I think that one of the reasons we don’t have too many large corporations in Africa is because business owners hire people that they are smarter than. They hire people who depend on them to function. It simply means they are doing their job and that of their supposed employees. An expert will generate more…
Many leaders do predictable things because they don’t have the courage to do new things. They are scared of the unknown, so they choose to fall in love with the known. But you can’t move from the backline to the frontline unless you are willing to take action and confront the fears that want to…
Any time I encourage Christians to take politics serious some people think I am no longer spiritual. Why? Because they believe that politics is too dirty. The problem with this idea is that we don’t understand that as long as we live on earth, we must abide by both spiritual laws and natural laws. That you are a prayer…
One of the debates that leaders engage in whenever they meet is whether they should focus on people’s weaknesses or build on their strengths. Some people are of the opinion that good leaders should focus on people’s strengths and utilize them. Others argue that leaders should help people to overcome their weaknesses. But I stated in…
No matter how you look at it, the apprenticeship scheme among Igbos lifted many families out of abject poverty. It is a system whereby the rich takes the poor along with him to the city, teach him how to run a particular line of business for five or seven years, and then give him seed…
Jean-Jacques Rousseau said, “When the people shall have nothing more to eat, they’ll eat the rich”. Have you noticed that anytime there is civil unrest in Lagos, people troop out to Lekki Epe expressway and disrupt vehicular movements, loot shopping malls and some neighborhoods? The reason is simple: there are poor neighborhoods near or right…
The greatest leader ever lived on earth is Jesus Christ. He called twelve ordinary men to serve with Him. Some were fishermen, others tax collectors. He trained and mentored these men for over three years, and handed the ministry over to them. Over two thousand years later, the impact of those men is evergreen! They…
Groupthink is a major force that hinder people from becoming all they were wired to be in life. In fact, a good number of people deposited the greatness in them at the cemetery because they chose to follow the crowd. Someone shared a story that triggered this discussion few days ago. He went to get…