Leadership Turnaround
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Leadership Turnaround is part memoir, part leadership manual, and part call to action for leaders and institutions. It grew out of Dr. Ifie's lived experience transforming the long-dormant Soci t G n rale Bank of Nigeria (SGBN) into Heritage Banking Limited, one of the most remarkable institutional resurrections in Nigerian financial history.
Written over seven years of research and reflections, the book explores not just the mechanics of organizational recovery, but the deeper human and psychological dimensions of what it truly takes to turn things around.
The core themes are: Why vision without the right mental framework is "hallucination," and how leaders must cultivate a possibility mindset even when circumstances say otherwise. Secondly, moving beyond the "heroic individual" model toward building teams where leadership is shared and multiplied. Also, the human side of leading through crisis and how leaders can unlock potential in themselves and their teams. Finally, the last two themes are the role of inner belief in sustaining leaders through periods strategy cannot illuminate and legacy as what enduring leadership ultimately leaves behind.
The book is grounded in the Heritage Bank turnaround story, including its eventual collapse and Dr. Ifie did not shy away from failure, calling it one of the book's most important chapters. It features a foreword by John Adair, the world-renowned leadership authority and it is deeply rooted in the African context, yet universally applicable and written as a letter to the rising generation of African leaders. It blends rigorous frameworks with raw, personal experience.
The book is for executives inheriting struggling organizations, young professionals in Africa seeking practical leadership guidance, students of leadership wanting theory tested in real life.
Written over seven years of research and reflections, the book explores not just the mechanics of organizational recovery, but the deeper human and psychological dimensions of what it truly takes to turn things around.
The core themes are: Why vision without the right mental framework is "hallucination," and how leaders must cultivate a possibility mindset even when circumstances say otherwise. Secondly, moving beyond the "heroic individual" model toward building teams where leadership is shared and multiplied. Also, the human side of leading through crisis and how leaders can unlock potential in themselves and their teams. Finally, the last two themes are the role of inner belief in sustaining leaders through periods strategy cannot illuminate and legacy as what enduring leadership ultimately leaves behind.
The book is grounded in the Heritage Bank turnaround story, including its eventual collapse and Dr. Ifie did not shy away from failure, calling it one of the book's most important chapters. It features a foreword by John Adair, the world-renowned leadership authority and it is deeply rooted in the African context, yet universally applicable and written as a letter to the rising generation of African leaders. It blends rigorous frameworks with raw, personal experience.
The book is for executives inheriting struggling organizations, young professionals in Africa seeking practical leadership guidance, students of leadership wanting theory tested in real life.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1038378591
ISBN13:9781038378590
Release Date:August 2026
Publisher:FriesenPress
Length:140 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 7.0" x 10.0"
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