About Me

Some of Dr Adebayo's Clients

Objective

To add value, motivate change and create impact.

Description

Wellness Coach, Management Consultant, Social Entrepreneur, Facilitator, & Life-long Learner

Brief Profile

Management consultant, life coach, wellness Coach, social entrepreneur, facilitator, & life-long learner, Dr. Gbenga Adebayo is a graduate of Medicine from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-ife. He is the CEO of Livinghealth International, Nigeria’s premier Health and Wellness Solutions Company.

He has over 10+ years experience in delivering training solutions and serves as a consultant on Health and Wellness Solutions, Leadership, Customer Relationship Management, Marketing and Selling (Cross-selling and up-selling) as well as Soft-People Skills to many organisations and government parastatals.

His consultancy and training clientele consists of firms in the Oil and Gas, Financial, Advertising, Educational, Consulting, and Health Safety & Environment (HSE) sectors as well as Faith Based Organizations and Public Institutions. Some of these organizations include Federal Ministry of Health, Lagos State Ministry of Health, Nigeria Ports Authority, Nigeria Prison Service, Procter & Gamble West Africa, Amadeus International, BOC Gases, Insight Communications and Caleb University to name but a few. Dr Adebayo is passionate about helping organizations and institutions bridge the divide and find the connection between health and productivity.

He was an inaugural member of the governing council of the Emergency, Crisis, and Risk Management Institute of Nigeria one of the largest aggregation of poffesionals in the HSE industry In Nigeria. He is the Editor of the global engagement website for the International Union for Health Promotion and Education with headquarters in Geneva.

Dr. Adebayo was the Senior Project Director of the Lekki Center of the Federal Government of Nigeria Niger Delta Amnesty Program’s Entrepreneurship Development Program from 2012- 2014 where he led the training and empowerment of hundreds of young men and women on how to start and run a business.

He is creator and host of the 1st online Pidgin English educational health show, the well acclaimed “Area Doctor”. He also hosts Health 101 (http://youtube.com/user/TheLivinghealthTv/).

An accomplished author, Dr Adebayo is a columnist for several magazines as well as national newspapers and also runs a blog.

He is married and blessed with children.

 

Some Developed and Delivered Training Courses

Johari Window for Self Development: Nigeria Niger Delta Amnesty Program’s Entrepreneurship Development Program.

Hitting the ground running- Understanding Entrepreneurship: Institute for Entrepreneurial Development

Food Handlers Training Workshop :Nigeria Prison Service

Preventing Infectious Diseases :CNDOC Nigeria Limited(Upstream Operators)

Preventing Sudden Death (Crash Course on Chronic Diseases) : Amadeus Nigeria

Eating For Life : Alpha Mead Facilities and Management Services Limited

Adding Years to Your Life :Aquitane Oil &Gas, Erhiatake Property Development Company ,Law Students’ Society Ife, Federal Ministry of Health

Preventing Cancer : Federal Ministry of Health, O’la-Kleen Group

Managing Organizational Stress : Schlumberger,  Procter & Gamble, Promoworld, Infinity Royal, Verdant Zeal

Worklife Balance : Insight Communications, Promoworld, Verdant Zeal

Stress Management for Busy Executives: National Judicial Institute, WAPIC Insurance, Intercontinental Bank, Integrated Microfinance Bank, Halogen Seccurities Nigeria Limited

Time Management: Power Holding Company of Nigeria, Jakin NGO, LIRS

Leadership: Intercontinental Bank, Integrated Microfinance Bank, Power Holding Company of Nigeria, Nigeria Ports Authority

Managing Meetings: Jakin NGO, Integrated Microfinance Bank

Communication : Verdant Zeal, Promoworld, Halogen Seccurities Nigeria Limited

Motivating and Influencing People : Power holding Company of Nigeria, Royhill Realties Limited

Promoting Health: ARM Investment Managers, Nextzon Business Services, O’la-Kleen Group of companies

Living Effectively: SAGE Consortium

Work Ethics: National Judicial Institute

The Minister and His Health: Global Impact Church, Baptist College of Theology and Seminary, SONEA International Ministers’Conference

Self Development: Intercontinental Bank

Selling & Marketing: Integrated Microfinance Bank, Dangote Group, AIICO

Strategy: Occupational Health and Safety Managers, FCSL, GTAssure

Emotional Intelligence: Promoworld, Royhill Investment, Anglican Diocese of Ogorimagongo

Dealing with Difficult People: Airflow Engineering Limited , LASG, Nigeria Ports Authority, LIRS

Selling Your Ideas To Top Management: Lagos State Water Corporation, Royhill Realties Limited

Key Elements of a Winning Strategy: Lagos State Water Corporation

Dealing with Gatekeepers: Airflow Engineering Limited,FCSL

 

Key Facilitator for major Consulting Firms

SWL Consulting, Global Outsourcing Services, Wellness Outfit, Evaline Consulting, African Renaissance Consulting, Vicabim Consults, Domino Information Company Limited

Facilitate Major Retreats and National Health Programs

Involved in planning and execution of major retreats for 2 government paratatals as well as National Health Campaigns for the Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria

Others

o Conceived, Started and run Nigeria’s premier Health Promotion Company

o Concieved Nigeria’s First Web Health Portal

Education

Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Osun State

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery MBChB

Federal Government College Odogbolu, Ogun State

SSCE Certificate 

Current Positions Held

• Livinghealth International, Lagos, Abuja (Nigeria)

Chief Executive Officer

A Limited Liability company with a vision of promoting health and wellbeing as well as increasing health literacy in the populace through:

o High Value Health Solutions

o Seminars and workshops

o Mass media

o Concerted intervention efforts

• Emergency, Crisis, and Risk Management Institute of Nigeria

Member, Governing Council

o Institute with over 600 professional members

o Member of the Education and Manpower Development as well as the Finance and General Purpose Committees

• Views of Health Promotion Online (http://www.vhpo.net)

Editorial Assistant

o Views of Health Promotion Online (VHPO) is the online dialogue tool of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE).

o Manage Dialogue Streams on various topics

• In His Light Magazine; SAGE Magazine; Exceed Magazine; Infinity Magazine

Columnist

o Popular periodical magazines produced by independent publishers

• “Healthy Moments” on Africa Independent Television

Consultant & Feature Guest

o Weekly health show on the national network of Africa Independent Television

• “My Doctor and I” on MetroFM (Radio Nigeria)

Consultant & Feature Guest

o Weekly health show on the national radio network of MetroFm (Radio Nigeria)

Professional Memberships

• Nigeria Medical Association

• International Union for Health Promotion and Education

• Emergency, Crisis, and Risk Management Institute of Nigeria

Publications

• Blessings of Pain

o 70 paged self-published and self-marketed book with innovative catchy drawings and poems and full colour glossy cover with standard printing and binding

o Over a thousand five hundred copies sold and still counting

• A Case for Health Promotion

o A case for health promotion Gbenga Adebayo Global Health Promotion December 2010 17: 65-68,

Passion and Interests

Writing, Leadership, Management, Health Advocacy, Health Promotion, Health Education, Public speaking

Personal

Married with two children

24 comments

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    • Dr ekundayo oladeji, family medicine regitrar, BUTH on July 18, 2011 at 5:54 pm
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    I love this. God is ur strenght. The sky will infact give way.

  1. Liking this cool site. Weldon!

    1. Thank you 🙂

    2. Thank you

    • adeyemi ilugbuhi on July 25, 2011 at 2:56 pm
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    EGA!, your site is good keep it up, FEGO would be proud, do u have time to practise? … great job, u are inspiring.

    1. Thank you for the kind words. 🙂

  2. “What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.” Keep it up Pastor EGA

    1. Thank you. Nice proverb 🙂

    • Wale Onajoko on July 28, 2011 at 7:47 am
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    Good work Dr. Adebayo. Keep it up. You are good!

    1. Thank you for the kind words. Best regards

    • Nnaemeka on August 2, 2011 at 12:00 am
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    This is lovely. This is excellent. This is inspirational. God bless you, Sir.

    1. Dear Nnaemeka, Thank you for the kind words

    • Akiode A. Akinkunle on August 19, 2011 at 1:37 am
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    Baba! E Kuuse, Welldone. I am not surprised because this has always been in you. Move on………….

    1. Thank you for the kind words

    • Yemisi Makinde Morakinyo on October 16, 2011 at 6:45 pm
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    The sole purpose of being alive is to impact the world. You have done well and newer heights awaits you.
    God bless you.

    • Yetunde W. Olagbuji on October 28, 2011 at 2:59 pm
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    My friend of long standing, this is good. More grease to your elbow.

    • blessing on February 19, 2012 at 4:54 pm
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    This is really a nice profile,and it is really tailored to my career path. I am a young graduate and will appreciate it if you will be mentor

    1. Thank you for your kind words. I have sent you a mail. All the best

    • mojisola oyelowo on April 29, 2014 at 6:47 am
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    Keep up the good work sir!
    We’d appreciate a more interactive website that we can register, get regular newsletters, updates of ur trainings/workshops/seminars,etc

    Warm regards sir.

    1. Thanks for the kind words. Will work on your suggestions. Hope you’ve subscribed for updates? Expect more 🙂

    • Emaimo on May 7, 2014 at 6:26 pm
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    Well done Dr. Its well with you sir.

    • Dr 'Wale Oyerinde on March 16, 2015 at 8:43 pm
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    Well done Doc, the Lord is your strength as you continue to be a teacher.

    1. Thank you for the kind words.

        • cher sheri on April 27, 2015 at 3:29 am
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        Good work EGA..keep it up am so proud of you.

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