How to Be a Great Employee
3rd November 2017
Sigh! Somehow we keep coming back to this question; a question whose answer is intuitive enough to reveal itself. For the avoidance of doubt, I am happy to discuss it. What does it mean to be a good employee? In the simplest terms: Adhere to company rules and regulations: this is your company’s definition of … Continue reading How to Be a Great Employee
Hope, What it Feels Like Celebrating 57 Years of Independence
3rd October 2017
Nigeria just celebrated 57 years of independence and as with Independence Day celebrations, we got a public holiday, or bank holiday in other climes. Yippee! Of course, celebrations usually bring about reflections; some of these reflections good, and others bad. The political analysts mostly had bad ratings; there were complaints around the President’s speech– oh we … Continue reading Hope, What it Feels Like Celebrating 57 Years of Independence
Inertia… To do or not to do
28th September 2017
This is a little story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought that Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done. The story of everybody, … Continue reading Inertia… To do or not to do
Solving Nigeria’s Talent Gap Crisis: UnoCasa Launches Future Business Leaders Programme (FBLP)
13th September 2017
UnoCasa, a leading Lagos based Human Resources firm, has launched a competitive placement programme, Future Business Leaders Programme, FBLP, to support enterprise in meeting their growth through fulfilling their talent strategy. FBLP pre-selects, skills and matches high performing undergraduate talent with enterprise year on year in a progressive programme that provides exposure, learning, internships and … Continue reading Solving Nigeria’s Talent Gap Crisis: UnoCasa Launches Future Business Leaders Programme (FBLP)
Job Seekers and NYSC as Education
7th July 2017
As HR Practitioners, we tested the recruitment waters early in our business and we quickly “definitely” decided it was not a business we wanted to explore. However, as our business continues to grow, we have come to recognise that recruitment is a specialty we have to provide to our customers, should we deliver the value we … Continue reading Job Seekers and NYSC as Education
Much Ado about Purpose
There is an all important question which plagues many a sage, across many an age, yet there is no clear methodology to discovery. Why then do we even bother? However, man’s curious nature will not allow him (or her) to rest until there are answers to questions raised and since existence is linked to purpose, … Continue reading Much Ado about Purpose
Job Seekers and NYSC as Education
14th March 2017
As HR Practitioners, we tested the recruitment waters early in our business and quickly and definitely decided it was not a business we wanted to explore. However, as our business continues to grow, we have come to recognise that recruitment is a specialty we have to provide to our customers should we deliver the value … Continue reading Job Seekers and NYSC as Education