Yetunde Anibaba
Lagos Business School (LBS).
Faculty’s Field of Research: Analysis of Business Problems, Business Ethics
School: Lagos Business School (LBS).
Faculty’s email address: yanibaba@lbs.edu.ng
Background:
Dr Yetunde Anibaba is a faculty member at Lagos Business School whose work focuses on how leaders make sound decisions and build resilient organisations in environments characterised by uncertainty, disruption, and rapid technological change. Her thought leadership sits at the intersection of leadership, strategic foresight, organisational transformation, and inclusive leadership. She examines how leaders can anticipate emerging trends, frame complex problems effectively, and guide institutions through periods of profound change.
For nearly 20 years, Dr Anibaba has worked with senior executives across sectors, including financial services, healthcare, ICT, FMCG, and energy. Her work addresses leadership challenges that increasingly define today’s business environment: navigating uncertainty, leading transformation, strengthening institutional capacity, and responding to technological and societal shifts. By integrating behavioural insights with strategy and leadership practice, she helps organisations move from reactive decision-making toward more foresight-driven leadership.
In her teaching and executive education engagements, Dr Anibaba focuses on developing leaders who can think systemically, make sound judgments under pressure, and lead responsibly in complex contexts. Participants in her programmes learn to approach leadership not only as a matter of authority or expertise, but as the disciplined practice of making thoughtful decisions that shape institutions and societies.
Her work extends beyond the classroom through initiatives that strengthen leadership ecosystems and institutional effectiveness, including efforts that advance gender inclusion and responsible governance in key sectors of the Nigerian economy.
Dr Anibaba is driven by a commitment to developing leaders and institutions capable of shaping Africa’s future. She believes that foresight-driven leadership, sound judgment, and inclusive values are essential for building organisations that contribute to sustainable economic and societal progress.
Selected Publications
Conference Papers
Anibaba, Y., & Akomode, T. (2016). Thriving in African cities: Beyond competitiveness. Paper presented at the Academy of International Business Sub-Saharan Africa Chapter Annual Conference, Lagos.
Adeleye, I. L., & Anibaba, Y. (2014). Knowledge transfer through expatriation – How do subsidiary employees count? Paper presented at the Academy of International Business Sub-Saharan Africa Chapter Inaugural Conference, Nairobi.
Anibaba, Y., & Adeleye, I. L. (2014). Strategic HRM in Africa: Exploring institutional effects. Paper presented at the 2nd Biennial Africa Academy of Management (AFAM) Conference, Gaborone.
Anibaba, Y. (2014, September). Institutionalization of a paradigm in micro-OB research and its expression in the affect-turnover literature. Paper presented at the 2014 British Academy of Management Conference, Belfast Waterfront, Belfast.
Anibaba, Y. (2013). Knowledge sharing dynamics in professional service firms in Nigeria. Paper presented at the British Academy of Management Conference, Liverpool.
Anibaba, Y., & Adeleye, I. L. (2013). Knowledge sharing in professional service firms in Nigeria – An African perspective? Paper presented at the 3rd International Conference on Management in Africa, Manchester.
Atewologun, D., Adeleye, I. L., Anibaba, Y., & Fawehinmi, Y. (2013). Diversity management in Africa. Paper presented at the 3rd International Conference on Management in Africa, Manchester.
Anibaba, Y. (2012). Interlevel influences on knowledge sharing in professional service firms. Paper presented at the 28th EGOS Colloquium, Helsinki.
Anibaba, Y. (2011). Explaining knowledge sharing in the MNC subsidiary: An individual level perspective. Paper presented at the African Academy of Management (AFAM), San Antonio.
Anibaba, Y. (2010). MNC knowledge transfer through expatriation: How do subsidiary employees count. Paper presented at the Strategic Management Conference, Rome.
Ovadje, F. O., & Anibaba, Y. (2008). The adoption of HRM practices by SMEs and its impact on firm performance. Paper presented at the International Academy of African Business & Development (IAABD), Florida.
Cases
Anibaba, Y. (2016). Slamdex Stores: Strategies and sustainability in uncertain contexts (pp. 12). Lagos: Lagos Business School.
Anibaba, Y. (2015). MWoB: Designing dreams (pp. 7). Lagos: Lagos Business School.
Anibaba, Y. (2015). Burberry: Building a luxury empire (pp. 6). Lagos: Lagos Business School.
Anibaba, Y. (2014). Business in the creeks: Top-Aze Nigeria Limited (pp. 6). Lagos: Lagos Business School.
Anibaba, Y. (2014). Swiftel Nigeria I: Making skills transfer happen (pp. 5). Lagos: Lagos Business School.
Anibaba, Y. (2014). Swiftel Nigeria II: Making skills transfer happen (The aftermath). Lagos: Lagos Business School.
Book Chapters
Osland, A., & Anibaba, Y. (2016). Reinforcing compliance (and ethics) to international business students. In Teaching Ethics Across the Management Curriculum (pp. 11).
Anibaba, Y. (2015). Knowledge transfer through expatriation – How do subsidiary employees count? In The Changing Dynamics of International Business in Africa. Basingstoke & New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Adeleye, I. L., & Anibaba, Y. (2014). Strategic human resources management, labour market efficiency and competitiveness in Africa: Contemporary issues and prospects for the future. In Sonny Nwankwo & Kevin Ibeh (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of African Business and Management. Routledge.