Entrepreneurship

When People Do MORE Without Being Asked, You Commend them! (Hint: That's Smart Leadership)

November 4, 2014

[MEMO] From: Ag. Production Manager To: Tayo Solagbade Date: 9th March 2000 Re: COMMENDATION I wish to commend you for the contributions you have been making to our process control through comput(e)risation of operations. Specially worthy of mention is the ODBM calculation spreadsheet for Malta Guinness Brews done on 8.3.2000. I know you put in […]

Career Development

No. 166: Seek Success by Being CREATIVE and NOT by being COMPETITIVE

November 3, 2014

Publication: Weekly Public Speaking IDEAS Newsletter Date: Monday 3rd November 2014 No:166 Title: Seek Success by Being CREATIVE and NOT by being COMPETITIVE Author & Publisher: Tayo K. Solagbade [Tel: +234-803-302-1263 (in Nigeria) or +229-66-122-136 (in Benin Republic) ] Blog URL: http://www.tayosolagbade.com/sdnuggets Archive (E-mail version started 14th May 2012): Click here to view Archive (Blog version started […]

Career Development

You can SUCCEED MORE by being a Multipreneur - A True Story (Hint: New Book Coming Soon)

November 1, 2014

“Specialization is for insects: A human being should be able to change a diaper....butcher a hog...balance accounts...set a bone...comfort the dying...take orders/give orders...cooperate/act alone...analyze a new problem...pitch manure...cook a tasty meal...fight efficiently...die gallantly.” - Robert A. Heinlein [NB: This is an abridged version. See complete/verbatim quote at the end of this piece.] I coined the […]

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 […]

Entrepreneurship

No. 165: Achieve Your Book Writing Goal Using This Proven Strategy (Hint: 135 Page Speaking IDEAS Ebook LIVE tomorrow!)

October 27, 2014

[Photo below: My 135 page Speaking IDEAS book goes LIVE tomorrow] Most experts author books, to share their expertise and establish authority status. But writing can be tough when client projects demand your time. That’s why smart experts write their books in chunks e.g. an article at a time. I explain how... SCROLL DOWN TO […]

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: […]

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