The profile of Dayo Olomu, An Agent of Positive Change Dayo Olomu is a leading human capital development and business transformation strategist, based in London, United Kingdom. Mr. Olomu is an accomplished inspirational speaker and award winning event presenter. He is also the bestselling author of “4 Indispensable Strategies for Success” and audio programme, “You Got The Power” which was sent to more than 180 countries by Success University (now known as World Ventures) in September 2008. He is the chair for the Lambeth Group of Chartered Institute of Personnel Development South London; Founding President of Croydon Communicators Toastmasters and Member, Governing Council, Davidson Primary School in Croydon and Founder, African Professional Speakers Academy. Dayo Olomu is a sort after engaging, articulate, Inspirational and Personal development enabler, addressing more than 100,000 people each year on Leadership, , Business Growth, Personal Effectiveness, Good Governance, Branding, Wealth Creation, Success and Motivation. Renowned for his passion, high-energy and inspiration presentation, Olomu’s compelling style is a unique fusion of Nigerian and British culture, which gives his presentations a distinctive, oratory edge and enables him to get his powerful message across to audiences with warmth, passionate, energy and substance. He travels all over Europe, North America, Africa and United Arab Emirates helping professionals and businesses achieve extraordinary results, increase performance and profit exponentially. An abiding passion for adding value to lives, growing people and businesses gets him out of bed far too early every morning. His experience of interacting with people over the last 20 years has led him to the discovery; that if we help people to see themselves as they can, not as they are; then the way they think, the way they feel and the way they act will eventually be altered, thereby resulting in higher performance. A mentor since 1996, Dayo Olomu runs a coaching, training and leadership development company for Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs). He helps both individuals and organisations to maximise their success and achieve their full potential. Listed in the first edition of UKs Whos Who of Black Achievers (published in 1999/2000), Dayo won the exemplary Nigerian Award for hard work and integrity in 2004 and also bagged the Competent Toastmaster Award from Toastmasters International. In 2006, he received both the Advance Toastmaster Bronze and Competent Leader Awards from Toastmasters International. In June 2007, he was named as one of the five most popular Black Speakers in the UK and in 2008 bagged the Advance Communicator Silver Award from Toastmasters International. In 2009, he was bestowed with the Nigeria’s Ambassador of Hope in the Diaspora Award; in 2010 he won the Male Personality of the Year in UK at Life Changers Awards and in 2011 he won the Leadership Award category at the Gathering of Africa’s Best Awards. In 2012 was honoured with the prestigious BEFFTA (Black Entertainment Film, Fashion and Arts) Awards. Dayo Olomu has also turned his worthy selfless service of enhancing professional lives into that of a philanthropist; donating his time and career in service to less privileged society: an admirer of give back attitude, Olomu in recognition of our human responsibilities, interconnection and interrelations, volunteered in 2007 and completed the Flora London Marathon to raise money and create awareness for Leukaemia and in April 2008 he completed the Flora London Marathon again to create awareness and raise funds for Hearts of Gold Children’s Hospices, the first children’s hospices and respite care facility in Nigeria. In March 2010, Dayo completed the Fleet Half Marathon to create awareness and raised funds for ‘Wish for Africa’ and in August 2011, he skydived to create awareness and raise funds for the Desmond Tutu Foundation. He also completed the Croydon Half Marathon in 2013 to raise funds for the homeless people in Croydon. During his spare time he volunteers as a career development coach with Careers Development Group where he provides coaching on interview skills, goal setting, self development, confidence and motivation building to those seeking employment. He is Business Mentor with Start Up Loan, where he mentors those who are starting out in business and also a school governor in a primary school in Croydon, Surrey Dayo Olomu holds an honours degree in Business Information Systems, a Diploma in Coaching, a Post Graduate Certificate in Further Education and a Master’s degree in Human Resources. He is a Chartered Member of Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). He lives in Croydon, Surrey, with his wife Sade and children. He enjoys running the marathon, skydiving, and mountain climbing, fire walking, forest walking, board-breaking, bar-bending and most importantly making a difference. His long term goal is to space travel. He says, “Nothing will compare to seeing the earth from space”.
Posted on: Wed, 21 May 2014 11:44:44 +0000
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