Well........
The story of my life🫠
I printed my CVs, walked corporate streets, and knocked on doors today.
Spoiler alert: Every single company told me to "check online/website."
@hackSultan So I would like to know if it's limited to Twitter, Reddit and LinkedIn, what of IG and TT?
Secondly, is it only for service-based business or can a product-based business use it?
For context, i sell perfume and I believe with all you outlined, it could place my business ahead.
@Nonnytweet@tennieturner__@opsylojay1@grok I am on IG and Tiktok as zivara.esscent. I educate, differentiate original perfumes from fake and recommend the most suitable fragrances for people with 100 percent success rate
@Nonnytweet@tennieturner__@opsylojay1@grok I am a perfume vendor and would love to help out if you wouldn't mind.
To recommend suitable fragrances, I need to know the scent profile you'd want, occasion you want to wear them to, season.
This will help in avoiding blind buying what doesn't work for you.
One of the most bizarre things I observed at Shell was how someone would spectacularly fail at a $$$ project, and instead of being demoted or fired, the opposite happens. They get transferred to manage another high-visibility project or even get a promotion!
It took me a long time to understand this but when I did, it changed everything for me.
You see, performance is measured in most companies on two prongs: the what and the how. The “what” is the actual result: did you or did you not strike oil after drilling that well? The “how” is the behavior you displayed during the entire process.
I was too focused on the actual results but I later found out that leaders rate behaviors higher. Hence, a project might fail in that it did not meet its stated objectives and yet the project manager might come out a winner because of how he carried himself through it all.
So what are the behaviors highly cherished by the higher ups?
First is daily updates. Forget weekly reports. Tell your boss and other key stakeholders about how the project is going at least once a day. When I say “tell”, I mean “tell.” Don’t rely solely on an email or a tool. Find a way to get in their face daily even if just for a min or two to verbally articulate the status of things. The pros at this put a standing 5-10 min meeting on their calendars and they come prepared to discuss the highlights and issues that need addressing. Which leads me to the second point.
Second, involve your superiors in solving the problem. Don’t form James Bond or Jackie Chan, trying to do it all alone. Any issue that will lead to a delay or cost overrun or any other wahala should be brought up asap to be discussed. Much easier to do if you talk with them daily. It is hard for them to blame you on the outcome of a project they have been integral to.
Third, conduct a “lessons learned” session where you perform an autopsy on the dead project. Share these lessons far and wide. You will be hailed as a sage. Suddenly you are now the guy helping the company become better by spreading wisdom gained from the school of hard knocks. This act alone has landed many people their promotion.
Bottom line: you can secure victory from defeat. The high flyers in your company do it all the time. If the project succeeds, they win. If the project fails, they win.
Be like them.
In 2012, at a meeting with a successful man, he told me from his experience about life, “doing this YOUR Yorùbá thing can NEVER take you anywhere— Mark my words, the earlier you come down from your high horse the better”
In 2025, today, I told him—
“Sir, One day, by the grace of God, Governors and even The President of Nigeria @NGRPresident will come on #masoyinbo”
Guess what he said “LEKAN, I believe you”
What changed?
@t___why Thank you for sharing your thoughts, brother.
Though you're not there yet, but congratulations on the path you've unraveled.
I pray it ends in praise and joy.