In its unflinching drive to carve a roadmap for individuals and corporate organisations to succeed in the New Year, a pool of game changers recently equipped career professionals and entrepreneurs with prerequisite tools and innovative nuggets, urging them to cultivate high-quality behaviours to win big in 2023.
The initiative tagged, ‘Rock Your 2023 Like A Champion’ (RY2023LAC) mentorship programme organised by CHAMP, a full-scale professional services firm trusted by high-performing business leaders was recently held in Victoria Island, Lagos.
“You have to be a high-quality person to deliver a high-quality result. A high-quality person must cultivate high-quality behaviours and high-quality relationships, engage in high-quality conversations and must possess high-quality executive presence as well as high-quality emotional intelligence,” Abiola Salami, the founder of CHAMP, stated in his Keynote address while sharing the requirements for delivering high-quality results with participants.
The Forbes coaching council member also highlighted the seven people most important to one’s success as peers; bosses; subordinates; prospects; customers; friends, and families.
“Treat people well even when they treat you less,” Salami stated, saying it is considered as one of the golden rules of ‘The Champ Tribe’ to attain zenith.
Participants were also made to write their 2023 goals down, including habits they wish to shed and what they wish to start doing, and would be further engaged in a 5-month mentorship program tagged, ‘Made4more Accelerator 2023.
According to Salami, with the Lagos and Abuja editions of the mentorship programme successfully wrapped up, all roads lead to Dallas, Houston and Washington DC in the US on January 28 and February 4 respectively for the next edition of the Rock Your 2023 Like A Champion.
The panel session, which include Obadare Peter Adewale, CVO of Digital Encode; Bankole Allibay, CEO of TDL International and ESG Consultant for World Bank; Prisca Ndu, executive chairman of Stratevium Nigeria Ltd; Akin Akinpelu, CEO of TAA International, and Seyi Adisa, member, House of Representative for Afijio LGA in Oyo State, also educated the audience with experiences in climbing the ladder of success.
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“Build your own individual story. Focus on your strength. Look for people who understand the value you carry. You need to understand the market. Financial discipline, you need to understand every value you make,” Allibay stated.
Obadare on his part enlightened participants on being specific when earmarking their goals. “You must be specific with your goals. You need to pursue it; in pursuing it, you have to be intentional; nothing will happen except you take action,” he stated.
Sharing some principles with the audience in the rectangular room setting, Adisa expounded that life is in seasons. No season, he noted, is permanent. “Make the most of whatever season you find yourself in. Discover your gift. Develop it. Deploy yourself”.
Whereas for Ndu, there is a need to put your best foot forward and stand out. “In whatever you do, ensure you’re the best. Don’t follow the crowd; be yourself. Dream big. Stand bold and be careful who you share your dreams with.”
To round off the session, Akinpelu harped on the power of association and relationship. “In life, you will walk past people who will scale your life. Don’t have a myopic view. And also learn to deposit into people’s emotional bank accounts”.
