Beyond The Classroom
From Leadership To Impact
Exclusive reading collection for participants of the Sterling Bank Intrapreneurial Fellowship
Lagos Business School | 5 November 2026
The conversation continues.
 Leadership is not simply about doing your job well. It is about what becomes better
because of what you do. During our masterclass, we explored why capable people and successful departments do not always produce successful organizations and what leaders can do differently.
I've curated three of my published pieces to help you revisit those ideas, deepen your understanding, and apply the lessons in your work at Sterling. As you read, keep one question in mind, “what organizational outcome am I helping to improve … and how will I know?”
THE GUARDIAN
Did the Patient Live?
Akin Monehin | 15 October 2026
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A patient dies despite competent professionals. The deeper failure may lie between teams. Discover why institutional scorecards can appear green while the people they serve experience failure.Â
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BUSINESSDAY
How Good Functions Produce Bad Enterprise Results
Akin Monehin | 22 October 2026
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Sales, procurement and operations celebrate successful targets while the enterprise struggles. Explore how conflicting incentives, fragmented accountability and unmanaged trade-offs can quietly destroy organizational value.
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If the Enterprise Is Red, Nobody Is Green
Akin Monehin | Leadership Insight
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If every function reports green but the enterprise is red, who has succeeded? A sharp leadership challenge to move beyond departmental KPIs and own shared outcomes.
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Read MoreBefore You Go Back to Business as Usual…
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Think about one organizational outcome that depends on several people or departments working together.
Who owns the complete result?
Where could value be lost between functions?
What will you do differently?
Remember: Leadership is not simply what you do. It is what becomes better because of what you do.
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Akin Monehin
Author, Execution Is a Lie
Managing Partner, Praxis Execution Advisory
Leadership | Strategy Execution | Organizational Performance