Shakira Nakaweesa
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Nakaweesa is a passionate team-building facilitator and high-performance team expert with over 10 years of experience blending psychology, playful engagement, and strategic facilitation to transform team dynamics and drive mindset change across diverse sectors. Holding a certificate in Building High-Performing Teams from the University of Pennsylvania and trained in Human Resource Management, she currently serves as Head of Partnerships at Antfeet Limited, where she builds strategic alliances and fosters cross-functional collaboration, while previously leading recruitment, training, and culture initiatives in HR at Aurous.
In the Utopia Thrive Mentorship Programme, Nakaweesa delivers energising 30-minute consultation calls packed with psychological insights and play-based strategies that help emerging professionals enhance team trust, spark creativity, boost accountability, and trigger lasting behavioural change. Mentees walk away with immediately actionable team-building frameworks and tools to align individual motivations with collective goals, creating supportive, innovative, and high-performing teams.
Areas Of Expertise
- High-Performance Team Building Focus: With a certificate in Building High-Performing Teams from the University of Pennsylvania and over a decade of hands-on facilitation, Nakaweesa transforms ordinary groups into cohesive, high-output teams by combining psychological principles with proven frameworks that rapidly build trust, accountability, and collective ownership.
- Psychology-Driven Mindset & Behavioural Change Focus: Nakaweesa uses deep psychological insights and playful, interactive techniques to shift individual and team mindsets, break limiting patterns, and trigger lasting behavioural change that drives creativity, collaboration, and resilience even in high-pressure environments.
- Play-Based Facilitation & Engagement Focus: Known for her energising, play-infused approach, Nakaweesa designs and delivers memorable team experiences that lower barriers, spark authentic connection, and accelerate bonding – turning stiff or siloed teams into innovative, supportive units in record time.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration & Strategic Partnerships Focus: As Head of Partnerships at Antfeet Limited and former HR leader at Aurous, Nakaweesa excels at forging strong cross-functional alliances, aligning diverse stakeholders, and creating collaborative cultures that deliver shared goals and sustainable results.
- Team Diagnostics & Custom Intervention Design Focus: Nakaweesa quickly diagnoses team dysfunctions, motivation gaps, and communication breakdowns, then hands you tailored, ready-to-use frameworks, activities, and follow-up tools that create immediate traction and measurable improvement.
What to expect
A 30-minute consultation with Nakaweesa is energising, insightful, and deeply practical, laser-focused on delivering immediate, actionable value.
| Expectation | Focus Area |
|---|---|
| Unlock team trust & psychological safety | Fast diagnostic + 3–5 play-based activities you can run next week to build openness and connection |
| Shift mindset & spark behavioural change | Personalised psychological insights + simple daily practices that break old habits and install high-performance behaviours |
| Design a memorable team-building session | Complete session blueprint with timing, materials, and facilitation script tailored to your team’s exact challenges and goals |
| Fix siloed or low-collaboration teams | Cross-functional alignment roadmap + communication rituals that turn departments into true partners |
| Boost creativity & innovation output | Ready-to-use playful exercises and frameworks that reliably generate fresh ideas and higher engagement |
Claim your session with Nakaweesa today and walk away with powerful, proven tools that instantly elevate team performance, cohesion, and joy at work. Limited slots – book now and start building your high-performing team tomorrow.