Author: Obayomi Abiola Benjamin

I want to share something with us that I believe is important in our leadership endeavors. Now, we are looking at: The Demands of Productive Leadership and I believe that what we are going to be sharing with ourselves today is going to be one of the things that we set our leadership productivity on a pedestal that will give you and I, you know, some level of joy and happiness in our leadership. Now, let us begin by looking at what effective leadership is. One of the hallmarks of effective leadership, actually, is productivity. I believe over time, we’ve…

Spontaneous leadership is about responding to problems in quick time with a plan of action. There is no leadership problem, no matter how big or small, that does not have a response approach. When you understand the response approach, then you will tackle the problem headlong. Most times, when problems degenerate into something that is beyond control, the reason is because leadership have failed to respond swiftly. One of the many skills a leader is expected to have amongst other things, is the ability to act spontaneously or act swiftly. Leaders are expected to be able to think through a…

Methodical leadership approach has to do with a structured, organized and systematic way of leadership that gives little or no room for laxity or slackness. Once a methodical leader has his goal and objectives put forward, every zeal and diligence require towards executing that goal is released. In methodical leadership, there is little or no room whatsoever for failure, and this is usually the motivating factor of methodical leadership. No leader plans to fail. And because a methodical leader does not envisage failure, there are four key things that usually characterize methodical leadership approach. Listen to Podcast: Methodical Leadership Approach…

In this article, I want to share with us on Mindset and Transformational Leadership. We want to look at how our mindset as leaders go a long way to shape and help us to overcome every obstacle and every challenge that we may be facing in our leadership as we journey along in this assignment of leadership. Now, the very goal of transformational leadership actually, is rooted in the leader inspiring and motivating his team to go all out in achieving the impossible. Listen to Podcast: Mindset and Transformational Leadership Now when it comes to achieving a seemingly impossible task,…

I want to share with us quickly on something that I titled The Dynamic Nature of Leadership. We want to look at the changing nature of leadership and how you and I as leaders can remain effective in our leadership as these changes take place in leadership. Now, the very first understanding that every leader must have about leadership is that leadership is dynamic. You must never forget as a leader that leadership is dynamic. Leadership is not static, there is nowhere in the world where leadership remains the same for a very long time. Leadership is not static, leadership…

There are two powerful keywords in this title. Leadership and Productivity. These two keywords are important when it comes to growth and understanding the dynamics that propels growth within an organization. How does leadership affect productivity? How does leadership bring out the best in the organization and in the way and manner the organization is run? How does leadership bring out the best in the employees or in the team? These are a few things we want to consider in this podcast. Listen to Podcast: The Correlate of Leadership and Productivity How Does Leadership Affect Productivity? Leadership impacts organizational growth…

Northern leaders, under the umbrella of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), have cautioned President Muhammadu Buhari over the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) naira redesign policy. They said Federal Government’s refusal to abide by Supreme Court judgment on continued use of old naira notes has brought severe hardship on Nigerians and may lead to social unrest. “Whatever the CBN or anyone else may say about the benefits of the policy, which evidently are many, it is of little comfort as soon as the highest court in the country has deemed that it is, or, at least, the manner of its implementation,…

I want to share with us on something that I believe is going to help our leadership. It is something that we don’t often talk about but it is sometimes important and necessary that we talk about it because it’s something that is subtle and it’s something that many leaders often overlook. So, what are we talking about? We want to look at The Ineffectiveness of Coercive Leadership. Listen to Podcast: The Ineffectiveness of Coercive Leadership Now, what exactly is coercive leadership? You see, when we talk about coercive leadership, we are talking about a leadership style that employs the…

There are a number of factors that come into play when determining excellent leadership performance. But in this podcast, I’m going to be revealing to us three of those factors that I believe are germane to measuring any excellent leadership performance at any point in time. Three of those factors, we are going to be examining with ourselves today as leaders, and then we are going to see how they determine excellent leadership performance, and how also we can apply them in our leadership. Listen to Podcast: How to Measure Excellent Leadership Performance Now the very first one I want…

Many times, leaders feel overwhelmed in the course of executing their leadership assignment. The reason for this overwhelmingness often times, come as a result of getting ourselves in a myriad of activities that either slows us down, reduce our efficiency, and cramp our leadership. When this is the case, then it only means one thing: It’s time to declutter our leadership. To declutter simply means: to organize and prioritize. it also means to remove mess or clutter from a place. In this podcast, I want to show us four important things we can do to declutter our leadership. Listen to…