Leadership comes with a burden which is, to conduct oneself as someone who can always set an example. I use the word burden deliberately because it is meant to convey the weight of responsibility and expectation that comes from being in a leadership position. So, if you have intentions of going into public service […]
If you want to earn the respect of the people you lead, an important lesson to learn regarding how you interact with them is this: BE A LEADER, NOT A FRIEND. This might seem strange, but the fact is when a leader seeks popularity by trying to be friends with the people he leads, […]
Failure is a subject no one likes to talk about. In the hyper-competitive world in which we live, failure is derided and those who fail find it difficult to hold their heads up. It takes courage and confidence to fail and still stand tall. Leaders are not immune from failure as they too can […]
This column was away for two weeks but is now back. Thank you for your support. Every leader wants to leave a legacy, but according to John Maxwell, “A legacy is created only when a person puts his organization into the position to do great things without him.” Ultimately, effective leadership is about how […]
I was on a radio programme last week and it was mentioned that it is not just our leaders who are bad, but also the followers. Which means that all of us who aren’t in a leadership position of any kind are bad. Is this true? There are indeed many things we see that […]
Sacrifice involves the notion of giving up something in pursuit of the achievement of an objective. When the purpose a leader seeks to achieve stretches him or her in every conceivable way, it will require great sacrifice for it to be fulfilled. Not every one of us will be required to make the sacrifice […]
Last week Nigeria turned 61. For anyone turning that age, it should probably be a time of thanksgiving, some moderate celebration but most of all reflection with questions like: “Have I done or am I doing all I should do?”; “Have I been a good steward of the years I’ve been given so far?” […]
Values guide us morally and provide the basis for our making choices and decisions. Our character is our values in action, and these values provide the parameters within which we apply our capabilities. Just as values guide and provide boundaries for individuals, so they also do for societies and communities, providing the boundaries and […]
A crisis is a time of severe difficulty or danger or an event that could have a serious negative outcome. In a crisis, decisions need to be made, which play a significant part in determining its outcome. Crisis can occur in the family, at work, or in a nation as we see in our […]
There are problems of all types and of all sizes in every sphere of life. Life itself can seem like an obstacle course in which we can succeed only by overcoming problems that face us along the way. In the words of Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft: “Constraints are real and will always be […]
