Lola Bakare

“I’ve had the opportunity to work with Lola over the last few months, and I can’t say enough about how much her coaching has positively impacted my marketing career. Lola inspires you to paint a new vision, she kindles the embers of potential deep inside and accelerates your growth through action. While there are many “Top Voices” on LinkedIn, I was drawn to Lola’s unique POV and how she used her voice to encourage critical thinking and debate around important issues that have become so comfortable to ignore. Her “Responsible Marketing” philosophy urges brands to hold themselves accountable to a higher bar in their products, communications and societal impact. This is an especially poignant call to action for marketers who are at the helm of brand strategy and activation. Lola’s impact extends well beyond words. I received tremendous value from her coaching engagement: 1. Pushing me to aim higher AND also dig deeper to create the right goals for me: We started with a visioning exercise to imagine the future career I want and the brands that inspire my creativity. Those are the ones i need to aim for and not settle. Once I created the vision, we started the work on the inside. Digging the roots on the inside to remove the debris, weeds and stagnation that hold me back from achieving the vision I created for myself. This Inside work was the most challenging part, but also the most fulfilling. Removing the blinders, assumptions, limitations, barriers that have been placed on me by others and myself. The work empowered me to see myself with a new lens, created clarity about what I'm capable of and fueled an urgency to take actionable steps to achieve those goals. 2. Holding me accountable: Lola has experience working with and coaching CMOs across the world, so she knows what it takes to be impactful. She held me accountable to do the work to achieve my goals and supported me every step of the way. 3. Connecting me with her network: Lola personally introduced me to her network and also encouraged me to proactively reach out to other marketing leaders on LinkedIn. 4. Ongoing support: Lola is the full package. Not only the scheduled coaching sessions, it's like having a 24/7 coach in your pocket. She is always a text away, for quick hit ideas, brainstorming, marketing interview prep, brand positioning questions. Name it, she’ll partner with you to tackle. 5. Lastly, Lola is a good human with a truly infectious joy and passion for marketing and branding. She is a wise, practical, wicked smart human who lives her life with purpose. She understands the art and science of marketing inside out, understands customer insights, cultural trends and also knows how to drive business outcomes – all from a place of authenticity. If you’re looking for a coach that can rekindle and accelerate your marketing career - look no further. Lola will inspire and support you to achieve your career goals. And you’ll gain a friend along the way. Priceless.”

“Lola is a highly accomplished and influential thought leader. She led a C-suite conversation at our most elite annual event, The State of the Story Summit, and completely knocked it out of the park before an audience of CMO's from leading brands. Her sharp insights, presentation quality and marketing savvy were unmatched --and the audience felt her passion throughout the conversation. I highly recommend working with Lola, or booking her as a speaker.”