Author: Obayomi Abiola Benjamin

If we take a look at a number of organizations that we are familiar with, we will discover that most organizations differ from one another on a number of things: their mission, their vision, their scope and most importantly, their competitive advantage. A competitive advantage talks about certain unique set of values or qualities that places an organization far above its competitions. Now, one thing that effective leadership does is to establish the organization’s competitive advantage and then leverage on it for sustainable organizational growth. Listen to Podcast: How to Promote Sustainable Competitive Advantage Through Effective Leadership For example,…

Nigeria’s recent clampdown on Twitter operations is causing concerns over the country’s commitment to the protection of human rights offline and online. Many of these concerns on Nigeria’s quest to regulate Twitter and other social media platforms are hinged on citizen’s rights to freedom of expression as guaranteed in section 39 of the Nigerian constitution. Twitter’s deletion of President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweet that referenced experiences of the Nigerian civil war – 1967 to 1969 – in early June prefaced the squabble that led to the Nigerian government’s decision to announce an indefinite ban on Twitter operations in the country. But the authorities have insisted the…

Convictions are more than just a belief system or persuasions or opinions that we hold dear. Real convictions are like life-compasses which guides and propels us towards fulfilling our leadership assignments and eventually pushes us to our leadership destiny. This is what real conviction truly is. If you read the book of Daniel 1:8-9, the Bible says: “But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank; therefore, he requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. 9 Now God had brought…

By their expressed passions and in some cases, desperations, Nigerians are unanimous that tinkering with the 1999 constitution is not only timely but long overdue. Particularly with Nigeria’s diverse peculiarities, the constitution is largely defective and shallow to guarantee peaceful coexistence, mutual tolerance and accelerated national development. Having operated for over two decades, it is no longer in tune with most of the contemporary realities. There are systemic opportunities for powers and processes abuses because rather than strong institutions, the constitution favours strong individuals. One of the unfortunate fallouts of these fundamentally flawed laws is the recent introduction of the…

Dubai-based Emirates airline on Tuesday posted a $5.5 billion annual loss, its first in more than three decades after the coronavirus pandemic devastated the aviation industry. The carrier said it received a capital injection of $3.1 billion from its owner, the government of Dubai, to help it survive the crisis. The Emirates group was “hit hard by the drop in demand for international air travel as countries closed their borders and imposed stringent travel restrictions”, said chairman and chief executive, Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum. “No one knows when the pandemic will be over, but we know recovery will…

Maintaining a culture of excellence in leadership is one of the hallmarks of leadership. When we talk about excellence, it simply means: being the best we can be through the grace and abilities that God has deposited inside of us. It could also mean doing seemingly ordinary things in an extra-ordinary way. Listen to Podcast: Maintaining a Culture of Excellence in Leadership One thing we must understand as leaders is that excellence does not fall on anyone like a ripe pawpaw. Excellence cannot be gotten through mere wishful thinking. When we look at the work of God when He…

In this article, I want to share with us what has been titled: The Thin Line Between Leadership and Discipleship, notice the word ‘thin’ and not a thick line. So, there is a thin line between leadership and discipleship. So, we are going to be looking at a Scripture to justify what we will be sharing with ourselves. But before we look at the text, let me just explain the two major words that are in this title that is the focus of our consideration tonight. The first one is leadership, and the second one is discipleship. Listen to…

There is this popular Latin saying which goes like this: Vox Populi, Vox Dei, meaning: “the voice of the people is the voice of God.” But in this podcast, I want to debunk this assumption in leadership by saying the voice of the people is not always the voice of God. And so, a leader who runs aimlessly after the voice of the people every time without having a system in place that adequately examines whether what the people wanted are legitimate enough or not would run into errors and mistakes all the time and may not finish well. It…

“And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ.” Listen to Podcast: Understanding the Basis of Spiritual Maturity and Good Works The phrase ‘spiritual people’ is also the same thing as spiritually immature people. If you read this same verse in the Passion Translation, it revealed it to us in plain language what the apostle Paul was talking about. It says: “Brothers and Sisters, when I was with you, I found it impossible to speak to you as those who are spiritually mature people, for you are…

All over the world, children are given a special day in the year to be celebrated. Of course, celebrating children does not mean it should be restricted to just this particular day, children should be celebrated every day because they are a special gift from the LORD and so, they must be treated as such. “Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD” (Psalm 127:3a) says the word of God. It would be a great disservice to God if those who are the custodian of children don’t look after them or take care of them the way God would have.…