This is the concluding part of Bodam’s interview. You can read the first part here, if you haven’t. How do you transition into new jobs? What practices have helped you ramp up quickly and be successful? Ask questions! Understand what success means in that role and for that organization. Draw up a plan for how you can…
Osemhen’s Note: One question I often get from younger women is, “Is it really possible to be a woman with a great job and a mother?” It’s a question that’s guaranteed to get me on my soapbox because it’s often asked with a self-defeating sigh. It speaks to the fact that while young women somewhat…
You know the drill. You’re at a meeting and everyone else just assumes you’ll take notes. You’re asked to arrange lunch for a team meeting. Managers ask you to fetch them coffee, water, even their papers from the printer. There’s a birthday cake in the office, and the task of slicing it up falls on…
Congratulations! A pregnancy kit or your hospital lab has confirmed the news. You’re pregnant. Maybe you’ve been planning and hoping for the Big Fat Positive. Maybe it’s all a bit of a shock. Still, it requires you to make a number of decisions quickly. Who to tell? When to tell? How to organise your home…
How do I get a mentor? It’s one of the most popular questions we get on the blog, and with good reason. Studies show that you’re more likely to meet your career goals, and avoid career-damaging moves if you have someone mentoring and showing you the way. No matter how smart you are, or how…
2. Inappropriate Email Addresses: When the internet arrived and getting emails were a novelty, a lot of people had rather interesting email addresses. Such addresses as ‘gorgeousbaby87@hotmail.com’ were rife. It is important to provide recruiters, potential employers and other professional acquaintances with a simple, standard email address at which they can reach you.
Fix It – Create a different email address for professional purposes. Your first and last names separated by a dot, underscore or hyphen for example, work very well.
These 6 definitive actions will actually make a difference in your work performance because they’re directly linked to a performance outcome.
“You snooze, you lose.” My favourite analogy when it comes to staying abreast of developments in industry is Nokia. Remember those guys? Remember how they dominated the cellphone market? You know what, forget Nokia. What about Blackberry? Remember how Blackberries ruled the world and it seemed like no one would ever topple their reign? And…
Why do some people do better at work than others? How do top performers do less, work better and achieve more? According to Morten T. Hansen, they do it through a profound understanding of “what a person should work on (job design); how the person should improve over time (learning); why a person should exert…
I can imagine the look on my boss’s face as I make the argument for going on leave. Because this is Nigeria. We agree in principle that yes, vacations are good and workers need times for rest. On the other hand, the work pressures make it seem like there’s no good time to go on…
