Peter Adeleke, a Nigerian author and Guinness World Record holder for the longest leadership marathon lesson, embarked on a multi-city leadership and business tour across the United States and Lagos, Nigeria to equip emerging leaders and business owners with practical leadership skills.
In Lagos, the tour held at the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries International on December 6 drew in up to a thousand participants, including executives, entrepreneurs, professionals, students, and creatives.
Following the session, several copies of Adeleke’s book, “Born to Lead, Called to Serve” were sold.
In the U.S., Adeleke visited Maryland and Washington, D.C. The Baltimore session on November 15 had up to 250 virtual attendees and over 40 in-person participants from diverse industries. The Washington, D.C. session on December 12 hosted 80 participants.
“Many businesses and organisations do not fail due to lack of talent or opportunity, but because leadership capacity was never intentionally developed,” he said. For Adeleke, leadership is foundational infrastructure for sustainable growth.
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He said His goal was to help individuals, leaders, and businesses “close the gap between their capacity and potential, enabling maximised performance and exponential growth.” Adeleke positions leadership education as a shared responsibility with public consequences.
“When leaders are not equipped early, societies eventually pay the price through organisational failure, social instability, and stalled innovation,” he said.
Through the tour, Adeleke sought to demonstrate that leadership training, when practical and widely accessible, can strengthen organisations, empower individuals, and drive social and economic development.
As his sessions were free, Adeleke said he measured success by proving that leadership education has real market value when it is relevant and accessible.
