Popular Yoruba proverb: “Èhinkule l’ òtá wa, ilé ni aseni ngbé” [Meaning: “The enemy lies in wait in the backyard. The traitor lives in the home”. Read story-based interpretation in photo below].To speak successfully, one must connect emotionally and intellectually with an audience. Pastor Tunde Bakare is a speaker who does that effortlessly using local proverbs, songs etc.
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“Tayo, what is your honest opinion about commercial off-the-shelf accounting software, compared with the custom applications you build?”
I am sometimes asked the foregoing question in various forms, by prospective clients trying to make up their minds about what option to choose (i.e off-the-shelf apps versus my custom Excel-VB application development service).
I have helped clients (in different professions/industries) develop 100% custom Excel-VB Driven Software to overcome peculiar limitations of traditional software (or manual/paper-based) systems that they use for their financial and operational data handling/analysis and report generation .
Accountants/Finance Managers of large organisations in particular have so far made made the most demands for my services. Excel-VB afford you the advantage of being able to extend the capabilities of your existing software – or manual systems – using my 100% customisable Excel-based software that empower you to get more work done with LESS effort via efficient time/cost-saving automation.
You therefore LOSE NOTHING since your prior investment in the latter is protected.
All that I have already said above is effectively what I tell prospects/clients in general.
However, for those in my part of the world (i.e Africa), I emphasise that I DO NOT build Accounting software – except a clients specifically requests it.
Instead my applications are custom Entreprise Information Systems(EIS) which help their owners manage operations (e.g. materials usages) &/or accounting data for more reliable business decision making:
1. The commerical accounting software work well for anyone whose needs are fully catered for by the various useful features and functions they offer.
I have seen many organisations – including schools – that have found this to be so. They confidently told me they did not have any unmet needs from using the programs they chose.
2. However, the accounting applications are built to prepare accounts in line with standard reporting formats used mainly in developed societies.
As a result, they often cannot accomodate the business/accounts data handling/report generation needs/peculiarities extant here. This is due to our largely unregulated environment in this regard. That’s why many who use the programs still find themselves periodiocally/repeatedly turning to programs like MS Excel to cater for areas not covered by their commercial software.
It is the above type of situation that creates a need for the solutions I offer.
In other words, if you have a software system in place and STILL find need to do some of your important work OUTSIDE of it, then a custom solutions development service like mine is likely to benefit you greatly.
3. For prospects who indicate interest, I go further to refer them to a very insightful/experience-based opinion expressed by a financial consultant which shows that MS Excel-based solutions can indeed help OVERCOME limitations that accounting software may have.
Incidentally, this is why you will hardly find any off-the-shelf accounting software which do not offer the user an option to export data stored in them into MS Excel!
Like I always tell my clients and prospects, if there is an alternative that works satisfactorily and is cost-effective, it would make NO sense to hire me.
It is when you have searched for one and found NONE, that my custom Excel-VB solutions development becomes relevant – and potentially VALUE adding. At this point, it WOULD be justifiable to invest in it.
Read this article: Use Custom Automation Of Your Spreadsheet Reports To Drive Down Costs And Increase Your Profits.
Some bookshop/supermarket owners (especially in my part of the world – Nigeria/Benin/Africa) focus – almost exclusively – on capturing sales and recording expenses using cash registers/POS tools (sometimes in conjunction with a PC based financial reporting software).
[NB: POS = Point Of Sale].
Customers come in and make purchases daily. At the day’s end, records reconciliation is then done. Usually, income is compared with items “sold” and resulting physical stock balance of products checked to agree with “book values”.
Sometimes a few things don’t agree with their expectations.
Genuine efforts are made to resolve the differences, but without success. Somehow, the decision is taken to let it go or write it off and “start over”. Sometimes, the problem resolves itself at a later date, with someone saying. “Hey! I found the item we were looking for the other day!”
We all know that any business, desirous of growth and profitability NEEDS to be in firm control of records of sales income made, buying patterns, expenses incurred etc, so as understand her customers interests/preferences and better serve them by supplying relevant products/services.
Even though doing so may not harm their business, continuing that way is bound to prevent them from discovering better ways to make more profits at less cost.
This is because there’s a LOT more that owners can do with data obtained from daily transactions, which when done right, would significantly boost sales and increase profit margins.
A simple yet extremely functional Custom Automated Spreadsheet application could be developed using Excel-VBA. The application will run in Excel, so you need not incur additional cost via purchase of new software.
Anyone (attendant, accountant, or manager, etc) can be taught to post routine sales/expense records into specially designed spreadsheet table – immediately sales occur – or at specific intervals through each day.
In cases where POS machines are used, the records may be posted into the app later in the day or at the weekend. Or if the POS device used has cross-compatibility, the Excel-VB app could be setup to auto-import sales records from it, to auto-generate needed analytical reports.
The few (if any) variances picked out would be more easily resolved, since s/he would not need to try remembering every single detail of jobs done.
The owner would be able sit back at the end of each day and review template summaries of items purchased (even to the extent of showing “which” customer bought “what”, if you desire to offer personalised services to your regular customers).
Comparison of one period with the other could be done using charts. Areas with greatest contribution to income could be easily identified and effort put into consolidating them to ensure consistency.
A cash register/POS device DOES NOT and CANNOT offer the range of functionalities you will get from using a low (or zero cost) custom automated spreadsheet application.
You need to be able to study the trends in products purchases by your customers so you can make better decisions about what products to buy/stock next time e.g. you can then use what you learn to have your application auto alert you to predetermined product to buy/stock next time.
Read this article: Use Custom Automation Of Your Spreadsheet Reports To Drive Down Costs And Increase Your Profits.
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Below: Screenshot of daily pure water bag deliveries/sales recording interface in a Pure Water Business Manager app I built for an Ogudu-Lagos based factory
Below: MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT – Screenshot of dynamic financial report summaries auto-generation interface. Note the drop menus used to choose DAILY, WEEKLY and MONTHLY reporting options. Note the button that is clicked to generate the YEAR TILL DATE report
Below: YEAR END FINANCIAL REPORT – Screenshot of dynamic financial report summaries auto-generation interface. Note the drop menus used to choose DAILY, WEEKLY and MONTHLY reporting options. Note the button that is clicked to generate the YEAR TILL DATE report
Below: Screenshot of dynamic Vehicle Maintenance Running Expenses Schedule interface. Note the drop menus used to generate different filtered reporting options.
Below: Screenshot of data entry interface for checks/cash based expenses
Below: Screenshot of dynamic Monthly Operations Report – Note the drop menu used to auto generate the factory’s operations data summaries in a ready-to-print reporting interface
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Become more productive in using Microsoft Excel through my Power User Coaching. I employ an "Experiential Coaching" technique which emphasises job-based case studies as a medium for imparting knowledge/skills to adults, so as to ensure increased retention. By "Power User" I mean a person who demonstrates:
a. superior proficiency in using an application to the extent that s/he is able to perpetually optimise its use to achieve maximum productivity.
b. the ability to quickly learn &/or master(via self-tutoring) additional features s/he has not had cause to use previously, in the same application – as the need arises.
Click here to request a sample real-life Experiential Power User Coaching workbook
Through this programme, you(or a member of your team) can become a Power User. If you desire maximum returns on your investment, choose this Power User Learning Event. Request for a FREE MS Excel Coaching Skills Matrix workbook or an Excel VB Programming Coaching Course Outline! It details all that you will learn.
That’s why I offer a Power User Experiential Coaching/Learning Event. However, it is instructive to note here that it WILL be plenty of hard work – and ONLY YOU will determine how fast and well you learn. In other words, you must demonstrate the commitment to learn by doing the numerous exercises you will be assigned.
You will be required to manage your learning. If you do, you will end up with the ability to do everything you learn just as well as your learning facilitator, if not better. Remember it’s Experiential Learning – which implies you need to DO the exercises you will be given, in order to gain practical experience which will in turn facilitate your learning comprehension.
If you diligently apply yourself in doing the above, I can assure you that your resultant proficiency will amaze you, and those you work with.
Organisations can deliberately expose their employees to two main types of learning events on offer here. Such employees can then be challenged to develop in-house solutions that effectively address the business’ peculiar data analysis /report-generation needs as they arise.
Click here to request fully customisable on-demand coaching for yourself and/or members of your team.
This event is for those who wish to acquire advanced knowledge/skills in the use of MS Excel spreadsheet functions and formulas, such that they will be able to more quickly and efficiently organise/analyse data for report generation and decision making. Click here to Request for the FREE MS Excel Training Skills Matrix workbook. It contains full details of all that you will learn.
IMPORTANT! Please note that you cannot attend Learning Event No. 2 if you cannot demonstrate mastery equivalent to what will be taught in Event No. 1. We have practical exercises that will be administered to assess whether your proficiency in the use of MS Excel will be adequate to make your attendance of Event No. 2 a worthwhile endeavour for you – as well as for the facilitator.
Click here to request fully customisable on-demand coaching for yourself and/or members of your team.
This coaching programme is designed for Excel Users who already have considerable mastery of Excel and now wish to learn how they can combine their mastery(gained from 1 above – or from past training/ experience) of MS Excel, with sound knowledge of Excel Visual basic to automate the routine and repetitive tasks they carry out in Excel, in a way that saves them time,while making them more productive.
A person with proven competence in this area CAN become "notorious" for developing spreadsheet applications which eliminate drudgery from the process of using MS Excel to handle large amounts of data. Typically, work that takes hours or days will suddenly take minutes or seconds to finish.
The claims I make above are NOT exaggerated. They are in fact based on my personal experiences doing the foregoing:
(a). As an manager in the challenging, fast-paced manufacturing work environment of a corporate multinational
(b). As a solutions developer for individuals and businesses who use MS Excel for their work.
I am keen to encourage individuals and organisations to explore using advanced MS Excel formulas and functions, in conjunction with Excel VBA programming, to develop customised spreadsheet applications that will solve typical problems end-users encounter daily in trying to record/analyse data and generate reports.
The savings in terms of money and man-hours alone will quickly justify the investment you make – especially, when you compare what you spend with the cost of purchasing a commercial software application – or even engaging the services of an Excel VB resource like myself. Click here to request the one-page Acrobat PDF coaching outline for the Excel VB Programming learning event. It contains full details of all that you will learn.
The two learning events described can be delivered one-on-one or to a group of up to 10 -15 people at once, so long as all the needed resources(PCs etc) are available for each attendee. If you need more information or have any queries, fill/submit this form.
Key Target Audience: CEOs & Corporate Executives, Sales/Marketing Managers, Clubs/Association Presidents etc [Breakout sessions available]
“Everybody knows some Excel, but stop seeing Excel as an office program that everybody MASTERS and that is used to organize numbers in columns and make a few calculations. Excel is the best reporting application on the market and it is fully programmable with its own PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE within called VBA” – Pierre LeClerc PLI Consulting Inc
> Saving time, effort, & resources in routine business data collection and recording.
> Quicker and more accurate data analysis and report generation for decision making.
> Zero/low cost in-house development of custom Excel-VB apps to do the above.
NB: Real life case studies from Tayo’s experiences developing Excel-VB solutions for SME/multinational companies over the past 2 decades will be used as examples.
In 1 hour, you will discover viable ways to get higher quality work done by your average employee, in less time, at less cost, AND at the same salary.
The results WILL boost your company’s performance through the twin benefits of reduced expenses and increased productivity, and you will NOT need formal IT personnel or skills to reap these benefits!
Visit the link below to send Tayo a message about this event:
http://www.tayosolagbade.com/contact.htm
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The faciliator – Tayo K. Solagbade – is publisher of the Daily Self-Development Nuggets blog, Owner of the MS Excel Heaven Spreadsheet Solutions Website (http://excelheaven.biz), Developer of the Excel-VB driven Ration Formulator as well as the Poultry Farm Manager, Payslip Generator, Invoice Generator, Automated Cash Book, Church Records Manager, Hotel Records Management System, Health & Fitness Club Records Manager, Clinic Records Manager etc
By way of interest, Tayo is currently adding all his products on one page for easier access.
That includes new ones he’s just launched.
See http://www.tayosolagbade.com/sdn-sell.htm
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Tayo K. Solagbade is a bilingual Location Independent Performance Improvement Specialist and Multipreneur with a bias for delivering Best Practice solutions to Farm Businesses and others.
He reads, writes and speaks English/French languages, and is based in Cotonou – Bènin Republic’s commercial capital.
Since 2002, Tayo has earned multiple streams of income providing personal development coaching, custom MS Excel-VB solutions, Web Marketing Systems, Freelance Writing Services, and Best Practice Extension Support services (for farm business owners).
He is the author of the Self-Development (SD) Bible (see www.lulu.com/sdaproducts), the Livestock Feed Formulation Handbook, and developer of its accompanying Excel-VB driven Ration Formulator, as well as the increasingly popular Monthly Poultry Farm Manager (see http://tinyurl.com/15pfmVideos).
He has delivered talks/papers to audiences at the Centre for Management Development, University of Lagos, Corona Schools Trust Council (and all 6 Lagos branches), Adrao International Schools, Christ Baptist Church, Volunteer Corps, Tantalizers Fast Foods and others. In 2012 he was invited Guest Speaker at the Centre for Entrepreneurship Developments Annual Semester Entrepreneurial Lecture at Yaba College of Technology in Lagos.
In a previous life in Guinness Nigeria (Oct.1994 to Dec. 2001), before quitting to be self-employed, Tayo built a reputation for using self-taught spreadsheet programming skills (starting with Lotus 1-2-3, and later moving to Excel Visual Basic) – in his spare time – to develop Automated Spreadsheet Applications to computerise report generation processes where he worked.
Over four (4) of his applications were adopted for brewery level reporting. This was in addition to constantly challenging the status quo and influencing positive work changes. As a result, he rose from Shift Brewer to Training & Technical Development Manager, and later acted in senior roles as Production Manager and Technical Manager. Today, he develops Excel-VB apps for clients.
Tayo is an Associate Member of the UK based Institute & Guild of Brewing, a 1997 National Finalist of the Nigerian Institute of Management’s (NIM) Young Managers competition, a Certified Psychometric Test Administrator for Psytech UK, innovator of Spontaneous Coaching for Self-Development (SCfS-D), and Founder of the Self-Development Academy Limited.
Tayo’s talks provide practical education about using creative thinking & technology to excel, regardless of society’s limitations.
Visit the link below to send Tayo a message about this event:
“Have noble intentions. A grand plan. A mission. An objective that makes a difference. A major difference. Something transcendent everyone you know assures you cannot be done, at least not by you. Many people who know you and love you do not believe you have what it takes to reveal the greatness they do not see through the prism of their misperceptions about you.” – Burt Dubin, renowned mentor of some of the world’s highest paid experts-who-speak, and Creator of the Speaking Success System™
I first came across the above quote way back in 2001 – my last year in Guinness Nigeria.
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Publication: Weekly Public Speaking IDEAS Newsletter Date: Monday 24th November 2014 No:169 Title: Achieve Superior Success by Acting Locally While Thinking International 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 24th September 2011): Click here
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“Tayo, I honestly believe you are one of those who will succeed at anything he does. Your commitment and effort has been outstanding….Thanks for all your hard work since I’ve been here – you will be sorely missed. I don’t need to wish you good luck, you have the ability to make your own luck. – Andy”(R. Jones)*
*Operations Manager, Guinness Nigeria Plc Benin Brewery, December 2001 (Handwritten comments in farewell/xmas cards sent to Tayo Solagbade following his resignation to start his own business).
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Attracting profitable buyers NEED not cost an arm and a leg, or require sleepless nights. A better way exists – but only few know how to use it, to get measurable benefits like…
1. HIGH VALUE VISIBILITY: An online presence constantly updated with customer and search engine ATTRACTING content, that gets YOU talked about/referred to, by high profile prospects, resulting in some MAKING CONTACT with & buying from you.
2. NAME/BRAND RECOGNITION: Control what search engines say about your company/YOU as CEO, WITHOUT PAYING i.e. get sales boosting credibility at zero cost.
3. 24-7 TIME/EFFORT & MONEY SAVING AUTOMATION: Potential customer recruitment happens even while you sleep. More prospects will find/contact (and buy from/without meeting) you even though you did not advertise, and they NEVER knew you or your company: Lots of proof available!
4. True stories based on Tayo’s successful use of his zero cost WMS™, to attract and win high profile buyers from within and outside Africa.
One hour talk. Key Target Audience: Business owners, Sales/Marketing Professionals, Independent Self-Marketing Professionals [Breakout sessions available]
Visit the link below to send Tayo a message about this event:
www.tayosolagbade.com/contact.htm
Tayo K. Solagbade is a bilingual Location Independent Performance Improvement Specialist and Multipreneur with a bias for delivering Best Practice solutions to Farm Businesses and others. He reads, writes and speaks English/French languages, and is based in Cotonou – Bènin Republic’s commercial capital.
Since 2002, Tayo has earned multiple streams of income providing personal development coaching, custom MS Excel-VB solutions, Web Marketing Systems, Freelance Writing Services, and Best Practice Extension Support services (for farm business owners).
He is the author of the Self-Development (SD) Bible™ (see www.lulu.com/sdaproducts), the Livestock Feed Formulation Handbook, and developer of its accompanying Excel-VB driven Ration Formulator™, as well as the increasingly popular Monthly Poultry Farm Manager™ (see http://tinyurl.com/15pfmVideos).
He has delivered talks/papers to audiences at the Centre for Management Development, University of Lagos, Corona Schools Trust Council (and all 6 Lagos branches), Adrao International Schools, Christ Baptist Church, Volunteer Corps, Tantalizers Fast Foods and others. In 2012 he was invited Guest Speaker at the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development’s Annual Semester Entrepreneurial Lecture at Yaba College of Technology in Lagos (click here to watch short video clip).
In a previous life in Guinness Nigeria (Oct.1994 to Dec. 2001), before quitting to be self-employed, Tayo built a reputation for using self-taught spreadsheet programming skills (starting with Lotus 1-2-3, and later moving to Excel Visual Basic) – in his spare time – to develop Automated Spreadsheet Applications to computerise report generation processes where he worked.
Over four (4) of his applications were adopted for brewery level reporting.This was in addition to constantly challenging the status quo and influencing positive work changes. As a result, he rose from Shift Brewer to Training & Technical Development Manager, and later acted in senior roles as Production Manager and Technical Manager. Today, he develops Excel-VB apps for clients.
Tayo is an Associate Member of the UK based Institute & Guild of Brewing, a 1997 National Finalist of the Nigerian Institute of Management’s(NIM) Young Managers’ competition, a Certified Psychometric Test Administrator for Psytech UK, innovator of Spontaneous Coaching for Self-Development™ (SCfS-D™), and Founder of the Self-Development Academy Limited.
Tayo’s talks provide practical education about using creative thinking & technology to excel, regardless of society’s limitations.
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Tayo K. Solagbade is a bilingual Location Independent Performance Improvement Specialist and Multipreneur with a bias for delivering Best Practice solutions to Farm Businesses and others. He reads, writes and speaks English/French languages, and is based in Cotonou – Bènin Republic’s commercial capital.
Since 2002, Tayo has earned multiple streams of income providing personal development coaching, custom MS Excel-VB solutions, Web Marketing Systems, Freelance Writing Services, and Best Practice Extension Support services (for farm business owners).
He is the author of the Self-Development (SD) Bible™ (see www.lulu.com/spotlight/sdaproducts), the Livestock Feed Formulation Handbook, and developer of its accompanying Excel-VB driven Ration Formulator™, as well as the increasingly popular Monthly Poultry Farm Manager™ (see http://tinyurl.com/15pfmVideos).
He has delivered talks/papers to audiences at the Centre for Management Development, University of Lagos, Corona Schools Trust Council (and all 6 Lagos branches), Adrao International Schools, Christ Baptist Church, Volunteer Corps, Tantalizers Fast Foods and others. In 2012 he was invited Guest Speaker at the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development’s Annual Semester Entrepreneurial Lecture at Yaba College of Technology in Lagos (click here to watch short video clip).
In a previous life in Guinness Nigeria (Oct.1994 to Dec. 2001), before quitting to be self-employed, Tayo built a reputation for using self-taught spreadsheet programming skills (starting with Lotus 1-2-3, and later moving to Excel Visual Basic) – in his spare time – to develop Automated Spreadsheet Applications to computerise report generation processes where he worked.
Over four (4) of his applications were adopted for brewery level reporting.This was in addition to constantly challenging the status quo and influencing positive work changes. As a result, he rose from Shift Brewer to Training & Technical Development Manager, and later acted in senior roles as Production Manager and Technical Manager. Today, he develops Excel-VB apps for clients.
Tayo is an Associate Member of the UK based Institute & Guild of Brewing, a 1997 National Finalist of the Nigerian Institute of Management’s(NIM) Young Managers’ competition, a Certified Psychometric Test Administrator for Psytech UK, innovator of Spontaneous Coaching for Self-Development™ (SCfS-D™), and Founder of the Self-Development Academy Limited.
Tayo’s talks provide practical education about using creative thinking & technology to excel, regardless of society’s limitations.
Click here to download the PDF version of this Speaker One Sheet
[LAGOS] Mr A. “That’s a fat lie! I never said I spoke to your mother on the phone. What I said was that your husband told me what your mother said!!”
Miss. B: “But I heard you clearly. Now that mother has said she has never met or spoken with you, on phone or in person, you’re tying to save face!”
The truth is, we each owe ourselves a duty, to protect ourselves from being falsely accused. In today’s world, the fast pace at which technology makes things happen, tends to quickly cause potentially irreparable damage of reputations, if care is not taken.
Falsehood, when carefully crafted with malicious intent, can be rapidly propagated with devastating impact on even the most “squeaky clean” personalities.
In the past, it was not so easy to achieve such far reaching impact, with falsehood. Today, tools like Facebook and Twitter, used my massive numbers of people DAILY, puts power in the hands of ANYONE with “news”.
Especially to PROTECT themselves against abuse, exploitation and other forms of negativity. Today, even the phones we carry around boast amazing capabilities that make doing what I propose quite easy.
For instance, (apart from a simple double SIM Nokia) I mainly use a Blackberry 9015 3G.
Not only do smart phones display or play multimedia, they also boast powerful audio and video recording capabilities.
Indeed mine does EVERYTHING I need. For example, taking photos, recording videos/audios for use in my work (e.g tutorial videos for my Excel-VB software on my Youtube channel), and also updating this blog – even as I travel to/from the borders of countries like Nigeria and Benin Republic.
Yet, I keep coming across (or hearing about) people who emerge from a meeting or gathering arguing about who said (or did not say) “ABCD” or “1234”!
Painstakingly study the personalities and character of those we interact with – new acquaintances or old friends – to be reasonably sure of what to expect from them.
In cases where/when we have doubts, it may prove VERY wise to take the precaution of protecting ourselves by finding a way to document the proceedings. That could be on paper, with signatures agreeing to the contents, or via some recording of some sort etc.
A recording can be especially handy in cases where what you see/hear transpiring is something you anticipate one or more relevant parties may choose to deny in future – and which you know can affect you negatively.
In the example I gave above, Miss. B went on to backup her claims about what she claimed Mr. A said by producing a verbatim typed/printed version of what Mr. A had during the previous meeting. She explained that it was a transcript from an audio recording she’d obtained using her smartphoneg as Mr. A was speaking…and offered to play it back!
Yet, sometimes, such lack of authentic, verifiable proof can land an innocent person in trouble (e.g damaged reputation or even jail)!
The irony is that most people never think it can happen to them – until it does.
I say the above based on experiences I have had, in which malicious lies were told against me by persons MUCH OLDER than me, in conjunction with persons who worked for them. Those experiences made me develop a survival instinct to ALWAYS keep good records (or letters etc) and always seek document what is said during interactions that I feel may be referred to in future.
This is one of the reasons that I have invested in additional smart technology tools, apart from my smart phone, to better take the needed precautions.
And I’ve also briefed a close associate who is a legal practitioner in Nigeria, about my concerns. Indeed, he has periodically coached me on aspects of the law, and how to make them work for one’s self, in terms of rights protection etc.
Sadly, the COPO is subject to all sorts of biases. Very few people can get a “fair hearing” in it!
Examples of possible exceptions will be if an accuser recants…admitting s/he lied…or if a person “accused” of doing wrong produce verifiable evidence (e.g. a recorded video/audio) that demonstrates his/her innocence.
It is my considered opinion, in the light of today’s happenings that – at the risk of acting paranoid – more people need to make deliberate use of the powerful technological tools available to them, to protect themselves in the manner described above.
I have been doing it for quite a while now, and it has proved to be a VERY profitable line of action. Painful past experiences forced me to begin doing so.
Today, not only does it enable me punch holes in attempts to give me a bad name, or exploit me, it also sends a clear message to persons with such naughty intents, that success may NOT come easily for them. Sometimes, THAT can discourage such persons from making YOU a target.
It’s unlikely that one can completely eliminate the possibility of it happening. However, diligent preventive action, like that recommened in this piece, can greatly minimize the chances.
Don’t leave yourself defenceless: Use what you have to protect yourself against mean spirited evil doers…and TEACH YOUR KIDS to do so too!
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In most progressive companies (regardless of size) busy managers/executives routinely handle business data and information generated daily, to prepare standard reports for use by senior management/decision makers etc.
Generating the needed reports is often not easy. Some data needs to be tabulated/charted – possibly correlations drawn as well. Often times the data collation and report generation process – though done on spreadsheets – is not well managed. The boss sometimes has to get involved in sorting out the resultant confusion so as to get the report out on time!
Some people are comfortable working without any particular format specified. Some are not. The latter wish an easier way to “put it all together” could be put in place.
As a result of the above, the integrity of the final report produced is what suffers, because when someone else does the reports, s/he will often do something different from the previous person!
Every business leader knows that NOTHING could be worse than using “inaccurate” reports for decision making? Indeed, so many examples abound that show the devastating damage that companies can suffer as a result of decision making based on wrong reports!
A computer pre-installed with Microsoft Excel (and the rest of the MS Office Suite) is easily acquired today. Most companies already have them.
Using MS Excel, a simple, yet extremely functional Custom Automated Excel Spreadsheet application can be developed. The application will run in MS Excel, so you would not need to incur any additional costs via purchase of some prohibitively priced off-the-shelf app, which may not be easily modified to suit unique needs of some facilities.
Managers/executives in the organisation can be taught to use the app to generate periodic departmental, functional or corporate level reports.
Routine data handling tasks could be pre-programmed (e.g. import of data from a single worksheet sales into an app to auto-generate charted summaries of a week’s sales etc). This way, only entry of raw data which does not occur in a manner that allows auto insertion, will need to be done, to compute any other needed reporting parameters – saving time and effort.
Manufacturing organizations in particular will find the “Usage Rates Tracking and Variable Cost Analysis” spreadsheet applications (like those I develop – see screenshots below) invaluable for more efficient reporting.
Alternative reporting templates could be prepared and printed from. Also, updating and backup of the reporting application can be automated to make usage as simple and easy as possible. There would be no need for the user to have any specialized MS Excel competence. Especially if Excel-novice proof Graphic User Interfaces (GUIs), like those used in my custom apps (see below), are adopted.
Depending on the needs in the workplace, the application could be made accessible from ANY computer connected to the intranet – if one exists. That way, multiple users would be able to access it.
All managers would be able to generate equally “accurate” reports more often, if a system like the above is put in place. The application would be designed to suit the specific processes or operations in the organisation.
The above are real life examples of possible ways in which custom Excel-VB driven apps can be used, that I have successfully implemented in various organizations over the past 2 decades.
The area of data handling and report generations is one that poses severe challenges to many. The solution being adopted by a growing number of smart thinking companies (regardless of size) is the use of custom automated spreadsheet applications development.
It is a flexible option that allows for modifications (in line with changes that may occur in your processes/operations over time) without your needing to hire an expensive software programmer.
Like I always say, a custom Excel-VB app can be developed by ANYONE, if s/he has the needed time and training (e.g. managers, executives and other employees in the organisation).
I’ve told stories in past articles (like this one) of how I worked over a 7 years period, as a self-taught developer of in-house automated spreadsheet software (in my spare time as a Shift Brewer and later Training Manager), which were formally adopted for use in Guinness Nigeria’s Benin brewery. See some details in my resume (click here).
However, if competent in-house expertise does not exist in your company, you can hire an external developer to build the app, and/or train an employee to develop custom apps in-house. The latter option is likely to result in savings of money and time especially, over the long term.
And/or if you want, I can train your people to develop such apps, or maintain those I build. Either way, you’ll spend much less, and reap more long lasting benefits than would be the case if you purchase an off-the-shelf app.
If you’d like an app built for your factory or company, and/or need training on custom Excel-VB automation to build or maintain such an app, I can help you.
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