Mika Valoyi

Position: Head of Talent and Culture
Organization: Vodacom South Africa
Mika Valoyi is an accomplished HR executive who heads up Talent and Culture at Vodacom South Africa. Her portfolio spans the full talent lifecycle — from talent acquisition and management to leadership development, people capability, and Diversity, Equity,Inclusion & Belonging (DEIB). With a career rooted in building people-first organisations, Mika is passionate about unlocking potential at scale and shaping cultures where individuals and teams thrive. She brings a strategic yet grounded approach to her work, with a focus on inclusive leadership, sustainable talent practices, and transformation that drives both performance and purpose. Mika is a strong advocate for youth development and the skills of the future, as well as advancing the gender agenda — championing equitable workplaces where women can lead, grow, and succeed. She is a trusted voice in the people space and is often invited to speak on the future of work, cultural transformation, and creating environments where everyone feels seen, valued, and empowered. Outside of work, she’s a proud mom of two young daughters and is deeply committed to raising the next generation with curiosity, courage, and compassion.

Session Overview

From Programs to Performance: Rethinking Women’s Development for Measurable Impact
Seeing the Invisible
Leadership development has long focused on what is visible, skills, knowledge, behaviour. But Google’s Project Aristotle and Microsoft’s Viva Insights reached the same uncomfortable conclusion: the conditions that actually determine whether a leader performs, grows, or stalls are largely invisible. And almost no organisation is measuring them.
This session explores the human intelligence gap, what it costs, why AI is making it more urgent, and what becomes possible when organisations finally start to see it. YuGrow and Vodacom share what happened when they stopped asking “how do we develop our people?” and started asking “what are we not seeing?” — and what a 50% promotion rate in one cohort revealed about the invisible conditions that leadership development has always missed.

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Mika Valoyi is an accomplished HR executive who heads up Talent and Culture at Vodacom South Africa. Her portfolio spans the full talent lifecycle — from talent acquisition and management to leadership development, people capability, and Diversity, Equity,Inclusion & Belonging (DEIB). With a career rooted in building people-first organisations, Mika is passionate about unlocking potential at scale and shaping cultures where individuals and teams thrive. She brings a strategic yet grounded approach to her work, with a focus on inclusive leadership, sustainable talent practices, and transformation that drives both performance and purpose. Mika is a strong advocate for youth development and the skills of the future, as well as advancing the gender agenda — championing equitable workplaces where women can lead, grow, and succeed. She is a trusted voice in the people space and is often invited to speak on the future of work, cultural transformation, and creating environments where everyone feels seen, valued, and empowered. Outside of work, she’s a proud mom of two young daughters and is deeply committed to raising the next generation with curiosity, courage, and compassion.