Strengths First, Everything Else Second

Most development programmes start with a gap analysis. We start with a strengths assessment. That single difference changes everything downstream, from how we coach individuals to how we build teams, because a plan built on what someone does well sticks in a way that a plan built on what they lack never does.

Yes. BHG is a Gallup Strategic Licensee, one of a small number of organisations globally that Gallup partners with directly to deliver its strengths coaching certification in regions where Gallup does not have its own office. We have held that status since 2019.

Both, and that is the point. BHG is an independently owned and run business, not a Gallup subsidiary, but our certification, methodology, and coaching are delivered under formal licence from Gallup. You get Gallup’s research and standards, delivered by a team that lives and works across Africa.

A Strategic Licensee is a business that Gallup partners with to deliver its Global Strengths Coaching Certification in parts of the world where Gallup does not operate directly. BHG holds this status for Africa, which means our certification, training materials, and coaching standards carry Gallup’s direct approval, not a secondhand interpretation of it.

Yes. Our Gallup Credential Letter is available to view directly on this page. We would rather you check for yourself than take our word for it.

BHG is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa.

BHG works across Africa and has delivered coaching and certification engagements across the continent and in Mauritius. Our focus stays on the African continent, where two decades of relationships and on the ground experience count for more than a global footprint spread too thin.

Yendor Felgate is a co-founder and Director of BHG. He stepped down as CEO of Emergence Growth to build BHG, bringing over 20 years of executive experience across Africa and the Middle East. He is a Gallup Certified Coach and Approved Trainer, a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management (UK), one of a small number of accredited lead HR auditors of the SABPP, and is currently completing his PhD.

Magriet Mouton is a co-founder and Director of BHG. She first took the CliftonStrengths® assessment in 2004 and has spent over 15 years since building strengths-based coaching practices across corporates, global SMEs, and government, in industries from telecommunications to non-profit. She is a Gallup Certified Coach and Approved Trainer.

Yendor’s Top 5 are Achiever, Deliberative, Strategic, Learner, and Ideation.

Magriet’s Top 5 are Individualization, Learner, Belief, Connectedness, and Maximizer.

Neither profile looks like the other, which is exactly why the partnership works.

Between them, BHG’s founders bring over 35 years of combined executive and coaching experience across Africa and the Middle East, spanning multi-country implementation projects, executive coaching, and Gallup certified training delivery since 2019.

BHG has received the Community Builder Award for supporting the Gallup Coaching Community in Africa, and both directors have individually received the Leader Excellence Award for a 5.0 evaluation rating facilitating the Gallup Global Strengths Coaching Certification.

Backed by research. CliftonStrengths® and the strengths methodology BHG delivers are built on decades of Gallup research into human behaviour and performance, not a personal theory dressed up as a framework.

BHG has delivered strengths coaching and workshops across telecommunications, blockchain, insurance, marketing, financial services, learning and development, labour, non-profit, and energy sector organisations navigating complex change.

Both. Individual coaching helps a person understand and apply their own CliftonStrengths®, while organisational engagements scale the same thinking across teams and leadership groups.

Through BHG’s Gallup Global Strengths Coaching Certification course, run both virtually and in person across Africa. Contact BHG directly to find out about upcoming certification dates.