Career Development

We Who Are Authentically Connected with our Creator MUST Remain a LIGHT for Others to Follow [Hint: Dealing With False Accusations]

October 31, 2014

How would YOU deal with a FALSE ACCUSATION if it’s leveled against YOU? If you think it can’t happen, you need to read THIS article! “All my life, I have been taught to take the high road, and never to dignify salacious or false accusations. And I have been taught never, never to lie. Not […]

Career Development

When Using Spreadsheets - BEWARE! (True Story About How a "Little" Data Entry Mistake Can Damage Business Reports!)

October 30, 2014

My new Career Development book titled "The Workplace Warrior™: Using Smart Spreadsheet Automation for People & Process Performance Enhancement" will showcase real life memos (like the one below) regarding my informal Spreadsheet Solutions Developer role in Guinness. ["To: Mr. TAYO SOLAGBADE. From: PRODUCTION MANAGER'S SECRETARY (L). Date: 7th May 1998...] No one asked me to […]

Career Development

[NEW BOOK] SPEAKING IDEAS™ - 25 Articles & True Stories for Experts-Who-Speak (& Those Aspiring) – Volume 1

October 28, 2014

This book (155 pages thick following typesetting and available in both print and digital formats) is based on a collection of 25 top performing past issues of the author’s Weekly Public Speaking Ideas™ newsletter published over the past 3 years. If you're an expert-who-speaks, or one aspiring, the unconventional, yet high impact experienced based ideas […]

Career Development

Find ALL my PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT products (Books, Excel-VB apps etc) in ONE place

October 25, 2014

This page (click) lists and links ALL my PAID products (books, Excel-VB apps etc) in ONE place - and I will continue to add more e.g Real Life Poultry Layer Farm Start-up Business Plans (PLUS FREE preparation service), Excel-VB Poultry Farm Manager software, Ration Formulator software, Feed Formulation Handbook, E-BOOKs on Best Practice Farm Management, […]

Career Development

Are Your Employees Happy & Satisfied With Their Jobs?(A Ten Item Quiz That Can Help You Find Out)

October 24, 2014

This article offers ideas developed based on a relatively small questionnaire survey I conducted in 1999 for a paper I entered into the Nigerian Institute of Management's Young Manager's Competition. I make no claims to having exhaustively tested the survey items for statistically significant relevance to all situations. My main purpose is to offer suggestions […]

Career Development

Why You Need "Sales & Marketing Education" - Even If You're a "Job Seeker" or Employee! (Based on a True Story)

October 23, 2014

I sat down for one week in 2002 (my start-up year), and wrote what is now my popular Feed Formulation Handbook (photo below). It was based on my knowledge/experience as a key member of the self-funding Student's Farm Research Foundation (SFRF) in the University of Ibadan. But...my first sale did NOT happen until 2004! (NB: […]

Career Development

How Exposure To Poverty & Trial-By-Fire Can Be Deliberately Used To Prepare People To Succeed

October 22, 2014

[NB: This article is based on lessons I learned from my real life personal experiences, as an individual AND a parent] The concept of "Trial By Fire" can be successfully applied in different social settings. The ultimate purpose of a "Trial By Fire" approach should however always be to help "participants" discover and/or develop FURTHER […]

Career Development

The Company You Keep (Even Online!) Determines The Quality of Life You Live (Practical Ideas You Can Use)

October 17, 2014

I have a relatively tiny Facebook friends list (

Career Development

10 Practical Strategies To Help Your Employees Produce Better Results

October 16, 2014

To get your team members to put in their BEST efforts at all times, you need what I call a Workplace Performance Improvement philosophy. One that will inspire them to willingly do their jobs AND even take up MORE as the need to do so becomes obvious - without seeing it as extra work! I […]

Career Development

Why You Need to Become a Master of Adversity to Achieve Long Lasting Success

October 14, 2014

Are YOU experiencing discouraging delays, disappointments, or setbacks in life, and struggling to deal with them? If YES, this article can help you. “Ona kan o gba oja” - a Yoruba saying – translates literally as: “several routes can be followed to the market”. It is often used in a figurative sense e.g. if an […]