Author: Obayomi Abiola Benjamin

Often times, the idea of transformation cannot take place without someone or a group of persons championing it behind the wheels. No transformation anywhere happens out of the blues. Every transformation is a product of ideas, collaboration, and most importantly, leadership. The question is: Why leadership? The truth of the matter is that no matter how beautiful the ideas may appear, no matter how effective the collaboration may be, if there is no leadership to coordinate everything, the transformation outcome would at best be a mirage. So, there must be of necessity, a man or woman who is championing the…

The Leader-Follower dynamics explains the relationship that must exist between a leader and his team which would foster growth and progress within the organization. Many times, when these dynamics aren’t understood or are absent, it produces a slow-motion kind of progress or lack of growth and progress at all. This is why it is important that we examine this leader-follower dynamics for effectiveness in leadership. Listen to Podcast: The Leader-Follower Dynamics for Greater Effectiveness There are three basic things that strengthens the leader-follower dynamics. The first is CONNECTION. The second is INFLUENCE. The third is a SENSE OF CARE. CONNECTION…

In whatever situation or circumstance that we find ourselves, God’s desire is that we choose Him and exercise our free will towards Him. Whether we are rich or poor, whether we have had our prayers answered or not, whether we are sick in our bodies or we are in health, whether we have food to eat or we don’t have food to eat; God’s ultimate desire for us is that we exercise our freewill in choosing Him. Even though we have the choice to choose other things over God, God desires that we choose Him, and this is why we…

One of the many ways through which leaders can become effective in their assignment is simply by refocusing. There are certain leadership challenges or opposition that a leader would not be able to overcome except he or she refocuses. Today’s world of leadership is so competitive and vision-driven to the point that it takes a leader who constantly refocuses to stay afloat. Listen to Podcast: Refocusing Leadership for Greater Effectiveness Now, at some point in Jesus’ leadership, He led twelve men. These men began following Him everywhere He went, and they were observing everything that He was doing. But a…

Obayomi Abiola: Good day everyone. Welcome to this week’s edition of Leaderview. On today’s podcast, I have an important personality, he is a life coach, he is a leadership consultant, he is a thought leader; and we’re going to be doing justice to what we are going to be sharing with ourselves today. As a leader, I believe there is so much he  is going to be sharing with us in this subject that is going to help our leadership assignment. I just want him to introduce himself so that we can get to meet him. Can you please introduce…

In this piece, I want to show us three things we can do as leaders to rescue our leadership from the pangs of ineffectiveness. Listen to Podcast: How to Rescue Your Leadership from Ineffectiveness 1). Talk less and Do More! In the book of Acts 1:1, the Bible says: “The former account I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach…” Jesus’ leadership was not just about talking alone and doing nothing. Jesus taught and also went to work Himself. There were certain responsibilities that Jesus didn’t leave to the care of His disciples,…

One of the sole responsibilities of leadership anywhere in the world is solving problems and bringing growth to bear in an organization. Once there is no growth or traces of growth over a period of time in any organizational setting, then it becomes necessary that the leadership of such an organization be called to answer some important queries. Listen to Podcast: Growth Inhibitors in Leadership and Organizational Life  Consistent growth is one of the many indications that a leader is making progress and an organization is not where it used to be. Now, on the other hand, growth inhibitors…

Top Wall Street bankers renewed their warnings about the world economy on Tuesday amid geopolitical tensions and steep interest rate hikes to tackle decades-high inflation. Goldman Sachs boss David Solomon said economic conditions would “tighten meaningfully from here” and the U.S. Federal Reserve could hike rates beyond 4.5-4.75% if it does not see real changes in behaviour. “If they don’t see real changes – labour is still very, very tight – they’re obviously just playing with the demand side by tightening. But if they don’t see real changes in behaviour, my guess is they’ll go further,” he said. Speaking at…

In this piece, I want to share something with us quickly that has been laid in my heart to share with us as leaders. it has been titled: The Missing Piece in Ineffective Organizational Leadership. Now we want to look at why some organizations are effective, and others are ineffective. And we also want to look at what is that missing piece in every ineffective organizational leadership. These are two things that we quickly want to consider in this piece and I believe that everything we are going to be sharing with ourselves, they’re going to turn out for our…

Suboptimality in leadership and organizational life occurs when there is a huge gap between performance and the expected result or when the goals that have been set by the organization are not being actualized. This is what suboptimality entails. Also, suboptimality can sometimes come from the angle of leadership, and on other occasions, it can come from the angle of the team. But irrespective of where it is coming from, suboptimality actually is like a cancerous disease that must be eliminated from leadership and organizational life. Now, there are a number of factors I believe are responsible for suboptimality in…