by Oreoluwa | Oct 19, 2021 | Career
Photo by Merlin Lightpainting from Pexels “What do you want to be when you grow up? A doctor? A lawyer? An accountant? A banker? Or an engineer?” As a child the options for work seemed so limited to me, especially as none of the often-listed careers appealed to me....
by Oreoluwa | Oct 15, 2021 | Career, Introversion
Introverts have some amazing qualities that lend themselves to being excellent leaders. Superb listening skills are one. In a world that values talkers, the role of listeners is frequently under-valued. However, listening – particularly active listening (where you...
by Oreoluwa | Sep 7, 2021 | Career, Creativity
Gender and Development Journal What do you do when fear grips you so badly that you can’t move an inch? If you are a living, breathing human being, you will certainly experience this at some points of your life. If you are ambitious or crave new experiences, trust me,...
by Oreoluwa | Aug 31, 2021 | Career, Nonprofit-NGO
Facilitating my 1st project at W.TEC …. or something equally convoluted… In thinking back on the last 2 decades of my professional life, one thing that has characterised it so far is that it’s truly been all about the journey. We frequently think of particular goals...
by Oreoluwa | Aug 25, 2021 | Career
At work with my first employer Some things take 20 years to work themselves out. Last month – July 19, to be precise – I realised that it was 20 years ago that I started working in my first job. On July 19, 2001, I started work at an educational nonprofit organisation...
by Oreoluwa | Apr 27, 2021 | Career, Creativity, Introversion
Source: https://depositphotos.com/stock-photos/invisible-woman.html How life has changed. Does that sound like a cliche? Perhaps, but let me explain what I mean. I grew-up in a firmly middle-class family. Both my parents were engineers. They themselves grew-up in what...
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