Elvis Ukpaka

name Elvis Ukpaka is a seasoned Leadership Expert. He is the Nigerian foremost Certified Life Coach, from The Life Coach Institute, USA. He is an experienced consultant and trainer on leadership, personal improvement and business development. As a Coach, Elvis has helped various entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals in developing their leadership skills to achieve business and personal success. Elvis is a dedicated motivational speaker, who has always been passionate about empowering people with a great sense of vision and purpose. Elvis graduated from the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, with B. Com (Hons) Marketing. He left an indelible mark at the university campus and its environs as an outstanding leader and motivator. Many of his leadership achievements can be researched on the World Wide Web by simply doing a search on his name. Elvis has worked with various organisations such as banks, multi-nationals, small businesses, NGOs, and Government affiliates. He has spoken widely both home and abroad. His speaking and training engagements have taken him to places like South Africa, France, and the United States. In his quest to expand his knowledge on leadership, Elvis is currently running his Masters Degree in Organisational Leadership, under the faculty of the School of Global Leadership & Entrepreneurship, Regent University, Virginia Beach, USA. Elvis is an author and columnist on national dailies. His numerous articles include: Unleashing Your Entrepreneurial Potential, Emotional Intelligence at Work, The Managerial Leader, Total leadership, Effective Time Management, Setting SMART Goals, Be A Servant Leader; Achieving Personal and Corporate Success; The Effective Manager; Employee Motivation In The Workplace, and many others. He is a youth advocate and has served various youth organisations and schools both home and abroad. Elvis is a Chartered Member of various professional bodies of knowledge including the renowned American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), USA; Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM); National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (NIMN); and Institute of Strategic Management, Nigeria (ISMN); He is the Managing Consultant/CEO of Visiondrivers Mgt. Consulting Ltd., and President of Visiondrivers Academy. You can contact Elvis for speaking engagements, training, personal coaching and consulting at: +234 803 068 3651, +234 802 367 1070.

Personal POWER

31st January 2011
Achieving personal power should be the ultimate goal for every individual who understands his or her mission here on earth. It all begins with a mental picture of where you envision yourself to be and then working doggedly to get there. Personal power doe... Read >

Leading Creativity

04th January 2011
Elvis Ukpaka 29 November at 15:51 Reply • Report Creativity is the ability to bring something new into existence. It is born out of creative ideas and ideas are by-product of thinking. To enhance your creativity, you need an idea to pursue, and ideas sel... Read >

Taking The Lead

10th November 2010
Sonata Arctica, a popular musician, once sang a song titled: Taking The Lead. If I may ask, are you truly taking the lead in every area of your life? How would it be to always be in charge? When I say being in charge, I don’t mean being in control of some... Read >

The Emotionally Intelligent Leader

30th March 2010
Are you an emotionally intelligent leader? What does it mean to be emotionally intelligent? Does emotional intelligence really matter to me as in individual? Well, before exploring in details the vitality of emotional intelligence and the impact of our da... Read >

New Year: A Brand New Beginning!

02nd February 2010
Welcome to 2010! I feel so excited about this year because there is so much ahead of us to accomplish, and I'm looking forward to achieving them. You see, one thing is to set a goal to achieve and another thing is to set strategies to achieve them. Person... Read >

THE VISIONARY EMPLOYEE (1)

02nd February 2010
The goal of every employer is to see the employees living to its expectations towards realizing the objectives and aim of the organization. To embark on this journey, the employer will first put all necessary conditions in place to enhance the employee's ... Read >

THE VISIONARY EMPLOYEE (2)

02nd February 2010
The "Visionary Employee" part two is a continuation of where I stopped in part one. In the part one, we looked at who a visionary employee is all about. We noted that the visionary employee is a highly effective employee who acquires and applies all the p... Read >

Unlocking Your Creativity

25th November 2009
Creativity is the ability to bring something new into existence. It is born out of creative ideas; and ideas are by-product of thinking. To enhance your creativity, you need an idea to pursue, and ideas seldom materialize accidentally. Ideas usually evolv... Read >

What Every Follower Wants In A Leader

25th November 2009
In my years of holding leadership positions, and as a leadership trainer and consultant, I have come to realize that what followers want in their leaders are almost the same across race, culture or gender. I still remember back in the days as a student le... Read >

What Every Leader Wants In A Follower

25th November 2009
The leader-follower relationship is an exciting one most especially when mutual trust and benefits exist between each other. In my previous article, I wrote on "what every follower wants in a leader". It is also interesting to know that there are "what ev... Read >

Unleashing Your Entrepreneurial Leadership

18th November 2009
TO define who an entrepreneur really is, let us first have a clear understanding of what entrepreneurship is all about. Many facet of definitions have been given as to what entrepreneurship is, but a "common denominator" to all of these definitions is tha... Read >

Total Leadership: What kind of a leader are you?

18th November 2009
If your employees were given the opportunity to fire you, how soon will you be out the door? I think that is a food for thought. I believe before you finish reading this article, you will be able to answer that question. The ability to lead effectively an... Read >

TIME MANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP

09th November 2009
It is sad to see lots of people living as though they have all the time in this world in their hands. If I may ask you: What do you do with your time? You see, time is the longest and yet the shortest thing in the world. It is the swiftest and yet the slo... Read >

The Motivational Leader At Workplace

09th November 2009
THE term motivation is from the Greek word, "Kino", meaning to "move" or "propel". It is a powerful force that can move any individual from zero to hero. Its effect can be so contagious such that someone who once thought he can never make it in life sudde... Read >

THE ROLE OF LEADERSHIP IN BUSINESS

09th November 2009
The role of leadership in achieving business success is indisputable. Great leaders who create great businesses are "made" not "born". You know why? True leadership is learned; it is not automatic. To answer the question whether leaders are made or born, ... Read >
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