https://www.bolanlewo.com/home daily 1.0 2026-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618511387030-5LI1E5QMVTQ2RY9S00A4/20140228_Trade+151_0046+1.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1607638148090-Y6OFDI575CM3NQV732RJ/Large+JPG-Aro+Ha_0387.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847743861-GWVMBPD7Z7WQRQL9IZZ8/Large+JPG-Aro+Ha_0380.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/1658842438596-SBQHTKNA23KKIQHCZK4Y/New_York_Post_logo.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/1658842458624-2KXXY6XPPYFVOZOPPP4V/download.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/1658842478178-QJI2OKTPTAKTICQOCWIU/CrainsNewYorkNameplate2019Red_stacked-2.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/1658842507339-KBNIDGN24SCF13ATWZ5B/2560px-The_Logo_of_The_Washington_Post_Newspaper.svg.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/1658842528327-O63Q89ZP07EOPV6T8HXN/cfo-logo.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/1658842543709-NXO2WT6BY1IYXIBEIFX5/logo-ny.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/1658842581287-IBMQPOZ22JAK05INI85C/Authority-Magazine-Logo.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/1658842625025-DF9E0U83K8NQJSBI0O4C/Building_Design%2BConstruction_logo.svg.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/1658842642509-NP5WT2FB4ORQSLTRH119/jqunuNkcrJCJe02l3wMtaKiDbkrXyQRQXEXpEc0O.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/1658842661575-JGVLX2MDE0ACK9AXQY7I/OracleNetSuite_vert.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/1633316302487-CD4E7KIFIPGRGM6FLW8X/Copy+of+Book+front.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/1635472940121-7I41BZOUT9ZS45C067Q1/_YP_3637.jpg Home - Hello and Welcome! I’m Bolanle. I see clearly. I build boldly. And I believe you can too. I'm your favorite CFO, leader and builder — and I have a gift for walking into any room and finding the clear path forward. I see the potential beneath the surface, the breakthrough that's hiding in the complexity, the next level that is always closer than it looks. And now I use it to ignite possibility in others. For the ones who are ready, you are closer than you think. https://www.bolanlewo.com/terms-of-service daily 0.75 2021-09-22 https://www.bolanlewo.com/contact daily 0.75 2021-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/1632933936095-ZD8ACMQ1OOMWDFB7Q59K/_YP_8211.jpg Contact - Follow my pages on social. @bolanle_hq @shebuildsmoney @shebuildswaves @shebuildslives @reachnigeria https://www.bolanlewo.com/resources daily 0.75 2022-11-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/5cab934f-bb01-420f-aaf4-dab09405ea50/BWOBuild+Boldly+Graphics+%285%29.png Resources - We Build Boldly: In Conversation with Edmund Olotu A 30 minute conversation with Edmund Olotu on Chapter 9 (Your Legacy Starts Now) of Build Boldly. Bolanle will interview Edmund about his career journey and what it means to leave a legacy with his work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/5dbbadd8-a673-484b-aff3-cb324096631d/BWOBuild+Boldly+Graphics+%284%29.png Resources - We Build Boldly: In Conversation with Oluwatosin Olaseinde A 30 minute conversation with Oluwatosin Olaseinde on Chapter 8 (Build Community) of Build Boldly. Bolanle will interview Oluwatosin about her career journey and how individuals can find support and uplift others in their own communities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/37081daa-b618-4c4e-afb4-dfb0ef69cf6f/BWOBuild+Boldly+Graphics+%283%29.png Resources - We Build Boldly: In Conversation With Rion Willard A 30 minute conversation with Rion Willard on Chapter 9 (Your Legacy Starts Now) of Build Boldly. Bolanle will interview Rion about his career journey and how makes new rules with his work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/92b36700-8266-4bd9-b06f-4997851a536f/55.png Resources - We Build Boldly: In Conversation with Shannon Nash A conversation with Shannon Nash on Chapter 10 (How To Be A B.O.L.D. Leader) of Build Boldly. Bolanle will interview Shannon about her career journey and how to integrate BOLD into your leadership. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/db8d8ddf-ef9f-43a5-92cd-063d7697864b/56.png Resources - We Build Boldly: In Conversation with Christian Giordano A 30 minute conversation with Christian Giordano on Chapter 6 (Transparency) of Build Boldly. Bolanle will interview Christian about his career journey and how he's reforming leadership to bring transparency into the workplace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/8cf73d87-1572-4637-8266-a6a0ab52cf5e/BWOBuild+Boldly+Graphics+Omonye.png Resources - We Build Boldly: In Conversation with Omonye Phillips A 30 minute conversation with Omonye Phillips on Chapter 1 (Be Open to Many Paths) of Build Boldly. Bolanle will interview Omonye about her career journey and how being open-minded can help individuals lean into their full potential. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/64f241c9-5f6a-48a5-ad56-4158af466c45/BWOBuild+Boldly+Graphics+%281%29.png Resources - We Build Boldly: In Conversation With Osayi Alile A 30 minute conversation with Osayi Alile on Chapter 7 (Be Generous) of Build Boldly. Bolanle will interview Osayi about her career journey and the value of giving back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/1e9ad95f-f287-4625-8260-f635740ace85/BWOBuild+Boldly+Graphics+Joy.png Resources - We Build Boldly: In Conversation with Joy Mbanugo A 30 minute conversation with Joy Mbanugo on Chapter 4 (Find Your Courage) of Build Boldly. Bolanle will interview Joy about her career journey and how individuals can find courage at work to optimize their full career potential. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/0f0d94b5-cfb2-4400-a20f-e5c5ba107af2/51.png Resources - We Build Boldly: In Conversation With Glory Edozien A 30 minute conversation with Glory Edozien on Chapter 3 (The Power of Visibility) of Build Boldly. Bolanle will interview Glory about her career journey and the value of gaining visibility at work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/8a5f5e72-04cb-45b2-9fd8-237465bf7c72/BWOBuild+Boldly+Graphics.png Resources - We Build Boldly: In Conversation with Griselda Togobo A 30 minute conversation with Griselda Togobo on Chapter 2 (Push Into Your Potential) of Build Boldly. Bolanle will interview Griselda about her career journey and how individuals can optimize their potential in their own careers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/1632869046233-ELSU41AHQUK8MEQ2RXJ7/KWEF-icon-01.png Resources - Kwara Education Futures Summit The Kwara Education Futures Summit, themed: “Securing and Investing in the Next Generation”, an event to engage public and private sector education leaders, thinkers and relevant stakeholders in Ilorin (the state capital), held on the 5th of August, 2021. The summit explored thorough interactive sessions, workshops, talks and exhibitions, the future of education as central to the Kwara State government’s agenda for growth and development. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/1632707205551-P19BZBMVKYPDJ2SU363W/Your+Money+Clique+%281%29.png Resources - YourMoneyClique Personal finance resource by Bolanle to help you grow your money through: Savings challenges. Finance tools. Financial expert sessions. https://www.bolanlewo.com/privacy-policy daily 0.75 2021-09-22 https://www.bolanlewo.com/about daily 0.75 2026-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/1641335512682-V7HUI7QKDYPB1M9SRYVJ/Book+on+chair.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/1632939140583-2J83WLWY4BO8N3B6WQL0/_YP_9160.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/3c9261c2-d021-4860-ba74-f1f5e9f3aae3/_YP_2995.jpg About - About Bolanle I Build Structures Designed to Last. Financial. Operational. Human. I spent nearly two decades going deep. Building expertise layer by layer inside some of the most complex, design-driven, and mission-led organizations in New York and beyond. Finance. Operations. Leadership. I learned what it means to hold the financial architecture of an organization — to be the person who sees the full picture when no one else can. At firms like Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and HLW, I learned precision and discipline. At Mancini Duffy — a 100-year-old architecture and design firm — I served as Chief Financial Officer and Partner, steering transformative growth, corporate restructuring, and acquisitions that positioned a historic institution for its next century. But somewhere in those two decades, something shifted. I realized that depth, as powerful as it is, was never meant to stay in one place. The clarity I had spent twenty years building — the ability to translate complexity into decisions, numbers into narrative, vision into execution — that gift was meant to travel. Meant to reach further. Meant to impact not one organization but many. That realization changed everything. It is why I now partner with founders, boards, and leadership teams as their CFO and Executive Operating Partner — bringing that same depth to growth-stage organizations at the moments that define what they become next. It is why I created Finance Clearly — to make CFO-level insight accessible to every bold business leader who deserves to see their numbers clearly and build with intention. And it is why I show up on stages, in workshops, and in deeply personal conversations to ignite the kind of clarity that changes the trajectory of a person's life. Across every chapter of my work, I build structures — financial, operational, and human — designed to last. https://www.bolanlewo.com/book daily 0.75 2026-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/8def94ef-610a-4ff2-9ce3-66b8fc3d782b/_YP_3610.jpg Book - The Time is Now To Craft Your Playbook for Success. Most people spend their careers waiting - for the right moment, the right title, the right permission. Build Boldly is the book that ends the waiting. Whether you feel stagnant in your career, uncertain about your next move, or ready to lead in a way that actually reflects who you are - this book was written for you. It is practical, personal, and deeply honest about what it really takes to build a bold career on your own terms. When you read this book, you will: Embrace your authenticity and have the courage to show up fully as yourself Open your mind to new ways of thinking, working, and seizing opportunities Leave limiting beliefs behind, bet on yourself, and act on your career dreams Build meaningful relationships and lift others as you rise Lead boldly, challenge the norm, and create environments where great people thrive Praise & Reviews “This incredible book holds the key to learning how to take risks and lead with courageous confidence. I want to be bold like Bolanle, and I know you will too.” — Meaghan B Murphy, Editor in Chief of Woman’s Day and author of Your Fully Charged Life: A radically simple approach to having endless energy and filling every day with YAY “Bolanle generously breaks down her remarkable journey into a ‘playbook’ that readers will reference time and again. Whether it’s your business, career or personal life, Build Boldly will inspire you to consider what success looks like for you and immediately get to work!” — Ugonna Ibe-Ejiogu, Creative Director, Cinnamon Lagos “Build Boldly provides the reader with a clear narrative, outstanding practical to-dos and a level of personal encouragement that is not often found in traditional leadership material. Bola has illuminated BOLD in a way that the reader can’t help but jump up and move forward!” — Ted Maziejka, Consultant “In this honest and open book, Bolanle Williams-Olley creates a judgment-free zone where one can be truly reflective of one’s career journey and milestones so far, and get practical advice and tools to excel, starting from the job interview phase and throughout one’s career. No work situation is perfect, and Williams-Olley uses her own experiences to show us how we too can not only survive our career, but expertly navigate different organizational cultures, build relationships and make bold moves to accomplish every goal we set for ourselves, and thrive. Every nugget in this book is gold, and you will find yourself bookmarking pages and returning to read them over and over again.” — Odichinma Akosionu, MPH, PhD candidate—University of Minnesota School of Public Health https://www.bolanlewo.com/press daily 0.75 2022-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618497259178-6XJGK9GR6YAVBQL5L519/20140301_Trade-151_012-2.jpg Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1607694583486-2PQT0LQ193RL7MCB6DX4/20140228_Trade+151_0046.jpg Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1607694644871-IC85FNH781UNZSZEGHDR/Aro+Ha_0428.jpg Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1607638148090-Y6OFDI575CM3NQV732RJ/Large+JPG-Aro+Ha_0387.jpg Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1607638406043-4OUUOA875IR9MQALQBIU/Aro+Ha_0638-lrager.jpg Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847743861-GWVMBPD7Z7WQRQL9IZZ8/Large+JPG-Aro+Ha_0380.jpg Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/1637169403172-AGODVW6FFJ13D7FS2H82/BOA_Logo_Black-1.png Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/1658503573400-IDVTOPNP6ZNUV2Q0BRVP/OracleNetSuite_vert.png Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/1658503601848-0IGLZWSK9TQG3UJ3GA62/logo-ny.png Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/1658503658089-YCZ79MVHL93PBAF6Z35Z/download.png Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/1658503867214-TCFY5OCRPN9WZFBO2HNS/189-1894635_thrive-global-png-thrive-global-logo-png-transparent.png Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/1658503890948-OD5IQDHFJDQCKQI0BZQO/CrainsNewYorkNameplate2019Red_stacked-2.png Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/1658503913313-5I2KW3YWXL0IT0RHK897/2560px-The_Logo_of_The_Washington_Post_Newspaper.svg.png Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/1658504102667-EGYRGMIQPRV7HJ2L8C5M/Authority-Magazine-Logo.png Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/1658504125284-616K3FIM4DTY4T8Q7F5B/New_York_Post_logo.png Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/1658504364453-74X7EE467UGTL538BO8C/Building_Design%2BConstruction_logo.svg.png Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/1658504407762-SZS6OEUCZB5C1T8T4SFM/EntreArchitectSiteHeader800.png Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/1658504558061-K8O1ZVQI3D5RAO3Y6XIU/BOA_Logo_Black-1+%282%29.png Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/1658504717173-23VI5XTGQZGKFK7IW179/jqunuNkcrJCJe02l3wMtaKiDbkrXyQRQXEXpEc0O.png Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/1658515205704-I2E8X4UZ6E0PGBMXXJN7/Screen-Shot-2022-01-24-at-7.19.35-PM.png Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/1658515229427-M2FCDU4KAVC14DEIY209/DIGaJ10q_400x400.jpg Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/1658515252850-WOH3IVPY0C07SEX6EK5D/cfo-logo.png Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/1658515334661-T3IEB3VBVD7J33F0AQV9/1200x600wp.jpg Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614b10e8d8b60656bae89045/a65c4288-da53-4290-a96f-b300685b7305/_YP_3200.jpg Press Publication & Podcast Features