Gender: Male
Nationality: Nigerian
Date of Birth: January 28th, 1962
Contact Address: No 43, Grace Cottage, Off Old Ife Road, Ibadan, Nigeria
Education:
Institution
Period
Certificate/Qualification
Year
The University of Ibadan, Nigeria
1989 - 1991
Master’s Degree In English Language
(M.A. English Language)
1991
The University of Benin, Benin-City, Nigeria
1983 - 1987
Bachelor’s Degree in Education/English
(B.Ed, English)
1987
St. Andrew’s College, Oyo, Nigeria
1978 - 1981
Teacher’s Grade II Certificate
1981
West African School Certificate
1983
Work Experience:
Company
Position Held
Year
Reason for Leaving
BrightEdge Consulting
HR Consultant, Facilitator for courses, mainly soft skills
2016 – to date
N/A
UAC, Nigeria
(Portland Sandtex Paints)
Pioneer Training Manager
2012 - 2016
Resignation to be self- employed
Self - employed
Freelance Consultant
2009 - 2012
Unfulfilled
Intercontinental Bank, Nigeria
Training Manager
2005 - 2009
Resignation to be self- employed
First Bank, Nigeria
Curriculum Training Manager
2005
Poached by Intercontinental Bank
MBC International Bank, Nigeria
Pioneer Training Manager
2003 - 2015
Mergers & Acquisition Banking Reform
DHL Nigeria
Training Manager
1995 - 2003
Resignation for a new job
The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Nigeria
Lecturer
(General Studies Dept.)
1993 - 1995
Retired to go to DHL, Nigeria
Classroom Teacher
Classroom Teacher
(English & Literature)
1981 - 1993
Public Sector to Private Sector
Professional Profile
Tayo KOLADE, B.Ed., (1987); M.A. (1992); MNITAD; ACIPM.
Tayo is a seasoned and certified teacher and trainer with vast post-graduation training and HR skills of close to three decades. He had his first degree in English/Education from the University of Benin (1987), and master’s degree in English Language, from the University of Ibadan (1992), respectively. He has left his indelible impact as a teacher at all the levels of Nigeria’s educational system: primary, secondary, and tertiary; and between 1990 and 1994, he was a WAEC examiner in English Language and Literature in English.
After a stint in lecturing, he joined DHL International Nigeria Limited as Training Officer in 1995 and became Head, Training & Development Department of DHL Nigeria in 1997 - the position he held till June, 2003. He was the pioneer Training Manager for the defunct MBC International Bank between 2003 and 2005; from MBC, the banking reform took him to the First Bank of Nigeria where he acted in the capacity of Curriculum Training Manager. He joined Intercontinental Bank Plc. as a Training Manager in 2006 and started the Learning and Development Department for South West/Benin Region of the Bank in Ibadan. He also was the pioneer Training Manager for Portland Paints & Products Nigeria Plc. (UAC Subsidiary), the position he held from 2012 to February, 2016. He is currently a professional trainer who has been engaged in people and process development throughout the country.
He has served as a member of NECA, (Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association) Education and Training Committee; and member, Association of Facilitators between 1999 and 2003.
Tayo is a member of NITAD (Nigeria Institute for Training and Development) and CIPM; He is a certified Lead Auditor in ISO 9001:2000 Quality Systems. He has facilitated and coordinated numerous training events across Nigeria. His cutting-edge facilitation skills laced with skillful and impactful deliveries has greatly endeared him to several people who have been under his learning events.
Tayo has been trained in Nigeria and Europe on multi-various leadership and people management, quality, and service process courses.
My Professional Areas of Specialisation for Facilitation
Assertiveness Skills
Coaching & Mentoring Skills
Conflict management Skills
Creativity and Innovation Strategies
Customer Services/Care Skills
Effective Communication & Writing Skills
Effective Meetings & Minutes Writings Skills
Emotional Intelligence & Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)
English and Language Use Skills
Fire Safety and Fire Drilling Skills
HR Skills
Human Relations & Emotional Intelligence Skills
Interview, Selection and Recruitment Skills
Life After Retirement Skills
Management and Leadership Skills
Negotiation Skills
Presentation Skills
Problem Solving and Decision Making
Professional Selling Skills
Report Writing and Business Communication Skills
Staff Performance Evaluation & Appraisal
Supervisory Management Skills
Team Dynamics, Motivation & Management
Train-the Trainer Skills
Workplace Rules and Ethics
Any other Soft Skills on Request
My Other Competencies
Interview and recruitment skills
Counseling and mentoring skills
Quality assurance auditing skills
Teaching skills
Staff development centre skills