human problems quietly destroying trust, draining talent, and derailing performance.

She is also the visionary behind the Fearless Women Network™, a global mentoring and leadership movement equipping Black women to rise boldly, unapologetically, and without limits.

A globally recognised speaker, award-winning educator, and behavioural communication expert, Dr. Maame Afua Nikabs has worked with leaders across the UK, West Africa, and North America, from the NHS and financial institutions to schools and ministries – transforming how teams speak up, align, and perform under pressure.

SPEAK UP. SPEAK OUT. PODCAST

Speak Up Speak Out Podcast by Dr. Maame Afua Nikabs explores the power of communication, offering quick insights and stories to help you speak clearly, listen better, and connect with confidence.

Practical Communication Tips

Each episode offers actionable advice and strategies to help listeners improve their speaking, listening, and interpersonal skills.

Expert and Real-Life Conversations

Features interviews with communication experts, as well as everyday people sharing authentic experiences and insights.

Focus on Empowerment Through Expression

Encourages listeners to find their voice, speak with confidence, and engage in meaningful dialogue in personal and professional settings.

LEARN, GROW AND LEAD WITH MAAME

Whether you’re building your confidence as a communicator, navigating leadership challenges, or developing your voice to influence change, you’ll find the insight, community, and support to help you rise right here.

Books That Move You Forward

Transform your life with books by a global expert: the books are insightful, practical, and results-driven.

The Keep Rising Community

A space for professionals ready to grow in clarity, confidence, and communication—supported by a like-minded community.

1:1 Coaching & Mentoring

Work with Dr. Maame Afua Nikabs to overcome roadblocks, find your voice, and lead with purpose.

COMMUNICATION MATTERS NEWLETTER

Insights to help you speak with clarity, lead with trust, and fix what words alone can’t.

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WORK WITH MAAME

Whether you’re rebuilding trust across fractured teams, equipping managers to lead without fear, or fixing the communication gaps that derail strategy, Dr. Maame Afua Nikabs delivers the clarity, confidence, and cultural reset your organisation needs to thrive.

Through consulting, keynotes, and high-impact leadership programmes, you’ll gain a partner who understands the pressure of change and knows how to turn misalignment into momentum.

With Dr. Maame Afua Nikabs, you don’t get more noise. You get results.

Keynote Speaking

Book Maame for your next leadership summit, ERG event, all-staff meeting, or student development day. She delivers powerful, relatable talks that shift culture, reset confidence, and move audiences from silence to strategy.

Consulting & Culture Strategy (LingLab Consult)

Partner with Maame’s consulting firm to fix the real human issues hurting your performance — from disengagement and broken trust to miscommunication at the top. We design tailored strategies that align leadership, empower underrepresented voices, and create inclusive cultures that perform.

Leadership & Communication Development

Equip your people leaders with practical tools to lead with presence, communicate under pressure, and hold the conversations that drive change. Programmes include Influence Without Authority, Speak Up Conversations™, and Difficult Conversations Mastery — all tailored to your context.

Empowering Women & Underrepresented Talent

Maame is the founder of the Fearless Women Network™ and Keep Rising Community™, supporting Black women and other underrepresented professionals to speak up, lead boldly, and thrive at work. Partner with her to support ERGs, mentoring programmes, or inclusion initiatives that go beyond lip service.

TESTIMONIALS

Dr. Maame Afua Nikabs is Trusted by Teams, Educators, and Leaders Across the UK and Beyond

" Dr Maame was a wonderful speaker at our recent Women in Tech event, particularly during the panel discussion. The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, praising her ability to combine years of academic research and experience in inclusion, leadership and communication, with insightful personal anecdotes. This unique blend of academic depth and lived experience makes Dr Maame a truly fantastic speaker. She captivated the audience with her stage presence, ensuring everyone remained engaged throughout the discussion. I highly recommend Dr Maame for any event seeking a speaker with both academic rigor and the power to connect on a personal level. "
~ Amity Watts, CoreCom Consulting
" Maame joined us as a guest speaker at Language Professionals' Networking Event January 2023. She's not only a brilliant speaker who has this ability to speak to people's minds but she also has the power to touch our hearts. The work she does in making this world a fairer, more equal place is crucially important - and Maame teaches about these heavy and complicated issues around language-related bias in such a kind, gentle and patient way. She's a wonderful voice in the diversity and inclusion space, and I think I can safely say that she has inspired all of us who attended the event to follow in her footsteps and amplify her message of creating a fairer, more equal and inclusive future. Thank you for the work you do, Maame! And thank you for joining us and sharing your wisdom with our community of language professionals. This is an event that will be long talked about "
~ Gabriella Ferenczi, Language Professionals Network
“This trainer was the best on the programme. So inspiring and thought-provoking — I loved today.”
~ NHS Leadership Training Participant
“Such a powerful session on my own prejudices and biases. Invaluable for anyone in the PNA role.”
~ NHS DEI Workshop Participant
“Maame was an absolutely amazing facilitator — thank you.”
~ Healthcare Workshop Attendee
“Dr. Maame captivated our Women in Tech audience with her presence, insight and lived experience. A truly fantastic speaker.”
~ Amity Watts, Marketing & Events Lead
“Her unique blend of academic depth and real-world experience made the session both practical and transformational.”
~ Corporate Training Attendee

THE KEEP RISING COMMUNITY

A Space Built for Your Growth Forever

A Movement

This is not just another group or mailing list. It is a movement: a living, breathing support system designed to help you keep speaking up, showing up, and growing. Because the truth is: you don’t need more hype. You need:
– A space to ask questions
– A place to stay connected
– A community that holds space for your voice to evolve

What You Get (Free for Now):

- Monthly thought leadership drops from Dr. Nikabs : real stories, actionable insights, and growth prompts.
– Private content vault with tools on communication, courage, and inclusion
– Peer-powered support : a network of professionals navigating the same challenges
– Access to 1 complimentary 1-1 mentoring or coaching. We’re opening the doors now, free for founding members. This offer won’t last forever, but your growth shouldn’t be paused any longer either.

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