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National transformation is not a slogan. It is somebody’s Tuesday.

The Institute for National Transformation exists to equip marketplace leaders to transform their spheres of influence through biblical, strategic and practical frameworks. Not by waiting for a national moment - by taking responsibility for the ground already under their feet.

A six-month executive leadership programme equipping marketplace leaders to transform their spheres of influence through biblical, strategic and practical frameworks.

The Oakseed Executive Leadership Course, in one sentence - and the sentence every part of this institute is accountable to.

The model

Everyone already has a sphere of influence

The question is never whether you have one. It is whether you can name it, and whether anything in it is measurably different because you are in it.

Three phases of influence

Influence advances in phases, and honest leaders know which one they are actually in. Your project is scored partly on this.

  1. 01Awareness

    The sphere knows something is wrong, or knows something better is possible. Nothing has moved yet, but the ground is no longer numb.

  2. 02Engagement

    People commit. The work has advocates who are not you, and it survives you leaving the room.

  3. 03Transformation

    The change is structural. It outlives the project, the funding and the person who started it.

Four levels of engagement

And how deep the sphere you touched actually goes. A systemic change is not better than an individual one - but it is not the same claim, and we do not let them be scored as if they were.

  • Individual

    One life changed on purpose, and changed durably.

  • Community

    A group, congregation, workforce or neighbourhood.

  • Institutional

    An organisation's practice, culture or governance.

  • Systemic

    The rules themselves - policy, sector, the way things are done.

Phase of influence and level of engagement are the first two criteria on the project rubric - 40 of its 100 points. They are not abstractions we talk about; they are what you are marked on. See the full rubric.

What we believe

The convictions the programme is built on

These are not decoration. Each one shows up as a design decision somewhere in the course.

  • Biblical, strategic and practical - together

    A mandate without a strategy is a sentiment; a strategy without a mandate is just ambition with a deck. Every framework we teach is anchored to a scriptural mandate and then made operational.

  • Character is load-bearing

    Competence gets you the position. Character decides what happens to everyone else once you have it. That is why History Makers Training is not an optional add-on.

  • The oakseed principle

    An oak is not a bigger acorn - it is what the acorn was always for. We train leaders on the assumption that what is planted in six months is meant to outgrow the person who planted it.

  • Transformation is measured, not felt

    Your project is scored on concrete outcomes, metrics and testimonies. Inspiration that leaves no trace in the world is not what we are here to produce.

  • Nobody disappears from a cohort

    You move with a named class and a named advisor. Attendance is kept for support rather than punishment, and deferment exists because lives do not pause for a syllabus.

  • Cohorts, not enrolments

    You are not buying access to a video library. You join a class that starts together, argues together and stands in front of the same panel.

Who carries a cohort

Four roles stand behind every class

A cohort is not a video library with a forum bolted on. These are the people whose job it is to get you to the panel.

  • Facilitators and reviewers

    They teach the modules, grade your assignments and sit on the panel that scores your project. On HMT they are the human review gate: no score reaches you until a reviewer has confirmed or overridden it.

  • Success advisors

    Your named point of contact for the whole six months. They watch your progress, run your sphere group, and are who you talk to when work, health or money threatens your place on the course.

  • Invigilators

    They run the live sessions and issue the spot-attendance codes. Their record is a support and reference tool - it is never allowed to touch your grade.

  • Administration

    They build the cohorts, review every application personally, confirm payments and issue certificates. They can also unlock a module for a student when circumstances warrant it.

We publish the rubric before you start

The marking grid, the module thresholds, the fee structure and the certificate verification page are all public. A programme that asks you for six months and a quarter of a million naira should be willing to tell you exactly how it will judge you - before you decide, not after.

Read the programme detail

Join a cohort

Bring us the sphere you are already responsible for

You do not need a bigger platform before you start. You need the frameworks, the discipline and a panel that will hold you to what you said you would do.

Module 1 opens free · ₦50,000 commitment deposit · Pay the balance in up to 4 instalments