Bola Matel-Okoh is an accomplished attorney with over 30 years of experience in diverse areas of jurisprudence.
She possesses solid legal research skills and expertise in investigating cases, adjudication of clients’ claims and transactions of clients’ businesses. She is a New York State Bar and Nigerian Bar admitted attorney. Her legal experience spans areas such as Admiralty and Immigration Laws.
The International Women’s Day was marked recently. As an executive coach dedicated to empowering c-suite women and women in general, what message would you like to share with women striving for excellence in their professional and personal lives and how do you reflect on the significance of the day?
How do you define transformational leadership and what specific skills or qualities do you believe are crucial for executive women aiming for professional and personal excellence? Executive positions often come with unique challenges. How do you guide women in navigating these challenges and what advice do you have for overcoming obstacles and setbacks?
Still on mentorship, March often prompts reflections on inspirational women. Can you share a woman or women who have inspired you personally and professionally and how their influence has shaped your approach as an executive coach? There are quite a few. From my personal experience, the one that jumps out is the need to stand your ground even if you are in the minority. Someone once told me that “men tend to band together” and I have found this to be true. This can be quite intimidating, which is why we teach “power play” in our leadership programme, which equips executive women on the best way to manage the unique challenges they face in their career or business landscape.
Oh, there are quite a few. In every cohort of our six-week leadership programme, we have what we call “The Dean’s Discretionary Award” which is given to the person who shows significant growth during the course of the programme. In cohort one, I ended up giving the award to two ladies because the transformation that occurred with them during the programme was nothing short of amazing. This has been the trend in subsequent cohorts and the many testimonials we get are a testament to this.
While reaching the age of puberty is a thing of joy to many female children, ‘puberty is pain’ for many others, especially those born in Pygba Sama, Kpaduma and other indigenous communities in Abuja, parts of Niger State, and the Camerounian communities of Cross River State.
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