Your retirement plan is your future, do not whisk it away, Retirement Planning as an exercise the world over is fraught with many challenges. With insecurities over a lot of payment plans, and the volatile economic situation in Nigeria you need a partner you can trust. Your retirement from work should not mean retirement from… Continue reading How to Transfer your Retirement savings plan to Stanbic IBTC Pension Managers
Category: Personal development
How CEOs Can Lead a Data-Driven Culture
While businesses across the world are trying to make more effective use of data, analytics, and AI, a key impediment is holding many of them back: The lack of a culture that truly values data/analytics capability and the superior decision making that can flow from it. Yet as we’ll describe, it’s possible to create a… Continue reading How CEOs Can Lead a Data-Driven Culture
Training pitfalls: why so much leadership development doesn’t work
Frequently when it comes to leadership and management development, the skills that are described as ‘hard’ are the ones that are the easiest to teach. So many leadership development programmes focus on these ‘hard’ skills, in their content – for example, the models and theories that offer explanations and insights into how people and organisations work. This… Continue reading Training pitfalls: why so much leadership development doesn’t work
Learnt Helplessness and the Nigerian State
In 1965, Martin Seligman and his colleagues were doing research on classical conditioning, or the process by which an animal or human associates one thing with another. In the case of Seligman’s experiment, he would ring a bell and then give a light shock to a dog. After a number of times, the dog reacted… Continue reading Learnt Helplessness and the Nigerian State
How to be Successful -Tyler Perry
Ok so I stumbled on this Inspiring Echos from Tyler Perry http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URWw-DdbewA I hope you are inspired
WATCH: TOP 5 PHONES WITH HIGH RADIATION
If you’re concerned about cell phone radiation, here are the phones to avoid. So cheap may be pocket friendly but what is the price
5 Ways Millionaires Approach Their Careers
Hey, it’s 3:43am in Nigeria and I am excited because I just stumbled on this great piece written by Ken Sundheim on the entrepreneur webpage and I just know you will love it! Enjoy this read: In the majority of cases, it’s not luck that makes people money, nor is it who they know. Rather,… Continue reading 5 Ways Millionaires Approach Their Careers
MOST ENTREPRENEURS DON’T PLAN TO FAIL, THEY FAIL TO PLAN
I periodically read research reports about business failures. I always find them interesting, although often they are depressing. Such as what I recently read. Which was research from Bradley University in Peoria, IL. This research found that 70% to 80% of new businesses fail within their first year. And while this was frustrating enough to… Continue reading MOST ENTREPRENEURS DON’T PLAN TO FAIL, THEY FAIL TO PLAN
Crafting your Elevator Pitch.
We had just gone to say hi to a neighbor who just moved into our area in Lekki Lagos. My wife and I went to say hi and welcome them to the Area with a cute basked of home made cheese cakes. After the Initial pleasantries and settling down to some of the snacks and… Continue reading Crafting your Elevator Pitch.
3 Things Start ups should avoid when talking to investors
People who advise entrepreneurs over a decent chunk of time tend to have the kind of world-weary perspective you’d expect from someone who has seen so many startups succeed or fail. They know what can scupper investment opportunities and turn off potential investors. Wayne Barz manages entrepreneurial programs at Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern… Continue reading 3 Things Start ups should avoid when talking to investors