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59. On Building Adult Friendships & How We Met
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Friendships & community have been a recurring theme on my mind this year. How can we live rich lives without rich relationships? In this episode, I have a long-awaited conversation with one of my besties, Kemi Onabanjo - Joseph. In this episode, you'll hear a lot of laughter, reflection, and wisdom, as we take you on a journey. We talk about:
- How we met (how a seemingly insignificant IG moment birthed something bigger than us)
- What is something Kemi is learning this season?
- How we have stayed connected over time despite living on different continents
- How does she make time to stay connected to her wide network and to her closest circle (which is pretty wide)?
- How she thinks about relationships and making room for new friends
- How she has processed and moved forward from friendships grown distant
- Authenticity and vulnerability are superpowers that she has managed to tap into. How is she able to show up and share in this way?
- Looking back on our friendship over the last 5 years, what she is most thankful for (I share what I'm thankful for as well)
- Her best advice for anyone actively looking to find their tribe in this season
Part 2 of the conversation will get into Friendship Money circles! I can't wait to have Kemi back (this year) to finish our conversation!
Kemi will say that she is just a happy child (also someone's mom and wife) who loves life, loves to laugh, loves to dance, loves to travel, loves to stay fit (sometimes), loves work, loves love, and loves Jesus.
Kemi works as an Associate Partner of one of the leading global management consulting firms (McKinsey & Company) in Nigeria. Prior to joining McKinsey, she worked with Zenith Bank and Ericsson (both in Nigeria) across various roles. Kemi holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science from Covenant University and an MBA from INSEAD in France (where she was valedictorian for her class).
Outside of work, she is the President of the Covenant University Alumni Association, a pioneer Mandela Washington Fellow of President Obama’s Young African Leaders Initiative, an Associate of the Nigeria Leadership Initiative, and a pioneer mentee of the WIMBIZ (Women in Management, Business and Public Service) mentoring program. She is a member of the Board of Trustees for HOPE (Helping Other People Excel) and also serves on the board of the Steadfast Love Foundation and Beyond a Curved Spine.
In 2018, she was a Future Awards Africa Nominee in the Professional Service category and was recognized on YNaija’s Power List for Corporate Nigeria. In 2017, she was also recognized as one of the top 100 inspiring women in Nigeria by Leading Ladies Africa. She actively mentors young men and women.
Kemi is a lover of theatre and actively explores the world through travel. Follow Kemi on Instagram here and sign up for her weekly value-packed newslette
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