THERE IS A WAY : DREAM. ACT. LEAD...

We are Joseph’s Place, a mentoring and coaching youth agency set up to create a unique and suitable environment for personal, citizenship and leadership development with a mandate to work with youth leadership and raise a generation of Nigerians to take the nation to the next level. We work towards raising a generation of resourceful, effective, efficient, excellent, highly productive and community responsible aspiring young professionals within Nigeria and all over Africa.

 

Mrs Justina Edoghogho Kes- Agbosa, Founder and Life coach at Joseph's Place, is a trained teacher who worked in all the levels of the educational system before voluntarily retiring as a lecturer to start a youth coaching and mentoring organisation. As founder and Chief life Coach of Joseph's Place Nigeria, she works with youth leadership where it is found in schools, communities, organisations

Described as a strikingly different, passionate and driven Mentor, Mrs Kes- Agbosa is a Christian, Youth Mentor and Life Coach, a gifted Speaker and Facilitator, as well as a very versatile Trainer and Language Expert, who uses contemporary communications skills, excellently combined with her life experiences and professional interactions to provide solutions to the African community. With the dimension of Nigeria's growth potentials and youth groups, Justina's strong opinions, dynamic approach mechanism and endearing motherly kindness and sincerity, makes her a strong voice that connects strongly with her listeners, resonating deeply with their situations and the imminent changes required.

 

Her New Book ‘DREAM. ACT. LEAD’ is one that proves there is nothing like experience, and Justina Kes-Agbosa’s years of working with Nigerian youth gives her an uncommonly clear understanding of the disturbing problems that afflict our young - the generation to whom we must bequeath the future of our country. Even more encouraging is that she also provides compelling solutions to reverse the trend.there is the tendency for us to look outward for blames rather than be introspective about the problems that confront our society. That culture has for many years seen us deflect our complicity in the institution of these problems rather than taking personal responsibility, and now the vast majority of our youth follow in our footsteps.

It is a humongous problem that this book seeks bravely to tackle and hopefully reverse. Going against populist opinion the writer brilliantly brings to our consciousness our role as citizens in the healing of our country. She makes us see why we need to be the change we desire, why our little contributions matter and why we must put the greater good at the fore of our actions..

 

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MentorAfrica: AFTER THE CHANTS 2 - APRES LES CHANTS 2

MentorAfrica: AFTER THE CHANTS 2 - APRES LES CHANTS 2: I was traveling in the same vehicle with three guys and for the about 30 minutes I was in that company, I felt so mentally and emotionally ...

AFTER THE CHANTS 2 - APRES LES CHANTS 2

I was traveling in the same vehicle with three guys and for the about 30 minutes I was in that company, I felt so mentally and emotionally disturbed that it was a huge relief when I got out. Sitting there listening to their level of ignorance and thinking about the percentage of Nigerians especially youths that are in that category was very disturbing to me especially as a youth worker. I just sat there listening without contributing anything because apart from the fact that I do not like having conversations in public transportation, it would take so much time and education to make these people come to terms with the truth. They talked about national issues without any clue about what the real situation was, they were talking either from the figment of their imagination or from gross misinformation. This experience helped me to understand more about this topic that I had started looking at in this blog. When people chant “change” do they have a correct picture of the situation and what change they want or they just want a change of the status quo?  Is it just an avenue to vent their frustrations? What is of great concern is that if they do not understand what change entails. Consequently, they might not be able to recognize the indices of change before the real change comes and they will start another round of chants. We need to educate the citizenry on the facts and disabuse their minds of prejudices if we are going to have any meaningful change. Change is a collective responsibility of leadership and citizens, no leader has a magic wand for effective change and development.

This book seeks to help prepare youths for change and make them agents of change themselves. Partner with us to get it into the hands of as many Nigerian youths as possible. josephsplaceng@gmail.com

Je voyageais dans le même véhicule avec trois gars et pour les minutes 30 environ que je étais avec eux, je me sentais tellement mentalement et émotionnellement perturbé qu'il était un énorme soulagement quand je suis sorti. Assis là, écoutant leur niveau de l'ignorance et en me reflechissant sur le pourcentage de Nigérians en particulier les jeunes qui sont dans cette catégorie était très troublant pour moi en particulier en tant que quelqu'un qui travaille avec la jeunesse. Je me suis assis là, à écouter sans rien contribuer car en dehors du fait que je ne veux pas avoir des conversations dans les transports publics, il va falloir beaucoup de temps et d'éducation pour rendre ces gens à se réconcilier avec la vérité. Ils discutaient des questions nationales, sans aucune idée de la situation réelle, ils parlaient soit à partir du produit de leur imagination ou de la désinformation brut. Cette expérience m'a aidé à comprendre plus sur ce sujet que j'avais commencé à exposer dans ce blog. Quand les gens chantent «changement» ont-ils une image correcte de la situation et de la transformation qu'ils veulent ou ils veulent juste un changement du statu quo? Est-ce simplement une avenue pour exprimer leurs frustrations? Ce qui est d'une grande préoccupation est que s'ils ne comprennent pas ce changement entraîne. Par conséquent, ils pourraient ne pas être en mesure de reconnaître les indices de changement avant que le vrai changement arrive et ils vont commencer une autre série de chants. Nous devons éduquer les citoyens sur les faits et de maintenir leur esprit de préjugés si nous allons avoir de changement significatif. La transformation est une responsabilité collective de la direction et les citoyens, aucun leader a une baguette magique pour le changement efficace et le développement.

MentorAfrica: AFTER THE CHANTS - APRES LES CHANTS

MentorAfrica: AFTER THE CHANTS - APRES LES CHANTS: All over the world we hear chants of change and at times leaders of the said change are brought into power. What is however interesting is t...

AFTER THE CHANTS - APRES LES CHANTS

All over the world we hear chants of change and at times leaders of the said change are brought into power. What is however interesting is that in most cases, no sooner these leaders take over governance do we hear rumblings of the same chant which at times develop into another loud noise. My question is, “what do we expect when we ask for change?” Is it just to see something different even if we do not understand how that is going to make things better or do we really have parameters to judge change? In my opinion, many times people just want to get rid of the status quo, they do not really understand what they want. Many have joined to ask for change without looking at how they themselves are going to contribute to this change. Against this backdrop, they expect to carry on living like they have been doing and expect others to bring about the change; when this does not happen, they are back in the streets asking for another change.

Are you just seeking change or you want to an agent of change? This book helps us answer this question; let us get it into the hands of as many Nigerian youths as possible. Contact us josephsplaceng@gmail.com

Partout dans le monde, nous entendons les chants de changement et des fois les soient-disant dirigeants de changement sont amenés au pouvoir. Mais ce qui est intéressant est le fait que dans la plupart des cas, plus tôt que ces dirigeants prennent le relais de la gouvernance nous entendons des rumeurs de la même chant qui, parfois, se développent dans un autre bruit. Ma question est, "qu'est-ce que nous nous attendons quand nous demandons pour le changement?" Est-il juste pour voir quelque chose de différent, même si nous ne comprenons pas comment cela va améliorer les choses ou avions-nous vraiment paramètres pour juger de changement? À mon avis, beaucoup de fois les gens veulent simplement se débarrasser du statu quo, ils ne comprennent pas vraiment ce qu'ils veulent. Beaucoup ont rejoint pour demander le changement sans regarder comment ils vont contribuer à ce changement. Dans ce contexte, ils continuent à vivre comme ils l'ont fait et attendent que les autres provoquent le changement; quand cela ne se produit pas, ils sont de retour dans les rues pour demander un autre changement.

MentorAfrica: WE THE CITIZENS...ENGAGING CITIZENS 4 - NOUS LES C...

MentorAfrica: WE THE CITIZENS...ENGAGING CITIZENS 4 - NOUS LES C...: Communication is the main stay for all kinds of relationships and the one between government and the people is no different. When the avenu...

WE THE CITIZENS...ENGAGING CITIZENS 4 - NOUS LES CITOYENS...ENGAGER LES CITOYENS 4

Communication is the main stay for all kinds of relationships and the one between government and the people is no different. When the avenues for communication are not open, mistrust is bred because room is given for assumptions from both sides that are most times not correct. Empowering citizens helps them to communicate with government in such a way that some trust can be established through information dissemination. When battle lines are drawn through improper communication, it often results in protests and violence which normally do not solve the problems. Citizen empowerment is not a fix all solutions to the problems of governance but if relationships are built through exchange of information, trust on both sides can result to openness. Openness on the part of government helps citizens to know what is happening in government and enables government to involve citizens in the affairs through social accountability and budget auditing. This should be an ongoing process not a crisis management issue.

Let's get this book into the hands of as many Nigerian youths as possible.contact us josephsplaceng.gmail.com

La communication est l'élément principal pour tous types de relations et celui entre le gouvernement et le peuple n'est pas différent. Lorsque les voies de communication ne sont pas ouverts, la méfiance est élevé parce qu'on donne lieu aux hypothèses prevenant des deux côtés qui sont la plupart du temps pas correctes. Habiliter les citoyens les aide à communiquer avec le gouvernement d'une manière telle que certains niveaux de confiance peut être établie grâce à la diffusion de l'information. Lorsque les lignes de bataille sont tracées par une mauvaise communication, il en résulte souvent des protestations et des violences qui, normalement, ne résolvent pas les problèmes. Autonomie du citoyen n'est pas une solution à tout aux problèmes de gouvernance mais si les relations sont construites à travers l'échange d'informations, la confiance des deux côtés peut entraîner à l'ouverture. L'ouverture de la part de gouvernement aide les citoyens de savoir ce qui se passe au sein du gouvernement et permet au gouvernement d'impliquer les citoyens dans les affaires grâce à la responsabilité sociale et l'audit du budget. Cela devrait être un processus continu et non un problème de gestion de crise.