Mary Eniolu isn’t just transforming leaders; she’s changing lives through leadership that prioritizes understanding people, fostering well-being, and creating long-term success.
Leadership Beyond Skills: Unlocking The Power of People
For Mary Eniolu, leadership development isn’t just about imparting knowledge or teaching technical skills. It’s about truly understanding the individuals within a team, recognizing their unique strengths, and empowering them to reach their full potential. “There is no ‘I’ in team,” she often says, but she adds, “Each team is made up of I’s, and understanding what drives each individual is the key to unlocking the collective power of the team.”
In over 30 years of leadership experience, including over 15 years running her law firm, and more recently in her role as the Founder of Can Do Academy, Mary has seen firsthand the costs of promoting talented individuals into leadership positions without equipping them with the emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills to succeed. Many organizations end up with frustrated leaders and disengaged teams, but Mary’s human-centered approach is helping organizations flip this narrative.
A Vision for Transformational Leadership
Can Do Academy, founded by Mary Eniolu, isn’t your typical leadership development company. It’s a place where deep personal transformation meets actionable leadership strategies. Through her CPD-accredited personal and leadership development programs, Mary helps leaders understand not just their roles, but the people they are leading.
Her methodology goes beyond the basics of leadership. Mary focuses on building cohesive teams, fostering authentic connections, and cultivating a workplace culture where individuals feel seen, heard, and understood. Whether it’s a one-on-one coaching session or a team mastermind group, each program is customized to meet the needs and goals of her clients, ensuring that the learning experience becomes embedded in real change.
“The best leaders know that success doesn’t come from telling people what to do, but from understanding them as individuals and aligning their strengths,” Mary explains.
Tailored Solutions for Real Change
Unlike traditional training providers who offer “off-the-shelf” programs, Can Do Academy tailors every solution to its client’s specific needs. The academy’s offerings include a mix of keynotes, training sessions, workshops, one-on-one and group coaching, peer-to-peer mentoring, and away days, all designed to embed the learning and create lasting transformation.
“We don’t just teach skills; we create transformative experiences,” Mary says. Her focus on embedding learning into the fabric of a team’s daily operations allows her clients to see tangible results, improved communication, stronger collaboration, and enhanced team cohesion.
Mary believes the success of a team isn’t measured by results alone, but by the well-being of the people driving those results. “Performance is important, but well-being is critical,” she explains. By emphasizing sustainable productivity alongside performance, Can Do Academy ensures that leaders and teams can thrive without burnout, creating a lasting foundation for success.
Fostering Sustainable Leadership: Performance Without Burnout
In today’s fast-paced world, it’s all too easy for leaders to burn out in the pursuit of success. But Mary Eniolu believes that true success isn’t about pushing harder, but about working smarter and caring for the well-being of the team.
“Leaders can’t perform at their best if they aren’t also taking care of themselves and their teams,” says Mary. “The key to achieving sustainable productivity and profitability is creating a culture where leaders know how to balance performance with personal well-being.”
Through Can Do Academy’s programs, leaders learn to cultivate this balance by strengthening their team’s resilience and emotional intelligence, ensuring that their people can work at their peak without sacrificing their health or happiness.
The Can Do Academy Impact: Transforming Leaders Across Industries
Mary’s leadership philosophy has impacted countless leaders across industries, including construction, manufacturing, finance, and legal. Clients such as NatWest Bank and Fortune 100 company Dow have turned to Can Do Academy for solutions that unlock potential and drive success. Regardless of industry, Mary’s approach consistently strengthens cohesion, enhances communication, and builds cultures where people thrive and organisations achieve lasting results.
What sets Can Do Academy apart is its focus on the individual within the team. Mary believes that true success is only possible when leaders recognise and harness the unique strengths, motivators, and values of each team member and offers customized solutions that lead to meaningful, lasting change. This focus on individualized attention has transformed the way organizations think about leadership.
Building a Legacy of Empowered Leaders
Mary Eniolu’s journey as a published author, keynote speaker, and award-winning leadership coach has given her the tools and expertise to help transform not just the lives of leaders, but the future of entire organizations. Her passion for leadership, team development, and individual empowerment is evident in every program offered by Can Do Academy.
As a Human Behavior Specialist and certified coach, Mary uses a blend of positive psychology, coaching techniques, and leadership development principles to create solutions that are not just practical but also deeply transformative.
For Mary, leadership is more than a skill to be taught; it’s about creating a legacy of empowered individuals and high-performing teams equipped for sustainable growth.
To learn more about how Can Do Academy can help you or your organization thrive, visit CanDoAcademy.net and follow Mary on LinkedIn or listen to her podcast on Spotify.
