Getting Performance Management Right

So, performance appraisals make performance worse, and the process is so time consuming that the costs outweigh the benefits. These are some...

Are you remote work ready?

Many people want to work remotely and enjoy the perks of flexibility. Getting the remote job is not the issue, keeping it is. Someone narrated...

I Always Felt Ahead Of My Time…… It’s Good & It’s Bad

I have always felt ahead of my time...it's good and it's bad... It's good when it innovates It's bad because when everyone is ready, I am...

Who was the 9 to 5 designed for?

A few years before the pandemic, I was recruiting for a head of HR role. I had headhunted the candidate, so I was selling. The company, the...

The Job Market Is Too Risky To Put All Your Eggs

For a few years now, I have probably sounded like a voice in the wilderness. But this will not be the first time I am flying solo on firm...
My Year 2020 Christmas Message

My Year 2020 Christmas Message

There's something my mother has been saying this year, 'onye si ka o ka ya njo, o ka ya njo' It translates as 'anyone who says their problem is the worst, will experience the worst. It's all about perspective and mindset. You see, let no man deceive you, we all have...

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Monday Motivation

Monday Motivation

If the mountain seems too big today, then climb a hill instead. If the morning brings you sadness, it’s okay to stay in bed.   If the day ahead weighs heavy and your plans feel like a curse, there’s no shame in rearranging, don’t make yourself feel worse.  ...

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Special Edition: HR Bootcamp Conference 2020

Special Edition: HR Bootcamp Conference 2020

Hiya, How are you doing? I hope well, most importantly, I pray you are alive? I have procrastinated writing this message because I couldn't decide on the appropriate approach. A very eventful year 2020 has been. One I like to describe as three years in one. For the...

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Blame Game: Employer vs Employees

Blame Game: Employer vs Employees

There is a bashing behaviour I have noticed by employees in Nigeria everytime employer issues are raised particularly in the context of indigenous firms. People are quick to castigate business owners. Saying how most of them do not care, treat them badly, are wicked,...

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Why People with Depression Don’t Talk

Why People with Depression Don’t Talk

Isn't it obvious why people with depression don't talk? How many people listen? Who wants to talk and have their feelings downplayed? Asides your immediate family, if you are lucky, most people do not care, they are caught up in their own issues. If you really want to...

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There are no Failures, Only Lessons

There are no Failures, Only Lessons

At the end of the day, people will advise you and be on their way. You are left with executing. Do not take advise from people then execute. Remember that no one understands your circumstances more than you do. Take extra time to analyse the consequences of their...

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Managers will always Earn More

Managers will always Earn More

There's a remark I hear often by people earlier on in their careers, it borders around the feeling that their manager doesn't do much work or doesn't know how to do the work as well they do, but undeservedly earns more. First of all, let me set this record straight....

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Starting a Business

Starting a Business

A lot of people think you need lots of cash to start a business, you don't. You need lots of sense and it has been this way for a while, more so since the advent of the internet. Most services based businesses like consulting and training require knowledge, expertise,...

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Gifted Minds

Gifted Minds

When I was growing up, I can't remember how young now but before the age of 10. Whenever I would look look up into the light or just stare in space, I would see what looked like bubbles in the air falling through. Sometimes the objects would look exactly like bubbles...

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