Elvis C. Umez

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About Elvis C. Umez

Leadership strategist, mentor and author, based in Colchester, United Kingdom.

Elvis C. Umez, hands clasped, in a studio portrait against a warm brown background

Biography

Builder of people, purpose and organisations

Elvis C. Umez is a leadership strategist, mentor and the author of more than thirty books on leadership, purpose and personal development. He is the Founder of Life Assess Limited, whose Evolve365 framework and app help individuals and organisations identify and develop their potential, and he is based in Colchester, United Kingdom.

Born and raised in Aba, Nigeria, he holds a Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He has served as Pioneer Leader of the PDL Hub and as Lead Consultant of IDB Consult. Through teaching, mentoring and consulting, he helps people discover their purpose and lead from within.

His books include Life Alignment; Finding Your Purpose, which introduced his 10 Purpose Portrait Archetypes; Transform to Lead; Leading Yourself: Understanding Personal Leadership; and Discovering Your Leadership Potential. He is also the author of Pioneering Leadership and The Pioneer Leader’s Daily Guide (2025). To learn more, take the Evolve365 assessments at e365.app.

Purpose

The 10 Purpose Portrait Archetypes

In Finding Your Purpose, Elvis introduced his 10 Purpose Portrait Archetypes: a way for people to recognise how they are made and the kind of contribution they are built to make.

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Ventures

What he builds

Life Assess Limited

The company

The company Elvis founded, based in Colchester. It runs Evolve365 and TalentFit HR. UK company number 16293032.

Evolve365

For individuals and organisations

A framework and app offering assessments, tailored learning paths and progress tracking to help individuals and organisations identify and develop their potential.

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TalentFit HR

For organisations

For organisations: personality and role-fit assessments, growth paths and an HR dashboard.

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Writing

Letters and newsletters

Dear Leader: leadership common sense, every morning

A daily letter by Elvis C. Umez

Leadership common sense, every morning

A free daily leadership letter by email, in your inbox at 06:00 UK time from 1 December 2026. Every letter opens the same way:

“Dear Leader, It should be Leadership Common Sense: …”

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Weekly on LinkedIn

Purpose, Leadership, Potential

Elvis’s weekly newsletter on LinkedIn.

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