The Books

Five books on leadership, nation building and the habits that hold leaders back, written over two decades of building leaders across Africa.

Cover of You Don’t Need a Title by Adedayo Adeniyi
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You Don’t Need a Title

A teenager’s guide to growing, leading and making a difference. It is not about getting a title or becoming head boy, head girl, prefect or captain.

Twenty ideas in four movements: who you are beyond what people say about you, what happens between you and everybody else, and what you do for somebody who cannot pay you back.

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First published 2012

The Rank Shifting

“A person cannot travel within and stand still without.” We all love the word “change”, but few of us are ready to pay the sacrifices that make it real.

Across ten chapters, The Rank Shifting opens your mind to the power of the inner being, from finding your gift and daring to dream to rising to build a better Nigeria.

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First published 2013

The Transformers

Nigerians may not agree on everything, but we agree on one fact: our country needs transformational change.

The Transformers follows remarkable Nigerian youths who are changing the worlds around them. It begins with the self, because it takes transformed people to transform a nation.

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First published 2016

Unlearning Leadership

Unlearning Leadership is a manual for everyone who wants to understand leadership, lead effectively and leave a lasting mark.

It is not enough to learn. It is more important to unlearn the ideas that put a lid on our leadership capabilities.

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First published 2019

Atunko Idari

The first leadership book ever written in Yoruba. Àtúnkọ́ Ìdarí brings the conversation on leadership home, to the language and the people it is meant to serve.

It asks who a leader really is, what leadership is not, and the qualities leadership demands of anyone entrusted with others.

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