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All GENIUSES who have / had ever existed had a CURIOUS mindset. Their quest for ingenuity propels them to ask questions  One of the essential skills for career success is CURIOUSITY Being curious involves asking questions more often than the average the person would. Curiosity is a mental state or mindfulness and can be developed. Curiosity gives birth to INNOVATION & CREATIVITY. Sometimes it is misconstrued by people as being intrusive, nosey or a plain busy body. However, this is a wrong assumption; rather, it is a powerful mindset tool to bring out ingenious ideas for problem solving. Asking questions broadens one’s mind into putting all the responses and conjectures together, analysing them, with the aim of arriving at a logical conclusion or solution. One which is based on objectivity from the collected data. It all comes together, right? So, wouldn’t you rather be a curious person? Albert Einstein was curious and he became a GENIUS Geniuses are brought to the fore based o...

 Don’t just answer questions in an interview. Ask these questions too!! 📌 How the role fits into the grand scheme of things in the organization. 📌 What are the immediate wins the employer would like to see from the job holder?  Asides the fact that these questions show your enthusiasm to know more about the role and possible job expectations, it also places you on the top priority shortlist of the employer / recruiter. On a personal level, asking any of these questions prepares you ahead of time to decide on whether you have the 👇🏻 1.      requisite skill set to deliver on the job expectations 2.      assists you to negotiate a befitting pay for the job 3.      assess the interviewer’s reply on openness and honesty and lastly, 4.      the interviewer’s response enables you to determine whether to accept the job offer or not if selected. The employer's mission is to get the most out of the candidates during intervi...

 

Before you criticize, judge, or condemn that staff or issue out the PIP document, please, first consider any of these possibilities: Could this person be a victim of their past experiences which has shaped their present behaviour? Could they be experiencing job burnout due to an enormous workload and ambiguous performance delivery expectations from their employer? Are they having personal challenges that may be affecting their performance on the job? Can these behaviours be managed or unlearned? Is your workplace building a culture of trust to foster for an employee experience of openness and belonging which is required for them to thrive? Have you provided adequate work tools for them to be efficient on their job? Are the goals of the organisation communicated in clear terms and language? Have they been provided with clear metrics of measurement for their job role? Who is the Line manager? Are they trained to be co...

 Quick Question 🤔 Are you awake to your environment, or slugging through life without equipping yourself to embrace and align with the changes that presents itself?  Being satisfied with status quo leads to a perpetual stagnation of all things progressive. Status quo is a Latin word for existing state Ponder on this, 💡 The state of things in recent times has laid more credence to the fact that change is the only constant thing in life. Nothing is permanent because the world is constantly evolving and only those with a higher purposeful mindset would survive the turbulences that would continuously prevail Asking these self-examination questions could help to measure your current position in the scheme of things:👇 Do I detest change? Am I constantly trying to develop and upskill myself?   Am I afraid of standing alone and be unpopular for my stance when I know I am right? Do I suck up to my bosses / people and sing their praises even when I know they are wrong? Am ...

 Be your authentic self, Stop FAKING it !!! Originality would take you far in life. Fake life would only bring ruins in the short or long run. One smart fox would sniff out the scent of fakeness soon and there the journey to a downward spiral begins. Imagine having gone so far in life only for your fakeness to be discovered. Oops! Not a good end, right? Should you fall under the category of those who have falsified their age, lied about work experiences on their CV, provided wrong information to the employer just to get the job, did not tell the truth about any health challenges, provided a falsified educational certificate, and used all other fake paraphernalia just to get ahead in life, you are living a fake life. You know yourself. The  time is now to right your missteps and come clean before it gets too late. Be Warned! This post is composed borne out of my experiences as a recruiter and a HR practitioner. I have seen all sorts. Trust me. https://bit.ly/LinkedinshareFR