In my journey of advising leaders, I realized that most leaders know what they want to do, but need to know the most effective ways to do it. Three areas emerged as leaders’ top needs: innovation, strategy and tactics. Any leader who is empowered in these three areas can become an extra-leader and achieve extra-results. …
Local ideas are available in our local locations. We need to see and appreciate them. They may not be as good as we expect them at face value. However, intentional development of the ideas can lead to great results. Ideas are born dirty, just like babies. We have a huge responsibility to clean them up. …
“Your way of living may be the only kind in the world. The river in your village may have some species of fish that are not available in other rivers. The animals in your forest may have different behaviour from other animals of the same species in other forests. The kind of food you have …
What if our cultures are hiding valuable ideas we need to flourish globally? We need to investigate thoroughly and discover. Every unique thing occupies a space that only it can efficiently fill. Others can try and imitate, but only the thing shaped for the space can fit in well. One of the common problems of …
Love God. Watch educational videos, listen to audio contents. Read books. Attend seminars, conferences and workshops. Observe, pray and think creatively. Have a mentor. Ask questions. Be a part of an inspiring network of experts, friends and community. Be innovative. Never stop learning. Have a good lifestyle. Become more to succeed more. That is the …
There was a day I sat in my car looking for business ideas. I had the Holy Bible and a business book written by one of the richest people in the world. I eventually dropped the business book because I got most of the ideas I needed from the Holy Bible.The Holy Bible has given …
We cherish personal development idea in our home. Each of our children is working on a dream. We train them not only as children, but also leaders. My idea is to have a wife who will lead leaders if I die first. I gave her a difficult test: choose between relating with you as a …
In 2018, when I was about to make a presentation on THINKING LOCALLY, WRITING GLOBALLY, at Littworld (an international publishing conference), in Singapore, organized by MAI, an African woman came to me and said something I will never forget, “The whole of Africa is with you today.” It was very inspiring even though the presentation …
I had a conversation with a scholar, who was a lecturer at a seminary in Jos, Plateau state, Nigeria. He told me that he has retired. “Scholars don’t retire,” I remarked. I got his attention. The general concept of retirement is the end of a person’s productive era. I taught him my concept of retirement …
Leaders who are willing to focus their primary attention on building a strong foundation go through a remolding experience than those leaders who care less about strong foundations first. Whether on a weak or strong foundation, a building can possibly be completed. However, sustainability is where the major problem is. It is important for leaders …