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How Well Positioned is Your Career?
Wherever you are in your career - how well positioned are you?
Beyond technical skills and the obvious of course.
To get a job and keep it, you need more than technical skills.
In October 2019 I was asked to be part of a panel on career positioning in the digital age alongside representatives from the largest banks and financial institutions in Nigeria including Ecobank.
Before the panel, I was given the opportunity to present my thoughts on the most important skills for CFA (Chartered Fin…
What My 2019 Week Looked Like
Since my full-time working for other company days, I have always tried to use themed days. When I worked with a team, I would set aside specific days for different teams and administrative tasks. My team knew I only had HR and people related conversations on Wednesday unless it was urgent. Themed days allow me to keep on top of all recurring parts of my business and different projects. Over the last year, I have tried to do the same. I plan to update my 2020 Week based on my 20/20 Vision.
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20/20 Vision to Reality
2020 is the year in which I'm focusing on Exponential Value and Visibility. A huge part of being able to achieve this is transforming my vision and theme into actionable and achievable goals. You can follow my journey to experience my vision here.
I wanted to quickly share how I take my vision and yearly theme and convert them into actionable goals. After my 20/20 Vision process, I start to map out some of the most important initiatives I will need to take. I really like writing things out s…
Self-Awareness - The Key to Success
One key thing I teach my clients is:
People do things for their own reasons.
Not yours.
If you want to get better at engaging with others, you must first increase your ability to understand your strengths and weaknesses as well as recognize your emotions and the effect they have on you and others.
This is also known as self-awareness, and it is a core component of emotional intelligence.
I wanted to share five resources to help you build your self-awareness in the new year:
- Review your 2…
Investing in Myself for Others
Since 2017 I have invested over $50k into my personal and professional development
So, I was initially shocked (and scared to share this) when I calculated the numbers, but I was really curious and inspired by a coach I have worked with who has done something similar. I invested a little over $25k in mostly coaching and consulting related education and business development if I remove the $30k I spent on my leadership-focused MBA.
So far, I have invested in:
- Therapy
- Astrology/ Numerolog…
An Easy First Step to Build Self-Awareness
Have you ever taken a second to think about what you like and don't like?
Most of us have not and it is a great place to start to build your self-awareness. Once you write down your likes and dislikes you are in a better position to start to find opportunities that align with your preferences.
Download this worksheet to help you get started.
Download What Do I Like? Exercise
The (Current) Tools Behind My Business
I am always rethinking my approach to my work so I can be more productive and effective. I wanted to share the current tools I leverage to get things done. My work is powered by five basic tools:
Mixmax – Time is money. As I have conversations for a living it is important that I have an easy way to allow my clients and potential clients to have access to my calendar. Mixmax also allows me to schedule personalized emails and keep track of who is opening and clicking on links in my emails. Click…
2020 – My Year In Review Practice
I don’t believe in making generic new year resolutions. Instead, I prefer, to reflect on the past: my highs and lows, from which I extract lessons, rate my present state and then envision my future. I use this information to develop a yearly vision and theme. My yearly review practice was inspired by a recording from a platform called The Foundation and I have been doing this consistently over the last four years. It is fun to go back through see the progress I’ve made and what my focus has bee…
3 Things I Kept In Mind While Building A Team From Scratch
How the heck am I going to find people I like? When I was first hired to launch an online platform and build a team around it, I was scared. For the longest time, I had avoided ‘people-related’ issues. I had the chance to select and lead project-based teams and boss around some interns, but I had never built a team that was going to help me succeed in building an online-based startup. Hiring for a startup is difficult enough, but I was hiring for a business based in a country that I hadn't live…
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