LYD Consulting is a professional coaching and consultancy solutions committed to delivering transformational change. We are a firm of management consultants with a unique skill for assisting our clients in achieving superior performance in their business. Our bespoke interventions create sustainable change, enabling employees in corporate institutions to accomplish greater work in less time.
We don’t just advise, we empower. We combine strategic management consulting with impactful training programs to bridge the gap between vision and results. Our tailored learning experiences drive employee engagement and productivity, ensuring your strategies translate into real-world success.
As consultants, we take an independent and unbiased stance on issues, always looking out for the best interests of our clients. We utilize consulting interventions such as retreats, surveys, telephone/branch assessments, corporate diagnostics, as well as training & coaching interventions to inspire your staff to achieve the perceived impossible.
Over the years, we have been credited for being the greatest influence for positive behavioral change in employees of various corporate institutions. Our interventions result in:
Our activities are tailored to each group’s needs, ensuring that every participant gains practical, applicable knowledge. Whether it’s developing leadership skills, enhancing emotional intelligence, or improving problem-solving abilities, our interactive approach ensures that learning sticks and translates into real-world results.
Bankole Williams is a Consultant par excellence and a Peak Performance Coach who has a proven record of helping organizations develop their human capacity to get great work done in less time so they can surpass the annual financial targets of their employers. He is a renowned force in Consulting; assisting no less than twelve prominent banks in Nigeria develop and deploy solutions for long-term profitability and sustainability. For his exceptional work in Human Capacity Development, in 2019, he was given the Coaching Icons Award. In 2020 and also in 2021, he was also named one of the most powerful people in Corporate Nigeria by Ynaija. Also, in 2021, he was named one of the Top Ten Leadership Coaches in Nigeria.
He is also a Social Reformer with a goal to solve the problems of unemployment and underemployment through his foundation – Live Your Dreams Africa Foundation. He has received several awards and recognitions for his inspiring social work in Youth and Social Development by State Governments, including Lagos State, Cross River State and Abia State. His foundation is the 2019 recipient of the Google.org Award for Youth Empowerment in Africa. Through his foundation, over 28,000 youth have been empowered and in 2019, his foundation created 1002 jobs in Lagos. Bankole is presently on a mission to create 1,000 jobs across the six geo-political zones in Nigeria.
Bankole Williams is a Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic programming (NLP). He is a UK Certified Life & Career Coach and a Certified Management Consultant (CMC) from the International Council for Managing Consulting Institutes ICMCI). He is also a Fellow of the International Management Consultants Certification Board (FIMCB). He is also widely regarded as a Behavioral Change Expert. He is a force to be reckoned with in the field of Management Consulting with over 15 years of experience in Human Resources and consulting fields.
In his quest to understand and optimize human potential, Bankole has gained management and career experience, first at Guaranty Trust Bank, where he was an invaluable member of the Human Resources Team. While at Guaranty Trust bank, he discovered his passion for workforce activation and man power development which led to his move to the Training department where he also facilitated trainings for staff in the bank, after which, he joined a reputable consulting firm – Visible Impact.
He is the Founder & Principal consultant at LYD Consulting; a firm committed to delivering consulting interventions that lead to transformational change. Bankole Williams has designed, managed and facilitated several customer service and personal/workplace mastery training programs, He has also facilitated management and leadership retreats for several organizations. He is an expert at delivering training solutions on product lines such as Self Mastery, Emotional Intelligence, Executive Coaching, Change management, Business Communication, Team bonding, Superior service delivery, Leadership, Selling skills, Employability, Enterprise development etc.
His facilitation skills are no doubt prolific, as he currently provides consulting interventions for banks and different organizations, some of which include, The Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), the World Bank, Guaranty Trust Bank, Access bank, Diamond Bank, SkyeBank, Union Bank, Heritage bank, Stanbic IBTC, StanbicIBTC pensions, First Bank, Fidelity bank, Oando, Konga, Google, NLNG, UTC and the Nigerian Stock Exchange to mention a few. He has facilitated various Culture Transformation initiatives for AshakaCement, team bonding retreats for Heritage bank and Stanbic IBTC, Executive management retreats for DPR, the PoloLuxury and NLNG.
Christina Soname leads the consulting team at LYD Consulting. She is an alumnus of KPMG where she rose to the position of Senior Consultant and received a number of awards including the Shinning Star Award and the Improving Communities Award. Her consulting experience cuts across engagements for industries in Consumer & Industrial Services, Energy & Natural Resources, and Financial Services.
Christina has designed and deployed training interventions for organizations like Stanbic IBTC Pensions, GTBank, First Bank, Union Bank, Heritage Bank, Google, Geregu Power, amongst other corporates.
Christina is a Certified Management Consultant (CMC) from the International Council for Managing Consulting Institutes(ICMCI) and a Fellow of the International Management Consultants Certification Board (FIMCB). She is also an Accredited Accelium Professional in game-based learning.
Christina is a First class graduate of Economics from Babcock University and an Associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria. She is an alumna of Lagos Business School’s Venture-In-Management Program and Young Talent Program. She is also a member of the renowned John Maxwell Team. She is an expert at designing and delivering trainings on soft skill subjects including Customer Service, Personal Mastery, Leadership, Communication & Presentation skills, Emotional Intelligence, Problem Solving, Decision Making, Strategic Thinking, etc.
Christina is the author of Dear Young Professional – Practical Insights for Accelerated Career Growth. The book has been featured on various media platforms and is referenced by the Guardian newspaper as ‘the seven chapter career Bible’.
