Craig Wilkinson – Leadership, Masculinity
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Craig Wilkinson | Positive Masculinity, Fatherhood and Transformational Leadership
Helping individuals, organisations, and communities build healthier relationships, stronger leadership, and a more positive future for men and families.
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Guest Speaker Craig Wilkinson is a bestselling author, award-winning social entrepreneur, two-time TEDx speaker, and one of South Africa’s leading voices on positive masculinity, fatherhood, and ending gender-based violence (GBV). Known for his ability to engage and inspire diverse audiences, Craig brings clarity, compassion, and practical insight to some of society’s most pressing challenges.
In 2010, Craig founded Father A Nation (FAN), a pioneering non-profit organisation established in response to the devastating impact of fatherlessness in South Africa, including gender-based violence, violent crime, and men’s mental health challenges. Through FAN, he has led large-scale interventions to restore and equip boys and men to become excellent fathers, mentors, role models, and community builders. His work has impacted over 350,000 men and their families.
Craig’s contribution to social change has earned him numerous accolades, including South Africa’s first GQ Humanitarian Man of the Year Award in 2019, the Panache Men of Valour Award in 2026, and the Best Economic Development Project in Gauteng award in 2011.
As an author, Craig has produced influential work on masculinity, fatherhood, and GBV. His latest book, Force for Good: The Power of Healthy Masculinity, challenges harmful narratives and presents a compelling vision of masculinity as a force for societal good. His bestselling book, DAD: How to Be the Father Your Children Need, is also available as an online course, while It’s a Dad!: Every Man’s Guide to Pregnancy, Birth and Becoming a Father supports men through the transition into fatherhood.
Craig has also developed widely used training resources, including No Excuse for Abuse, which explores the causes of GBV and the actions needed to prevent it, and The 6 Pack of Masculine Virtues, which promotes positive, healthy masculinity. These resources are used across schools, universities, organisations, and communities.
A sought-after keynote speaker and facilitator, Craig has addressed major local and international platforms, including the Paris Women’s Economic Forum. His presentations and training programmes cover positive masculinity, GBV, male allyship, gender equality, parenting, personal excellence, social impact, transformational leadership, and human-first organisational culture.
Craig equips both men and women with practical frameworks to build accountable leadership, strengthen relationships, navigate diversity, and create safer, healthier environments. His engaging and unifying approach makes him a valuable speaker for corporate conferences, leadership events, schools, and community-focused organisations.
Craig also hosts the Force for Good podcast, where he engages with experts, change-makers, and thought leaders on leadership, masculinity, personal responsibility, and social impact.
Craig’s talks are received with wide acclaim at corporate conferences and events, gala dinners, schools, government departments, universities and NGO’s.
Some of Craig’s favourite topics are:
- ‘Living with excellence’
- “Personal effectiveness”
- “Understanding the Masculine and Feminine Soul”
- “Diversity”
- “Why Healing Men will Heal the World”
- “Why Men Behave the Way They Do”
- “Fatherhood and the 12 Dadverbs”
- “The real reasons behind gender based violence and how to fix it”
- “How to make socio-economic development work”
This series of presentations addresses some of the key skills needed by managers and includes the following topics; leadership, communication, teambuilding, personal effectiveness and time management.
Personal effectivenessRadically improve your personal effectiveness by discovering the principles of managing yourself and your interpersonal relationships. The best leaders and most effective people in the world have mastered these two crucial areas of skills.
ExcellenceEveryone is capable of living a life of excellence yet sadly so few people do. Learn the practical and inspiring principles of excellence and how to apply them to every aspect of life at work and at home. You will be inspired to reject mediocrity forever!
Understanding Men and WomenMen and women are equal yet stunningly different. Gain deep insight into what lies at the core of the masculine and feminine soul, why we behave the way we do and how we can live fully alive and in harmony as men and women to co-create a beautiful world –...
Understanding men (For women)Every women has to deal with men, whether it’s her son, husband, boyfriend, father, brother or work colleague. Discover answers to perplexing questions about what makes men tick, why they behave the way they do and how to live with them.
Craig and CandiceCraig teams up with Candice Mama to address the very pressing issues and challenges of living in post-Apartheid South Africa. Candice was born just before the 1994 elections. Her father was a political activist who was killed by the SA government and she recently had the astoundingly challenging experience of...
Authentic masculinityTrue masculinity is a powerful and beautiful force for good. Discover what true masculinity is, why men do the things they do and how men can live with authentic masculinity in today’s world. Both men and women benefit enormously from these insights.
ParenthoodNo-one has a greater impact on a child’s life than their parents. Discover the key principles of great parenting, how to deal with the impact your own childhood had on you and how to apply this knowledge to become more effective in every aspect of your life.
FatherhoodFathers are the most important and influential men in their children’s lives. Discover the twelve key principles of great fatherhood and how to become the man and dad your children need you to be.
Maximizing motherhoodBeing a mom is one of the toughest and yet most beautiful challenges in the world. And it’s made even tougher if the father of your child is not playing his role fully. Whether your child’s father is completely absent, unengaged, or an involved dad, this fun workshop will give...
It’s a Dad!A practical workshop to equip expectant dads for their partner’s pregnancy, the birth of their child and the early days of fatherhood. Men play a crucial role during pregnancy and childbirth yet very few men know and understand what is required of them during this time.
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