Be Yourself — Osinbajo, Awosika, Matel-Okoh Wants Women to Embrace Authenticity in Leadership

The wife of the former Vice President of Nigeria, Dolapo Osinbajo, the former Chairman of First Bank, Ibukun Awosika, and business leader Bola Matel-Okoh have shared insights on how women in leadership can balance authenticity and diplomacy while staying true to their values.
The women advocates gave insight into women’s leadership in the corporate world on Thursday at ‘The Executive Women Summit’ (TEWS), in Victoria Island, Lagos.
The TEWS, themed “Leading From Within: An Authentic Approach To Leadership” and organised by Women’s Lifestyle Hub, focuses on promoting essential public-interest conversations that influence national productivity and shape the future of work.
The Women’s Leadership Summit brought together female professionals and founders from across the corporate sector to discuss the evolving roles of women in leadership, management, and executive positions.
Speaking at the women’s summit, the event convener and the founder of Women’s Lifestyle Hub, Bola Matel-Okoh, explained that authenticity for women in the leadership space is what women can achieve without misplacing their values.
“When we talk about authenticity, it’s about aligning who you are internally and how you express yourself. I feel it is a meaningful conversation for us to talk about and permit ourselves to be ourselves.
Like my amazing first keynote speaker, Her Excellency Dolapo Osinbajo, said, ‘You free me, let me be myself,’ you know. Because at the end of the day, the best version of yourself, the worst version of yourself, actually, is better than the best version of anybody else.
”So it’s really about being true to who you are on the inside and aligning with how you express yourself. You have an interesting line of competent speakers today. At the end of the day, I want anyone attending this event to go away and permit themselves to be themselves,” Ms Matel-Okoh said..