Toye Sobande

Toye Sobande (born 14 December 1978) is a leadership coach, management consultant, lawyer, author, public speaker, and trainer. He is the CEO/President of Stephens Leadership Consultancy LLC, a strategy and management consulting firm offering services to businesses and leaders. He holds a Doctorate of Strategic Leadership from Regent University, Virginia Beach, US. He is known for his writing and speaking about the relational dynamics of leadership and followership, succession management systems, organisational health and cultural engagement, strategic foresight, and innovation.

Early life and education Toye Sobande was born in Lagos Island at the Lagos Island Maternity Hospital in Lagos, Nigeria, to Stephen Olanrewaju Sobande and Abigail Oladunni Sobande.

He attended St. Agnes Primary School, Maryland, Ikeja, and proceeded to Ikeja Grammar School, Bolade, Oshodi for the Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (SSCE), conducted by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC). He enrolled at Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH, now known as Lagos State University of Science and Technology), for the Ordinary National Diploma (OND) in Accounting and Business Studies and served in the leadership of the Student Union.

Career He initially worked as a teacher at Adams College, instructing in Business Studies, Government, Literature, and Physical Education. Subsequently, he joined African Independent Television (AIT), contributing to production and programs. He became one of the panelists on the popular youth program ‘It's Our Time’ and the National School Quiz and Debate Competition, among various other youth-oriented television programmes.

He started his legal career as an intern at Emmanuel Chambers, Chief Afe Babalola and Co. During his first degree at Obafemi Awolowo University, he launched a school called Charis Leadership School. The column is popularly known as "The Leadership Factory with Toye Sobande" where he writes on leader-follower dynamics, leadership, team leadership, followership organizational health, workplace politics cross-cultural competence, and engagement. He has published on a variety of subjects on leadership for Vanguard (Nigeria), The Guardian (Nigeria), The Punch, Leadership.

He has also been featured in other media outlets such as different Channels TV, Silverbird Group Television, Arise News TV, Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Nigeria Info 95.1 FM, Inspiration FM 92.3 FM, Eko FM 89.75 FM, Lagos Traffic Radio 96.1 FM, where he has made significant contributions to critical leadership issues. Excellence Award by the Global Leadership Institute (GLI) Loraine Chafer Award at Dallas Theological Seminary (DTS)