My Thoughts On Attending Events

My Thoughts On Attending Events

Everything of significance that will happen to you in life, will happen with or through someone else, not alone. A friend called me up to get my opinion on her thoughts around attending conferences and training events. She said she noticed she had lost interest and...
Layoffs

Layoffs

With layoffs hindsight has 202:20 vision. It’s easier to assert after the event that a company grew too quickly but is this always the case? Wasn’t the hiring done to meet real demand? Should short term opportunities be forgone for long term stability?...
Gender Equality In The Workplace

Gender Equality In The Workplace

Yesterday, I was told I was hitting below the belt. I could see some people weren’t comfortable with some of my assertions as I spoke at a conference on Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. Important messages are not always easy but they need to be...
HR Bootcamp Story Epilogue

HR Bootcamp Story Epilogue

And just when I thought the story updates were over, Lanre sends me this message. Life indeed is a full of twists. In Shakespeare words. “All the world is a stage, and all the men and women merely players.” This is real life, not Netflix yet life remains...
HR Bootcamp Story Epilogue

HR Bootcamp Part 7

Spoiler Alert: Only proceed after reading the first 6 parts of this series, else you would be reading the end first and miss out on the build up. Some important updates since 2009: Lola Esan is now a partner at EY. All the speakers are now at the pinnacle of their...