Imagination. Possibilities. Action.
Imagination. Possibilities. Action.
Building Communities ● Empowering Leaders and Changemakers ● Strengthening Institutions
With over 10+ years of experience working on social innovation projects covering people and talent development, human capital management, youth development, higher education, and nonprofit management in Africa, Europe, Southeast Asia, and North America, I am passionate about empowering emerging leaders and organizations to function effectively at the intersection of passion, purpose, impact, and profit.
Elevate Your Game 2022
This in-depth career advancement session will provide you with strategies, tools, resources, and networks through which you can amplify your impact as an emerging leader and thrive as a professional.
Date: Thursday, May 26th, 2022
Time: 3:00pm GMT+1
Venue: American Corner Ikeja Lagos
Lagos, Nigeria
About the book
Elevate Your Game serves as a practical guide, tool, and resource for emerging leaders, young professionals, and individuals who are conscious, intentional, and deliberate about making a mark in the world and leaving their footprints in the sands of time. Ultimately, the book is about inspiring imagination, powering possibilities, and activating action to enable you to make local impact and grow global influence.
In The News
Media Features
In der Global Solutions Summer School tauschen sich junge Menschen aus, die nicht weniger als die Welt verändern wollen.
Côte d’Ivoire, Sénégal, Nigeria… Ils ont moins de 40 ans et prennent les affaires en main en Afrique de l’Ouest.
Through his work with the African Development University, Salzburg Global Fellow Oyindamola Johnson hopes to change the higher education system of the Sahel.
Meet Oyindamola Johnson, Social Entrepreneur Committed To Human Capital Development.
Tours of Duty
Organizations that I have had the opportunity of working with over the years
Director, Office of Global Advancement
African Development University (A.D.U.) is an innovative not-for-profit university with a mission to prepare the most talented young people in Niger and in Francophone Africa to design and drive the development of their nations as ethical and effective leaders in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors.
Niamey, Niger
Founder and Lead Convener
Elevate Your Game (EYG) is on a mission to connect emerging leaders and young professionals across Africa and the rest of the world to their tribe, as well as to networks, resources, platforms, and information through which they can thrive and catalyze change.
Lagos, Nigeria
Africa Careers Network Manager
Established in 2012 in partnership with The Mastercard Foundation, Africa Careers Network (ACN), connects outstanding young talent from African Leadership Academy (ALA) and The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program to career and internship opportunities across Africa.
Johannesburg, South Africa
Senior Associate
The Future Project (TFP), an arm of RED Media Africa addresses issues on governance, leadership, and enterprise. Its mission is "To Build a Network of Empowered Citizens – through Jobs, Entrepreneurship and Active Citizenship.
Lagos, Nigeria
Chief of Staff
Practice Makes Perfect (PMP) is a Public Benefit Corporation that operates high-quality academic summer school programming in New York City. PMP narrows the achievement gap, eliminates summer learning loss, and creates high-quality learning opportunities for inner-city youth.
New York, United States
Chief of Development and Capacity Building
Evaluate For Change trains organizations, foundations, donors, and governmental social programs to use data and evaluation in their practice - building the capacity of the social sector from within.
New York, United States
Services
How may I add value to you or your organization?
Learning and Development
With training experience spanning 10+ years across Africa, Southeast Asia, and North America as well as across different sectors, I curate and design learning experiences that bring about change and improved processes for individuals as well as organizations.
Career Coaching
Are you seeking to switch careers, get a promotion at work or are you planning to apply for your dream job which offers a higher level of work-life balance? As a seasoned coach, I will help you design personalized and actionable strategies to elevate your game and advance your career.
Talent Management
Talent is becoming recognized as a core competitive asset and perhaps the most valuable currency of business today. I help organizations understand how talent management drives organizational outcomes and how it forms part of their strategic positioning in the marketplace.
Technical Grant Writing
Providing full-service consulting for nonprofits and organizations to fully understand your program and project objectives and to develop winning narratives and proposals to win desired local and international grants.
Leadership Development
Over the years, I have had the opportunity to hone and develop my leadership skills through different training programs around the world. Now, I use the tools and expertise I have gained to support individuals and organizations to develop strategic leadership development programs.
Personal Branding
We live in a world that thrives on stories, and they influence our daily experience. Communicating your brand requires honing in on who you are, what you do, and the difference you're making. My role is to help you craft the right story, which reaches the right audience and differentiates you.
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