{"id":859,"date":"2017-08-17T14:53:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T14:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/2017\/08\/17\/tony-elumelu-leader-with-purpose_24\/"},"modified":"2020-09-03T04:15:46","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T04:15:46","slug":"tony-elumelu-leader-with-purpose_24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/tony-elumelu-leader-with-purpose_24\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Elumelu: A Leader with Purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/08\/fda.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/08\/fda.jpg\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"427\" data-original-width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;\">\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;\">The<br \/>\nTony O. Elumelu amphitheatre at the UBA house on the marina in Lagos was filled<br \/>\nto the brim yesterday. The packed house began to assemble as early as 2 pm in<br \/>\nanticipation of the lecture that was to be delivered by the Chairman of UBA<br \/>\ngroup at 3pm that afternoon.<\/div>\n<div lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 14.0pt; margin: 0in;\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;\">Tony<br \/>\nElumelu\u2019s success story is now widely known. Not only in his home country of<br \/>\nNigeria, but across the globe. The philanthropist who is empowering youths<br \/>\nacross the African continent through his $100 million endowment fund has been<br \/>\nchanging lives positively. Elumelu\u2019s theory of Africapitalism is becoming<br \/>\ntoday\u2019s watch- word. The MDGs didn\u2019t meet their objectives of alleviating<br \/>\npoverty, but the billionaire economist is doing his best to ensure that the<br \/>\ncontinent moves towards self &#8211; sustainability through empowerment. Enough of<br \/>\naid says Elumelu. \u2018Nobody can empower Africans but Africans themselves\u2019. He is<br \/>\ndefinitely helping change the narrative positively.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.6pt; text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/08\/fdsz.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/08\/fdsz.jpg\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"427\" data-original-width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.6pt; text-align: justify;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0in;\">\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;\">A<br \/>\ncharismatic leader who successfully led the biggest banking merger in Nigeria<br \/>\nin 2005 and has been at the top of many conglomerates including his own Heirs<br \/>\nHoldings group, Tony Elumelu definitely knows what it takes to be a leader.<\/div>\n<div lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;\">A<br \/>\ncitation was read as he walked into the room full of over 200 UBA group<br \/>\nexecutives, and associates of the bank. But when Tony took the stage, he wasn\u2019t<br \/>\nimpressed by the accolades. \u2018I don\u2019t need all of this\u2019 he said humbly.<br \/>\n\u2018Leadership must always go with humility. When you get leadership, you need to<br \/>\nbecome automatically humble in order to succeed. You all already know who I am<br \/>\nbut I would like to tell you the story of my journey to success\u2019.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/08\/wesdrfg.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/08\/wesdrfg.jpg\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"427\" data-original-width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.6pt; text-align: justify;\">\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;\">Elumelu<br \/>\nstarted off selling photocopiers when he first graduated from university. He<br \/>\nmentions the name of the photocopiers and no, it wasn\u2019t Xerox. Hardly anybody<br \/>\nin the room knew the brand he had been selling. But the point he wanted to make<br \/>\nby starting off his lecture with this introduction was that you cannot sell a<br \/>\nproduct you do not understand. \u2018In everything that we do, product knowledge is<br \/>\nvery important for success. Understand and dissect the history of everything<br \/>\nabout an organization so that you can do your job excellently\u2019 he said.<\/div>\n<div lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 14.0pt; margin: 0in;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;\">He<br \/>\ndidn\u2019t sell photocopiers for very long, because he became one of the youngest<br \/>\nbank managers in Nigeria when a couple of years after starting off as a<br \/>\nFinancial analyst at AllStates bank, he was appointed a branch manager. He was<br \/>\nonly 26 years old.<\/div>\n<div lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 14.0pt; margin: 0in;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;\">Elumelu<br \/>\ndoesn\u2019t know the word impossible. He had been relentless when he applied for<br \/>\nthat job at AllStates bank. He didn\u2019t even think he was qualified for it, but<br \/>\nhe wanted it and the universe was going to make that happen because Tony wanted<br \/>\nit. \u2018Impossible is only in your mind. Always have an open mind; apply tenacity<br \/>\nand the chances are that it will work\u2019; a learning point he wanted the audience<br \/>\nto know.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;\">It<br \/>\nwas already beginning to work for young Tony. His branch made more money than<br \/>\n34 other branches of the bank put together, in just a few short months.<\/div>\n<div lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 14.0pt; margin: 0in;\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;\">\u2018You<br \/>\nmust visualize success\u2019 said Elumelu as he continued to lecture. \u2018You must say<br \/>\nto yourself that you will succeed and this will keep you going when you<br \/>\nencounter challenges and difficulties.\u2019<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.6pt; text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/08\/dsfgvdfs.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/08\/dsfgvdfs.jpg\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"427\" data-original-width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.6pt; text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.6pt; text-align: justify;\">\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;\">One<br \/>\nof the questions he would be asked later on by a member of the<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;\">audience<br \/>\nis just how does he get these things done. How can he have so much energy to<br \/>\nkeep going? In his 20s, he is expected to have a lot of energy, but in his mid<br \/>\n50s, Tony Elumelu gets off his jet at 4.30 am after a long haul flight, goes<br \/>\nhome for a wee nap, wakes up at 7am to do some yoga with his wife Awele and is<br \/>\nat the office shortly after 8am. That same day, yesterday, he delivered a<br \/>\nspeech that lasted for 4 hours on his feet.<\/div>\n<div lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;\">\u2018Always<br \/>\nimmerse yourself completely\u2019 he advised. \u2018Body, mind and soul. Not one leg in<br \/>\nand one leg out\u2019. Tony had immersed himself completely into his job as branch<br \/>\nmanager in Port Harcourt. He had just before that appointment, rented a new<br \/>\napartment in Lagos. He had bought a stunning red carpet for his living room. He<br \/>\nwas fiercely happy with his new lodgings but he would leave and move to Port<br \/>\nHarcourt and be completely in the zone, leaving everything behind in Lagos.<\/div>\n<div lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;\">The<br \/>\nyoung Elumelu was fired up to succeed and he was already a winner even though<br \/>\nthe journey had only just begun.<\/div>\n<div lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;\"><\/div>\n<div lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;\">Tony<br \/>\nElumelu became the youngest bank CEO in Nigeria when at the age of 34, he led<br \/>\nStandard Trust Bank(STB). \u2018It was a little odd going into all those meetings<br \/>\nwith older men because the bank CEOs at that time were older than I was\u2019. That<br \/>\ndidn\u2019t stop Tony from achieving milestones. STB became one of the top banks in<br \/>\nNigeria in a very short time. Elumelu was performing miracles again and<br \/>\ncontinuing to set the pace. \u2018People think Tony Elumelu is a whizkid. They don\u2019t<br \/>\nknow that he surrounds himself by brilliant and competent people\u2019 he said of<br \/>\nhis successes.<\/div>\n<div lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;\"><\/div>\n<div lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;\">Tony<br \/>\ntaught us at the Tony O. Elumelu amphitheatre yesterday, that people give their<br \/>\nbest to leaders they like.\u00a0 \u2018As a leader, don\u2019t be far from your people.<br \/>\nYour people must connect with you and you must understand them very well\u2019.<\/div>\n<div lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;\">Elumelu<br \/>\nreally does immerse himself in his work. His best friends are people he works<br \/>\nwith. And a lot of these people have been with him along this journey for many<br \/>\ndecades.<\/div>\n<div lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;\">\u2018There<br \/>\nis a need for us to have high Emotional Intelligence. This is important as we<br \/>\nneed to be cognizant of how others feel\u2019 he continued.<\/div>\n<div lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;\">Tony<br \/>\nhas very high EQ. He knows how to make the people around him work to their best<br \/>\ncapacity. He invests in them, training, exposing and giving them opportunities<br \/>\nto themselves become leaders. \u2018You cannot be a successful leader if you don\u2019t<br \/>\nknow how manage people well. How to motivate them. How to make them happy\u2019.<\/div>\n<div lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;\">There<br \/>\nare testimonies to the fact that Tony is a great champion of the people he<br \/>\nworks with. They in turn champion his causes and were there for him when in<br \/>\n2010, he was a casualty of the then new Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) regulation<br \/>\nthat set a timeline of a maximum of 10 years for any person to be at the helm<br \/>\nof affairs(CEO) of any Nigerian bank.<\/div>\n<div lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;\">Five<br \/>\nyears before this time on August 1, 2005, Elumelu had made another winning<br \/>\nstreak when he led the successful merger of STB with the United Bank for<br \/>\nAfrica. This size of merger was a first in the history of banking in<br \/>\nNigeria.\u00a0 He went into a meeting at the CBN as the CEO of UBA and came out<br \/>\nof the same meeting with news that he would have to step down due to the time<br \/>\nhe had spent in his career as a bank CEO.<\/div>\n<div lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;\">Where<br \/>\nmost people would have shrank into panic mode and spread that panic around<br \/>\nthem, the leader in Elumelu took this as a challenge. His words about this:<br \/>\n\u2018every phase in one\u2019s life requires adjustments\u2019. This was just another phase<br \/>\nfor Tony Elumelu. He would adjust. His people had no reason to fear. For him<br \/>\nthe corporate interest was first and it was not about him but about building a<br \/>\nlasting institution.<\/div>\n<div lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;\">It<br \/>\nmade him think of the important things he needed to do. He woke up the next<br \/>\nmorning and decided he would be giving back and at a scale of lasting legacy.<br \/>\nThe Tony Elumelu Foundation was borne from that thought and today, has<br \/>\nempowered over 3000 entrepreneurs across Africa and counting.<\/div>\n<div lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;\">The<br \/>\njourney is far from over for the Group Chairman of UBA and Founder of the Tony<br \/>\nElumelu Foundation. It is no surprise when you listen to his story, that he has<br \/>\nbeen so successful in his endeavours.<\/div>\n<div lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;\">Elumelu<br \/>\nis generous to a fault. He doesn\u2019t wish to journey alone and dreams of making<br \/>\nmany billionaires across the continent. He wants to help people become the best<br \/>\nleaders that they can be. He wants to continue to play a role in alleviating<br \/>\npoverty in Africa.<\/div>\n<div lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;\">Tony<br \/>\nElumelu yesterday shared his own leadership journey as he continues to build on<br \/>\nhis legacy.\u00a0 He ends the lecture by telling those in the room and the many<br \/>\nwatching online across the continent, \u2018Don\u2019t\u2019 jettison what you are doing that<br \/>\nhelps you to succeed. Leave this room with an agenda. A resolution. And know<br \/>\nyour limitations\u2019.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.6pt; text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/08\/sdfgfds.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/08\/sdfgfds.jpg\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"427\" data-original-width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.6pt; text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.6pt; text-align: justify;\">\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;\">I<br \/>\nleft with an agenda and a resolution, having learnt some poignant lessons from<br \/>\na great leader. I left energized and motivated. I know that I will remember a<br \/>\nlot of what Elumelu had taught in the amphitheatre along my own journey.<\/div>\n<div lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 14.0pt; margin: 0in;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;\">By<br \/>\nBola Atta<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;\">Director<br \/>\nMarketing &amp; Corporate Communications.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'century gothic' , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman' , serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 The Tony O. Elumelu amphitheatre at the UBA house on the marina in Lagos was filled to the brim yesterday. 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