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November 2021 iLEAD GLOBAL MAGAZINE ISSUE 01 / NOVEMBER 2021 Adewale Adeyemi Driving Transformation with Ranjith Nair The Role of Young Leaders in Combating Climate Crisis Exclusive Interviews Onyi Anyado & Lawrence Patrick 1

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iLead Global Magazine Adewale Adeyemi Transformational Leader Ade Adeyemi is a Global Executive Coach, Influential Speaker and a Value-Based Transformational Leadership Coach. Ade specializes in team development, fostering a knowledge sharing culture, implementing change and management approaches and processes; reinforces key organizational messages and behaviors based on values, promotes capacity building, provide support for leading and developing effective multicultural teams around actual work- based deliverables. He is the Founder of Project54, a non-profit organization designed to train and develop young leaders in Africa to positively impact the world around them; by understanding that the leader is the true servant of all. For individuals who feel they have a calling to leadership, Project54 mentors, equips and provides access to the world's greatest leadership resources. Ade is a passionate results-oriented coach who helps young leaders access their resourcefulness; bringing them out of the ordinary into the extraordinary state. Vision My vision is for Africa to take its place as a leader in the world. The decisions that need to be made to bring Africa to its rightful place on the world stage is going to require a change in the way things are done; which will require a shift in mindset. I see great businesses in Africa crumbling after the 2nd and sometimes third generations, and so I feel our business can benefit from the services of leaders who are trained, who add value and are free to be innovative. I see our religious houses being led by people who shouldn't be leading anything, and yet in the name of the Almighty they trample on people and justify their actions like only poor leaders do. So my vision for Africa is to bring ethical, value-based leadership and capacity development to every level in Africa and across all sectors. This is achievable by equipping, mentoring and providing access to leadership training and workshops across Africa; including round table with private and public sector to affect leadership transforma�on. Project54 seeks to partner with such leaders and leadership organization across Africa. We can be contacted at [email protected] 4

November 2021 Ranjith Nair Driving Transformation Do you consider your career as a fulfilled story or timeless initiative: I am at such a stage in my career, where there is s�ll a steeper ascent and long way forward in terms of learning, sharing and contribu�ng to mul�ple causes, which makes the journey certainly a �meless ini�a�ve. It could be in the form of opportuni�es and challenges presented in the form of market dynamics,the diversi�es of different geographies that I am associated with, the innova�on in the field I operate in, changing customer expecta�ons and mul�ple other internal and external factors. Over and above, my own ongoing evolu�on as an individual based on all the con�nuous learning and feedback, adds a new dimension and perspec�ve to this journey. Tell us something in your mission in the world of business: I am fortunate to work for Air Liquide who is a leader in the field of business we are in! Truly a global company in every sense; facilitating immense opportunities, celebrating diversity, global operations, very diverse and wide range of products & services, and most importantly, committed to \"Inventing the future \". In my past 24 years of professional career, of which nearly 13 years has been with Air liquide, I was fortunate to be engaged in mul�ple opera�onal and func�onal roles across different geographies. Today my role is to lead the \" Industrial Merchant\" Business Line in Asia Pacific spanning across 13 countries and serving more than 80000 customers. My mission is primarily to transform and create value, thereby delivering a stepchange in employee and customer experience. We are also totally commi�ed to crea�ng a be�er future for the future genera�ons through our commitment to the environment,social causes and promo�ng diversity in a pragma�c manner. How do you manage your own expectations to be an inspiration to others: What I diligently attempt to do is to try to create an environment of candid feedback and constant learning, where we are always motivated and constantly driven to outperform ourselves and conditioned to be in a mindset of \"excellence\" and \"continuous improvement\". My recent venture into the world of coaching and mentoring is as a result of this passion & resolve to being able to create a \" personal growth & Learning environment\" where I can contribute to the development of Young leaders in business. Many young people want to be successful is life, What is the meaning of success to you and your advice to them on how to become successful? For me personally, Success is about being able to do/execute what you believe in and delivering your best regardless of the constraint/s. I am a strong believer in the saying: \"Never let a good crisis go to waste\" and it is important to create an opportunity out of every situation and strive passionately. I would sum up by stating Grit, Passion, Perseverance, Compassion and Patience are key for success for every aspiring Young Leader !. 5

iLead Global Magazine it turns out that at its core, success means exactly the same thing to everyone, HAPPINESS. Lawrence Patrick Some wish for bigger houses, be�er cars, higher Inspirational Speaker balances in their bank accounts but what they really want is the HAPPINESS they think all these material Do you consider your career as a fulfilled story or things will bring. timeless initiative? My advice to all young people aspiring to become successful is: FIND YOUR PASSION AND MAKE IT Ever since I was a child, I have lived my life based on 3 YOUR BUSINESS. When you do something with love, very simple principles: LEARN, EARN, RETURN. I want the money will follow. to learn as much as I can, earn as much as possible and give back to the underprivileged. Share your message to the world/our readers? I have been fortunate enough to pursue a very LEARN. EARN. RETURN. successful career in finance and when I started making Make it your mission to study both books and people. more money than I needed, I felt it was my duty to Find mentors who are successful at something you pay it forward. enjoy doing and learn from them. Even though I have been running Mehiel Foundation When you do get to a stage where you make more for 11 years now, I don't think any philanthropist can money than you need, give back and you will discover say “my work is done” so although I feel helping the what true fulfilment is. less fortunate gives me a sense of fulfilment, it is a never-ending battle which I intend to pass on to One piece of advice I wish I was given earlier in life is: my children. DON'T BE AFRAID TO ASK FOR HELP. You can't do everything yourself and you shouldn't either. There are Tell us something about your mission in the world of so many people in the world who would love to help if philanthropy? you only asked for it. My and Mehiel Founda�on's shared mission is to tackle the underlying causes of poverty and social injustice in order to deliver lasting change in the lives of underprivileged and vulnerable people. We do this year after year, in 14 countries so far, focusing on 4 core objectives: POVERTY RELIEF, through our food distribution program. SPORT, by organising annual football tournaments for underprivileged youths. CLEAN WATER & SANITATION, by installing water pumps and bio-sand water filtering systems, and EDUCATION, by building, se�ng up and running schools. How do you manage your own expectations to be an inspira�on to others? I am by far my harshest critic and always strive to be better than yesterday. I live my life as though it is a story to be told to the future generations and won't do anything that I wouldn't like to read in the papers about my life. I set very high standards for myself and equally high expectations through goals. But rather than focusing on the things I am yet to achieve; I focus instead on all the amazing things I have accomplished. Many young people want to be successful in life, what is the meaning of success to you and your advice to them on how to become successful? I myself have asked many people the exact same ques�on and I see some of them taking a really long time to answer. Having dug deeper into their answers, 6

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November 2021 Onyi Anyado Inspirational Speaker Onyi Anyado is a UK based Global Leadership Speaker, Futurist and Corporate Trainer. From his message of “Cutting Edge Distinction”, Onyi trains and coaches leaders and organisations around the world on how to lead with their creative distinction to the 2030's and beyond. Do you consider your career as a fulfilled story or a timeless initiative? Great question, in fact it's an excellent question. My career which is part of my life story titled “From Detention to Distinction” is a legacy which is timeless but I find fulfilment every day as I progress and cause others to progress too. Tell us something about your mission in the world of business? My mission in business is to cause leaders across the board to locate, leverage and lead with their creative distinction and for leaders to also live their legacy and leave, their legacy. How do you manage your own expectations to be an inspiration to others? My life is to constantly inspire others to become inspirations so it is easily managed. Many young people want to become successful in life, what is the meaning of success to you and what's your advice to them on how to become successful? Success to me simply means living your legacy and leaving, your legacy. My advice to young people is to; (1) Find five things that interest you, (2) Work on your leadership skills by reading, listening and learning from videos, articles, entrepreneurs and leaders online and offline, and (3) Narrow down your five “passions” to two then last but not least, never stop asking questions. Share your message to the world and our readers. “Leadership isn't about age but rather, leadership is about influence, impact and inspiration.” ~ Onyi Anyado. “Dis�nc�on in leadership isn't a mindset, dis�nc�on in leadership is a state of mind.” ~ Onyi Anyado. 9

iLead Global Magazine The Role of Young Leaders in Combating Climate Crisis Dr. Elsie Aquino-Gonzalez, PhD Educational Consultant, Atlantic Climate Justice Alliance (ACJA) Chair, Climate Reality Project-Puerto Rico Chapter (CRP-PR) October 22, 2021 As citizens sift through the news due to the increased exposure and our future.” (5) and find myriads of ar�cles vulnerability. (4) This crisis leads addressing the climate crisis, to food shortages, threatens and How can young people take there have been hundreds of displaces populations. In countries aggressive action to combat millions of young activists driven unable to combat this crisis, threats climate crisis? into the streets to inform each to the popula�on will be ongoing. other and the world of the global Those young people aspiring to urgency humans have to battle Fridays for Future (FFF), an become leaders to combat the this crisis together. As many of intersectional movement of climate crisis need to, “check the these young activists march, students striking for climate sources of informa�on, are they there are others eager to learn suggests that “listening to and believable? Do they have a track how they can become leaders to following the best available science record of honesty? And, perhaps conserve, protect, and change the should be at the heart of our most important, does the source of planet they live in. Moreover, they government's policies and actions… this information have something to speak on how our governments we must take action to ensure gain from what it is telling you.” (6) must make restric�ons for that our government listens to the those countries not taking this science and fights to protect crisis seriously. (1) In this ar�cle, I will briefly explain how young adults can use Transforma�onal Leadership to combat the climate crisis but first... Three of the main reasons we are facing a climate crisis are: Humanity's increased use of fossil fuels - such as coal, oil and gas to generate electricity, run cars and other forms of transport, power manufacturing and industries. Deforesta�on - because living trees absorb and store carbon dioxide. Increasingly intensive agriculture - which emits greenhouse gases like methane and nitrous oxide. (2) Globally, the climate crisis effects all human beings. According to a 2018 Pew Research Center survey, “…the majority of the surveyed countries believe this crisis is a major threat to their na�on.” (3) Moreover, those in poverty have a higher chance of experiencing the ill-effects of climate change 10

November 2021 Continued One tool I believe useful for young people who want References to become leaders in the climate crisis struggle is 1. Nordstrom, L. (2019). The Swedish teen holding researching and understanding what is defined as a world leaders accountable for climate change. France Transformational Leader. In the following paragraphs, I 24.com will briefly lay out this process. https://www.france24.com/en/20190125-swedish- Transformational Leadership encourages followers to teenager-greta-thunberg-hold-world-leaders- come up with new and unique ways to challenge the accountable-climate-change status quo and to alter the environment to support 2. https://www.wwf.org.nz/what_we_do/climateaction/ being successful. This leadership is o�en iden�fied causes_of_climate_change/ as the single most effective style of leadership first 3. 2018 Pew Research Center, https://www. described during the late 1970s and later expanded pewresearch.org/global/2019/02/10/climate-change- upon by researcher Bernard M. Bass. (7) The main s�ll-seen-as-the-top-global-threat-but-cybera�acks-a- goal of these leaders is to help their members reach rising-concern/ their highest potential. Research shows that 4. Rayner, S. and E.L. Malone (2001). “Climate Change, this style of leadership results in Poverty, and Intragernerational Equity: The higher performance and more National Leve”. International Journal improved group satisfaction than other leadership styles. We have learned the of Global Environment Issues. effects of climate change on I (2): 175-202. doi:10.1504/ One study also found our planet, especially our young ones, IJGENVI.2001.000977 that Transforma�onal 5. Fridays for Future Leadership led to improved well-being (8) either experiencing it directly, through (FFF) h ttps:// among group members. their studies in school or by the stories fridaysforfutureusa.org 6. Klein, Naomi, 2021 they have read in the news. I truly believe (adapted by Rebecca CpTtAwtitnhehehlnhnaieiomisoiomscpctcvahmhllraietomieeetosfocriqvaRswarreut.seneeomi,asp(ru9ocolesl)idsrftuniftey-srethric,tLsereoelsenemisayyodcdoootwwboeuumniyrntnjsbeohgAghdaintilptphsGetceChooieteopronerleoptailssasn.tdsnftr,heeaaeeecdytoeivndailsrittneose,clateornaamdidnbiicannthggatnhgeewnaeye8tALrde.ptaaNeonpddsliieemfc!olrassra�ehmnkoipaenK:tsi,T7to. Dhh.4nBeetaahonal slriEeeysda,lYsBR.doKSMeerir.skm.seDoTh:oaouSihrnperciemhh&sppuB,orElsmaeSaahnSvnsdcnaatese&hiedrnrcteufHystMSodastafgchftnoanfaehuid)nlnndr.uildo;gadHebs2ew:gtaoodet0eceothwirro0hffrk.eisa9epot'oly.orrtwfoeohCnuotee�hnrrkc.agaitNntnienggedgew We have learned the effects of climate change on our conditions and well-being? The Leadership Quarterly. planet, especially our young ones, either experiencing 2012;23(3):383-397. doi:10.1016/j.leaqua.2011.09.001 it directly, through their studies in school or by the 9. Gore, Al, 2006. https://www.climaterealityproject. stories they have read in the news. I truly believe they org/training are leading the way to make the change needed! 11

iLead Global Magazine About Us Project54 is a world-class leadership capacity development project designed to provide brilliant and exceptional leadership training to individuals and corporations across all facets in Africa. This project falls under the Leadership Impact Dynamics which is an organization founded by Ade Adeyemi - a behavioral expert and international leadership coach, trainer and speaker. For over 20 years, Ade has sustained a positive track record of helping individuals, companies and governmental entities grow beyond borders through his effective coaching and mentorship programs. When Ade conceived the idea of Project54, his goal was simple yet, dynamic. To create the positive change Africa needs by strategically building leaders across all 54 countries of Africa who will affect transformational growth and development in any industry they find themselves or represent. To achieve this goal, Project54 focuses on equipping young Africans who are honestly passionate about effect- ing positive impact in their industry and communities with the requisite leadership skillset and mindset through FREE workshops, coaching and mentorship. At Project54, consulting is beyond business for us. It's a calling. We are enthusiastic about raising a community of honorable African leaders whose diligent service and lifestyle will set the pace and be a guide for others. This way, we can achieve our goal of raising influential world-class African leaders whose impact will be felt in Africa, and across different generations. We understand that to instill the right leadership attributes in every African, we'll have to start with one person first, before spreading our tentacles. Leaders are so called because they exert influence over others or have a team of followers that they are posi- tively impacting. When one of our Chosen leaders have 54 people on their circle of influence, that person will be enrolled into the John maxwell certification program culminating in final graduation in Orlando Florida, USA. A john Maxwell certified trainer will have access to hundreds of programs to help develop others or create a prof- it-making leadership and coaching business to help in their community At Project54, we are people of value with a sole purpose of adding value to others. Join us today to transform leadership in Africa tomorrow. 12

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