The Team that Powers Stephens Leadership Consultancy
We boast a robust career history in diverse legal backgrounds, supporting and advising on various business, operations, and strategic planning functions and demonstrated expertise in business analysis with a talent for driving process improvement through strategic leadership development and innovative solutions.
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Dr. Toye Sobande is a strategic leadership expert, lawyer, public speaker, and trainer. He earned a Doctorate of Strategic Leadership from Regent University, Virginia Beach, USA, and he is the author of “The Leadership Myth: Why Leadership Principles Do Not Work in Sub-Saharan Africa.”
He is the Lead Consultant and President of Stephens Leadership Consultancy LLC, a strategy and management consulting firm offering creative insight and solutions to businesses and leaders. With over 24 years of service in various followership and leadership endeavours, He has advocated for followers, transformational leadership, organizational culture and leadership development in political governance.
Sobande is also the Publisher and Executive Director of the African Leadership Journal, an intellectual platform that engages scholars and practitioners who advance leadership and followership development across the globe.
He is a member of the Association of Leadership Educators (ALE) and a Certified Management Consultant and a Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants. A member of the International Leadership Association (ILA), the Society of International Economic Law, and the Nigerian Bar Association.
He is also a weekly columnist and author with BusinessDay Newspapers where he writes weekly on strategic leadership development principles and organizational culture. Some of his other thought-leadership articles have featured in other National Newspapers such as Guardian Newspapers, Punch Newspapers, Vanguard Newspapers, The Nation, and Leadership Newspapers, where he has written extensively about Leadership Practices and Development in Organizations. He has also featured in other media outlets such as Channels Television, Silverbird Television, Arise News TV, Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Nigerian Info 95.1 FM, Inspiration FM 92.3FM, Eko FM 89.75 FM, Lagos Traffic Radio 96.1FM, where he has made significant contributions to critical leadership issues.
His manuscript, Leadership and Organizational Politics: How to Win Office Politics and Thrive in a Competitive Environment, was published on December 1, 2022.
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Tolu Otemuyiwa is a human resources professional with over 10 years’ experience. He has worked and consulted across multiple sectors, including community development, non-banking financial services, public health and not-for-profit organisations.
He has hands-on experience in assisting organizations with their HR challenges, delivering of new HR strategies, organizational culture review, competency modelling, service transformation and full cycle recruiting support, including C-Level positions. His accomplishments have resulted in practical cost-effective HR programmes that improved business results.
Tolu is described as a critical thinker who tactfully challenge status quo, making him vital asset to any leadership team. He is adept at establishing relationships with people, empowering them and synergizing with them in order to achieve stated objectives.
His expertise traverses the HR spectrum, such as Learning and Development, Talent Resourcing and Management, Organisational Development, Strategy and Policy Development, Compensations and Benefits Management, to mention a few. His experience provides him with an appreciation for the impact HR initiatives have on organization effectiveness as well as the need for simplicity and costeffectiveness to ensure positive results. His goal is to help clients receive just what they need, when they need it, in a manner that provides sustainable value.
Tolu has a Master’s Degree in Human Resource Management and Training from the University of Leicester, UK and a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. He is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (CIPMN). He also holds the Senior Professional in Human Resources - International (SPHRi) credential from the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI).
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Fola Osasona is a wellbeing strategist with over a decade experience in consulting for businesses and government and their humans, designing human centered wellness strategies aimed at developing peoples capacity to thrive in an ever changing world.
A Certified Entrepreneurial Consultant from the Pan Atlantic University, Lagos Business School, LBS. A metabolic typing Advisor with HealthExcel USA.
A leadership and development consultant, international speaker, trainer, author and content developer. A certified wellbeing consultant, a work life integration enthusiast, passionate about the overall wellbeing of a people as it impacts on productivity across personal, organizational and national levels.
In her capacity as the Principal Consultant at Corporate Wellness Consulting, she has helped professionals and leaders at various levels within organizations increase the quality of their personal and professional lives and thrive by identifying and plugging productivity leaks leveraging wellbeing and mindfulness strategies.
She had her first degree from the University of Ibadan (B.SC), with Masters in Business Administration from Obafemi Awolowo University. A Certified Entrepreneurial Consultant from the Pan Atlantic University, Lagos Business School, LBS. A metabolic typing Advisor with HealthExcel USA.
Her branding and marketing experience in the banking and telecoms industry complemented by her people management skills laid the foundation for her career in wellbeing consulting.
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Segun Akiode is a born teacher, a Chemical Engineer turned Strategic HR Professional with over a decade work experience covering Total Rewards Strategy, Organizational Restructuring, Talent Acquisition, Human Capacity Development and HR Advisory/Consulting.
He is a man of many parts in his quest to be a thought leader in the field of Human Resources in Sub-Sahara Africa, with Lagos, Nigeria as his current base. Some of his thought-leadership articles have been featured in many online and offline media.
He is the Managing Partner for Crescita Human Capital Limited, a boutique human resources consulting outfit with an African focus and a global outlook.
In his current role, he has executed HR projects for Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (CIPM), Wema Bank, Interswitch Group, Leadway Assurance Company Limited, Leadway Pensure PFA, BCX Nigeria, Damco Nigeria, AMSCO, JasperBeryl Consulting, Phillips Consulting, Workforce Group, Garment Care, Cars45, Andela Nigeria, GoodTalent Labs, among others.
He is an Associate member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (CIPMN) and he is committed to personal development and making impact in his generation.
He desires to die empty with his footprint on the sand of history. He is a work in progress...
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Ediri Sobande is a seasoned Data and Analytics expert with over 15 years of experience in the telecommunication, financial, and consulting industries. Over the years she has built a wealth of wide-ranging experience in Financial and Performance Reporting, Data Strategy and Governance, Data Quality Management, Business Intelligence and Analytics.
She is passionate about the creation of a data-centric culture across organizations, operationalizing and driving the adoption of data and analytics solutions to grow the organization’s business. She works closely with C-level leadership and other key stakeholders in implementing a data strategy that aligns with the organization’s business strategy.
In addition to her professional career, she founded an NGO called “The Super Moms Foundation for Promoting Positive Parenting”. The main objective of this NGO is to empower parents with the right information and support to build sound family values and raise children who will become stable, healthy, disciplined, responsible, happy, and successful adults. This is done through a monthly webinar called “The SuperMoms Parenting Circle”, transmitted for free to parents across the world. The foundation also caters for the educational needs and general welfare of indigent children and mothers in Africa.
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Dr. Toye Sobande is a strategic leadership expert, lawyer, public speaker, and trainer. He earned a Doctorate of Strategic Leadership from Regent University, Virginia Beach, USA, and he is the author of “The Leadership Myth: Why Leadership Principles Do Not Work in Sub-Saharan Africa.”
He is the Lead Consultant and President of Stephens Leadership Consultancy LLC, a strategy and management consulting firm offering creative insight and solutions to businesses and leaders. With over 24 years of service in various followership and leadership endeavours, He has advocated for followers, transformational leadership, organizational culture and leadership development in political governance.
Sobande is also the Publisher and Executive Director of the African Leadership Journal, an intellectual platform that engages scholars and practitioners who advance leadership and followership development across the globe.
He is a member of the Association of Leadership Educators (ALE) and a Certified Management Consultant and a Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants. A member of the International Leadership Association (ILA), the Society of International Economic Law, and the Nigerian Bar Association.
He is also a weekly columnist and author with BusinessDay Newspapers where he writes weekly on strategic leadership development principles and organizational culture. Some of his other thought-leadership articles have featured in other National Newspapers such as Guardian Newspapers, Punch Newspapers, Vanguard Newspapers, The Nation, and Leadership Newspapers, where he has written extensively about Leadership Practices and Development in Organizations. He has also featured in other media outlets such as Channels Television, Silverbird Television, Arise News TV, Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Nigerian Info 95.1 FM, Inspiration FM 92.3FM, Eko FM 89.75 FM, Lagos Traffic Radio 96.1FM, where he has made significant contributions to critical leadership issues.
His manuscript, Leadership and Organizational Politics: How to Win Office Politics and Thrive in a Competitive Environment, was published on December 1, 2022.
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Tolu Otemuyiwa is a human resources professional with over 10 years’ experience. He has worked and consulted across multiple sectors, including community development, non-banking financial services, public health and not-for-profit organisations.
He has hands-on experience in assisting organizations with their HR challenges, delivering of new HR strategies, organizational culture review, competency modelling, service transformation and full cycle recruiting support, including C-Level positions. His accomplishments have resulted in practical cost-effective HR programmes that improved business results.
Tolu is described as a critical thinker who tactfully challenge status quo, making him vital asset to any leadership team. He is adept at establishing relationships with people, empowering them and synergizing with them in order to achieve stated objectives.
His expertise traverses the HR spectrum, such as Learning and Development, Talent Resourcing and Management, Organisational Development, Strategy and Policy Development, Compensations and Benefits Management, to mention a few. His experience provides him with an appreciation for the impact HR initiatives have on organization effectiveness as well as the need for simplicity and costeffectiveness to ensure positive results. His goal is to help clients receive just what they need, when they need it, in a manner that provides sustainable value.
Tolu has a Master’s Degree in Human Resource Management and Training from the University of Leicester, UK and a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. He is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (CIPMN). He also holds the Senior Professional in Human Resources - International (SPHRi) credential from the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI).
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Fola Osasona is a wellbeing strategist with over a decade experience in consulting for businesses and government and their humans, designing human centered wellness strategies aimed at developing peoples capacity to thrive in an ever changing world.
A Certified Entrepreneurial Consultant from the Pan Atlantic University, Lagos Business School, LBS. A metabolic typing Advisor with HealthExcel USA.
A leadership and development consultant, international speaker, trainer, author and content developer. A certified wellbeing consultant, a work life integration enthusiast, passionate about the overall wellbeing of a people as it impacts on productivity across personal, organizational and national levels.
In her capacity as the Principal Consultant at Corporate Wellness Consulting, she has helped professionals and leaders at various levels within organizations increase the quality of their personal and professional lives and thrive by identifying and plugging productivity leaks leveraging wellbeing and mindfulness strategies.
She had her first degree from the University of Ibadan (B.SC), with Masters in Business Administration from Obafemi Awolowo University. A Certified Entrepreneurial Consultant from the Pan Atlantic University, Lagos Business School, LBS. A metabolic typing Advisor with HealthExcel USA.
Her branding and marketing experience in the banking and telecoms industry complemented by her people management skills laid the foundation for her career in wellbeing consulting.
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Segun Akiode is a born teacher, a Chemical Engineer turned Strategic HR Professional with over a decade work experience covering Total Rewards Strategy, Organizational Restructuring, Talent Acquisition, Human Capacity Development and HR Advisory/Consulting.
He is a man of many parts in his quest to be a thought leader in the field of Human Resources in Sub-Sahara Africa, with Lagos, Nigeria as his current base. Some of his thought-leadership articles have been featured in many online and offline media.
He is the Managing Partner for Crescita Human Capital Limited, a boutique human resources consulting outfit with an African focus and a global outlook.
In his current role, he has executed HR projects for Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (CIPM), Wema Bank, Interswitch Group, Leadway Assurance Company Limited, Leadway Pensure PFA, BCX Nigeria, Damco Nigeria, AMSCO, JasperBeryl Consulting, Phillips Consulting, Workforce Group, Garment Care, Cars45, Andela Nigeria, GoodTalent Labs, among others.
He is an Associate member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (CIPMN) and he is committed to personal development and making impact in his generation.
He desires to die empty with his footprint on the sand of history. He is a work in progress...
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Ediri Sobande is a seasoned Data and Analytics expert with over 15 years of experience in the telecommunication, financial, and consulting industries. Over the years she has built a wealth of wide-ranging experience in Financial and Performance Reporting, Data Strategy and Governance, Data Quality Management, Business Intelligence and Analytics.
She is passionate about the creation of a data-centric culture across organizations, operationalizing and driving the adoption of data and analytics solutions to grow the organization’s business. She works closely with C-level leadership and other key stakeholders in implementing a data strategy that aligns with the organization’s business strategy.
In addition to her professional career, she founded an NGO called “The Super Moms Foundation for Promoting Positive Parenting”. The main objective of this NGO is to empower parents with the right information and support to build sound family values and raise children who will become stable, healthy, disciplined, responsible, happy, and successful adults. This is done through a monthly webinar called “The SuperMoms Parenting Circle”, transmitted for free to parents across the world. The foundation also caters for the educational needs and general welfare of indigent children and mothers in Africa.