General Overseer of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), Dr. Mensa Otabil, delivered a powerful address redefining the essence of effective leadership.

He said this at the Next Great Leader Summit 2.0 under the theme "Wisdom at the Helm of Affairs."

In his submission, Dr. Otabil presented a compelling vision of leadership as an inherently transformative process.

“I think in the end, every leadership must be transformative. That the essence of a leader is that you’re moving, the name itself, showcases it," he declared.

"When you are leading your moving, your moving, you can’t be stationary and be leading. So a leader is constantly moving, but he's not moving alone. He's moving with people, and in moving with people, he's moving from one location to the other."

The celebrated speaker elaborated on his philosophy, explaining that leadership transformation occurs across multiple dimensions.

"It may not be a physical location. Could be emotional, can be mental, but a leader is transformative because he's helping people change locations, from where they are to where they hope to be, and subsequently, and so forth," he noted.

Addressing various leadership models, Dr. Otabil acknowledged the existence of transactional approaches but emphasized their limitations.

"It's transformative, whether whatever form of leadership, transactional, whatever, everything ends up you being able to create transformation.”

The Next Great Leader Summit 2.0, which brought together hundreds of professionals, entrepreneurs and emerging leaders from across West Africa, served as an ideal platform for Dr. Otabil's timely message.