Book Richard to speak

London, United Kingdom
hello@richardoluyinka.com

The work

Ministry, coaching and the platform

Three distinct services. One underlying method: build the person, and the performance follows.

Congregation with hands raised in worship

01 — Pastoral ministry

Preaching, pulpit exchange and church leadership

Ministry is still the centre of gravity. I preach regularly, accept pulpit invitations internationally, and work with church leadership teams on the unglamorous questions — succession, burnout, governance, and the health of the people carrying the weight.

  • Sunday services & pulpit exchange — single services or full weekend visits
  • Conventions & conferences — plenary preaching for church gatherings
  • Leadership retreats — one to three days with eldership and staff teams
  • Ministerial mentoring — confidential one-to-one support for pastors

I take a limited number of ministry engagements each quarter so that each one gets proper preparation. Enquiries are welcome from churches of any size or tradition.

Richard Oluyinka in a one-to-one coaching conversation

02 — Peak performance & life coaching

For people who are doing well and not living well

Most of my coaching clients are not struggling. They are succeeding — visibly, measurably — and paying for it somewhere they do not discuss. The work is to make the success sustainable and the person whole, in that order.

I work with a deliberately small roster: executives, founders, senior clinicians, clergy and professionals in transition. Sessions run online or in person in central London.

Programme A

The Peak Intensive

Twelve weeks, fortnightly ninety-minute sessions, full diagnostic and a written personal operating plan. The flagship programme — for a specific transition, decision or reset.

12 weeks · 6 sessions Online or London
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Programme B

Executive Retainer

Ongoing monthly coaching with between-session access for leaders who want a steady thinking partner rather than a fixed-term project. Reviewed quarterly.

Monthly · rolling Priority access
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Programme C

Leadership Team Lab

A facilitated programme for senior teams of six to twelve. Individual diagnostics, two group intensives and a shared set of working commitments.

6–12 people On site, worldwide
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The method

How a coaching engagement actually runs

No mystique, no proprietary pyramid diagram. Four stages, repeated until they hold.

Tell the truth about where you are

A long, uncomfortable, entirely confidential first conversation. We map the real situation — not the version you present in meetings. Most clients say more in that ninety minutes than they have in years.

Find the actual constraint

Almost nobody's problem is the one they arrive with. We isolate the single limiting factor — usually a belief, a boundary or an unmade decision — rather than treating six symptoms at once.

Build the architecture

Rhythms, boundaries, decision rules, recovery, and a written personal operating plan you could hand to someone else. This is where inspiration turns into infrastructure.

Hold it under load

New structures fail the first time real pressure arrives. We stay in the work long enough to survive that — reviewing, adjusting and reinforcing until it holds without me.

03 — Seminars & keynotes

Speaking across Africa, Europe and America

I speak roughly thirty times a year at conferences, corporate away-days, church conventions and leadership schools. Audiences from forty to four thousand.

Richard Oluyinka speaking to a large conference audience

Keynote

45–90 minutes. A single, tightly argued talk built around your theme, with a clear takeaway your audience can act on immediately.

Half-day seminar

3–4 hours. Teaching plus structured exercises and facilitated discussion. Best for leadership teams and professional bodies.

Leadership school

2–3 days. A full curriculum with workbooks, cohort work and follow-up. Delivered on site anywhere in the world.

Signature topics

  • The Peak Within: performance from the inside out
  • Leading Without Losing Your Soul
  • Discipline as Devotion
  • The Founder's Interior Life
  • Finishing Well: the long obedience
  • Purpose, Not Just Productivity
  • Rebuilding After the Fall
  • Teams That Tell the Truth

Every talk is adapted to your audience after a briefing call. Bespoke topics welcome.

What organisers receive

  • A briefing call before the event, always
  • Speaker bio, headshots and approved copy
  • Slide deck and AV requirements in advance
  • Optional book signing and Q&A session
  • Post-event resource sheet for attendees

Calendar

Where I will be next

A selection of upcoming public engagements. Private and corporate dates are not listed.

  • 14 Nov 2026 The Peak Within Leadership Summit
    Keynote · Eko Convention Centre, Lagos
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  • 28 Nov 2026 Founders & Faith Breakfast
    Seminar · Shoreditch, London
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  • 22 Jan 2027 West Africa Pastors' Conference
    Plenary · Accra, Ghana
    Details
  • 09 Mar 2027 Leadership School (3 days)
    Full curriculum · Atlanta, USA
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Practicalities

Questions organisers and clients ask

Fees vary by format, location, preparation required and the nature of the organisation. Charities, churches and student bodies are quoted differently from corporate clients. Send the details through the enquiry form and you will receive a clear, itemised quote — no obligation.

Three to six months is comfortable for international dates; UK engagements can sometimes be accommodated at six to eight weeks. The calendar for the following year typically fills between September and November.

Regularly. I work across Africa, Europe and North America, and have spoken in nineteen countries to date. Travel and accommodation are arranged by the host or invoiced at cost, agreed in writing beforehand.

Yes. Roughly two thirds of my coaching clients work with me entirely online, across several time zones. In-person sessions are available in central London by arrangement.

No. My own convictions are not hidden, but coaching clients come from every background and none. The work is shaped around your values, not mine. If you would like faith explicitly integrated into the sessions, say so and it will be.

Completely. Nothing leaves the room, including from organisation-sponsored engagements — sponsors receive confirmation of attendance and progress against agreed goals, never session content. This is set out in writing before we begin.

Ready when you are

Let's talk about your date

Send the brief — theme, audience, format, location. You will hear back from me personally.