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In this episode of the Business Leaders Coach podcast, Toye Oshunbiyi sits down with renowned leadership expert and author Kevin Eikenberry to explore what it truly means to lead in times of uncertainty.

Based on his latest book, Flexible Leadership, Kevin shares how leaders can develop the mindset, skillset, and habit set needed to adapt to change without losing their values or direction.

You’ll learn:

• Why flexibility is essential for modern leadership

• The difference between reacting and responding with intention

• How to use the Cynefin framework to understand the context you're leading in

• How to balance consistency with adaptability

• Why confidence in leadership doesn’t come from having all the answers, but knowing how to flex

Whether you're leading a team, running a business, or preparing for what’s next, this episode will give you practical insights and a powerful framework to help you lead with clarity and confidence, no matter what comes your way.

🎧 Listen now and discover how flexible leadership can help you thrive in uncertain times.

🧰 Mentioned in the Episode:

• The Book: Flexible Leadership by Kevin Eikenberry

• Free Resource: Get Kevin’s Confidence Masterclass – normally $79 – FREE: kevineikenberry.com/gift

• More from Kevin: kevineikenberry.com

• Connect with Kevin on LinkedIn: Kevin Eikenberry

In this brand-new season of the Business Leaders Coach podcast, Toye is joined by his wife and leadership coach, Eniye Oshunbiyi, as they explore the question: Why does leadership really matter?

Through honest conversation, personal stories, and lessons from years of coaching CEOs and founders, Toye and Eniye unpack what it means to lead from the inside out—and why self-awareness is a superpower for today’s leaders.

Whether you're a startup founder, team leader, or seasoned executive, this episode will inspire you to think differently about leadership, growth, and the people you serve.

🔍 Key Themes Covered:

1. The Journey into Leadership
How Toye and Eniye discovered the value of leadership through very different paths—and how it eventually brought their perspectives together.

2. Leadership from the Inside Out
Why authentic leadership starts with self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and values—not just charisma or confidence.

3. The Coaching Shift
What happened when Toye stopped telling and started asking—and how coaching skills like the GROW model transformed his leadership.

4. Business Stages & Leadership Gaps
Why leadership challenges differ at each stage of a business and how many founders overlook the need to develop leaders around them.

5. Personality, Strengths & Team Dynamics
How understanding yourself and your team can close gaps, reduce conflict, and build stronger organisations.

💡 Mentioned in This Episode:

• 91 Days to Self-Awareness Journal by Eniye Oshunbiyi
  (Click here)

• The 5 Daily Habits E-book by Toye Oshunbiyi (Click here)

• Tools like Tetramap for understanding personality and communication styles

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Having a clear strategy can help your business navigate in turbulent times -however, creating a strategy that is simple and easy to understand is usually quite difficult.

In this second part, I walk through the final questions that can help you develop a strategic plan for your business.

Key Questions:

1. Where will you play? The focus Question.

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Having a clear strategy can help your business navigate in turbulent times - however, creating a strategy that is simple and easy to understand is usually quite difficult.

In these next two episodes, I walk through some questions that can help you develop a strategic plan for your business.

Key Questions:

1. The Purpose Question – why do we exist?

2. The Core Values Question – what do we stand for?

3. The Vision Question – what do we want to see?

4. The Goals Question – how will we measure our success?

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If almost all successful people have encountered failure along the way, then failure could be seen as the path toward success.

This is the last episode in our series on How to Fail Forward. In this part 5, I highlight that our perspective must be to embrace failure and see it as part of the journey. And then take on the mindset that "Failure is the path towards success".

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When we fail, sometimes we find it hard to forgive. The capacity to forgive ourselves and others could be daunting, but it is necessary if we want to move forward.

Over the last few weeks, we have been going through a series on How to Fail Forward. In this fourth episode, we see why it is important to: Forgive yourself and others.

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Have you ever felt the need to blame something or someone when you have failed at something? Well, most of us do.

Over the last few weeks, we have been going through a series on How to Fail Forward. In this third episode, we see the benefit of asking ourselves: Have I Done Everything I Could?

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We are going through a series of five episodes looking at the topic: How to Fail Forward, and in this second episode, I ask; “What Do I Still Need To Learn?

Sometimes the reason why we are facing a failure is because we need to learn something from it.

Therefore, asking the question; “What Do I Still Need to Learn?” is important.

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How we handle failure can play a key role towards how we achieve our goals.

Over the next five episodes, we are going to be looking at the topic:  How To Fail Forward, and in this episode, I ask; “How Do We See Failure?

I share some mindset statements that should help us start to see failure from a more healthy perspective.

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We all know that things are changing rapidly in the world of work, and recently Gallup pulled together what they called the 'Big 5'. According to them, the workplace is seeing the biggest disruption in some time, and it is changing the way we work and the future.

This episode covers 'The Big 5 Disruptions That Business Leaders Must Address and what you can do.

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