Author: Obayomi Abiola Benjamin

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…

I want to share with us on something that I believe you and I require as leaders anytime we are going through a difficult or challenging time in our leadership. We want to look at: The Response of Leadership in Difficult and Challenging Times. And one of the things I’ve discovered is that at some point or the other in your leadership, there will be that occasion, there will be that time in which a challenging moment or a difficult moment might show up or my ensued as a result of the leadership. So, in that situation or circumstance, when…

I’m going to start by explaining to us what a key performance indicator is because I believe as leaders, we are familiar with what strategic leadership is and we are also familiar with what crisis management is. So, I’m not going to be defining those terminologies to us because I believe they are terminologies that we are familiar with. But I simply want to define what a key performance indicator is because that is like the crux of what we’re looking at today on Leaderview. So, what is a key performance indicator? Listen to Podcast: Strategic Leadership in Crisis Management…

Many leaders across the world today are looking for fulfilment in leadership, but they are not getting it. There are some who have even sought for this fulfilment in wrong places and in wrong practices, yet, the fulfillment still eludes them. But the truth of the matter is this: Every genuine fulfillment in leadership begins from the place of burden. Listen to Podcast: Finding Fulfillment in Leadership In the book of Luke 12:49-50, Jesus made this profound statement: “I came to send fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! 50 But I have a baptism to be baptized…