The entire purpose of leadership is to influence people, so it is no surprise that most leaders and managers will agree that gaining the commitment and buy-in of their people is the hardest and most challenging part of leadership. Omagbitse Barrow is going to explore this important issue in this episode of the Efiko Podcast
Many professionals were told when they were young, by teachers, adults, their peers and eventually themselves that they were not GOOD at mathematics, and may have decided thereafter to become math haters, only to grow up to find out that you really cannot run away from math in their adult life, work, and business. Unfortunately, this trend of math-phobia continues to haunt our children. Omagbitse Barrow explores this issue in this episode of the Efiko Podcast.
There are a number of paradoxes and myths about innovation that sometimes stifle our ability to be innovative. In this episode, Omagbitse Barrow examines these myths and paradoxes to help professionals and organizations overcome them and create the culture of innovation required to drive organizational success.
Mr U who works in the FMCG sector in Jos Nigeria just got feedback from his performance appraisal that he needs to manage time better. He reached out to the Online Efiko and we are happy to share our thoughts with him and the rest of our listeners on how to manage time better and stay on top of your game, using To-Do Lists.
What do you do when you have a boss that is threatened by your ambition and drive, or colleagues that are envious of your skills or even subordinates who are constantly trying to undermine your leadership. These are the questions that the Efiko tries to answer in this episode in response to Ms T, a School Administrator from Abuja, Nigeria.
Mr S has just transitioned from being a #team member to being the team #leader and he is concerned that some member of his team are still regarding him as "one of the boys", rather than as the "leader of the boys". What can he do differently? Well, he can learn to grow his influence, and the Efiko taps into his own experience from two decades ago and provides a powerful framework for helping him and other first time leaders overcome this challenge.
A Senior Manager in the TelCo industry based in Ibadan, Nigeria is not happy about the outcomes of his decisions and his decision making skills. The Online Efiko explores some paradigms in decision making and some of the cognitive biases of decision making with powerful examples from the Yoruba and Itsekiri ethnic groups in Nigeria. Listen, learn and share with others
Coaching is one of the most powerful skills that managers and leaders need to drive performance. Listen to Omagbitse Barrow respond to a Manager who wants to know why she should improve her coaching skills and how.
Ms N struggles to get her team members to do deliver on their responsibilities at work. According to her "I spend too much time and energy getting upset when things are not done and end up doing them myself. At the end of the year, these same people expect to have good appraisal scores, and make you look like you are evil if you don’t give them a good score. What can I do differently?” Well, listen to what the Efiko suggests she can do differently to turn things around....
A first-time manager who is eager to make an impact is worried about being able to make the transition to a managerial role and meet the expectations of her multipole stakeholders. Omagbitse Barrow draws from his own experience as a first-time manager from about 18 years ago and shares his thoughts on the Leadership DNA that will help Mrs. P and others faced with a similar challenge or goal.
One of our listeners, Dr D who runs a Private Hospital in Lagos Nigeria is concerned about the high staff turnover and the waste of time and resources spent on recruitment. The Online Efiko provides him some useful advice, not just about hiring but also about the structure and systems in his organization
Today, we explore the very important issue of #SexualHarassment in the workplace as we respond to a question from Ms N based in Abuja, Nigeria. Omagbitse shares his thoughts for the benefit of the victims, perpetrators, and the rest of us who can do something to stem the tide of this problem around us.
Happy New Year! In this episode, Omagbitse Barrow responds to a question from one of our listeners who is the Chief Executive of a Law Firm struggling with paying salaries and collecting income from clients. Listen to find out what insights Omagbitse shares that will no doubt be valuable to your business too.
We all agree that building a culture of service in any organization is easily the most potent strategic focus that any organization can have. Creating and sustaining a culture of service excellence requires a relentless focus on five core capabilities as an organization – we call them the Governing Forces of Service Delivery. In today’s episode of the Online Efiko Podcast, Omagbitse Barrow explores each of the five governing forces of Service Delivery.
If your employees really know who pays their salaries, they will pay the right attention to ensuring excellent service delivery and sustaining a culture of service excellence. In today’s podcast episode on “Who Pays Your Salaries”, Omagbitse Barrow explores the issue of service delivery and the commitment that organizations need to make to ensure that customers receive what they truly deserve – exceptional service.
Business owners and organizational leaders must understand the language of business – that is expressed in accounting and finance. You do not need a degree in finance and accounting to be able to understand the basics of financial management and apply them to your work. In this episode of the Online Efiko Podcast, Omagbitse Barrow introduced listeners to the “Basics of Accounting and Book Keeping”.
If you really want to sell in a manner that ensures that the cash machine keeps ringing; that you have a healthy and consistent pipeline of leads and that you add value to your customers in a way that you get repeat business and referrals, then you must learn to apply the skills for consultative selling. In this episode of the Online Efiko Podcast, Omagbitse Barrow explores the process and skills for consultative selling.
Business owners and organizational leaders need to be more deliberate about managing their human capital. Failing to do so means that you just keep paying salaries and struggling to get the return on your people investments – which can be a major source of frustration. In this episode of the Online Efiko Podcast, Omagbitse Barrow explores five ingredients that are important to getting the most out of your people and how you can apply them in simple yet powerful ways in your organization....
Many professionals and managers struggle with communicating effectively in writing and this causes significant man-hour losses due to continuous writing, re-writing, correcting, and editing. In this episode of the Online Efiko Podcast, Omagbitse Barrow explored some of the typical challenges that professionals have with business writing and identify principles and strategies that will help with overcoming these challenges.
Sometimes when my colleagues and I talk about teaching children about financial planning, some parents and educators are concerned – they tell us to allow the children to enjoy the innocence of their youth and not worry about things like “money” until they are older. In this episode of the Online Efiko Podcast, Omagbitse Barrow shared some of my personal stories and experiences to drive home the important point – that money matters matter especially for children.
If some of the fundamental issues with 360-degree reviews are addressed, we can develop and implement “A Better Way to Do 360 Reviews” that will support the much-needed development of leaders and managers in our organizations. In this episode of the Online Efiko Podcast, Omagbitse Barrow discussed how you can improve the capacity of your leaders through honest, balanced, anonymous, structured, and descriptive feedback.
Performance feedback is one tool of performance management that can make all the difference in your performance management system and culture if you deploy it properly. In this episode of the Online Efiko Podcast, Omagbitse Barrow discussed the time-tested principles of effective feedback and frameworks like B.O.O.S.T that we can use to boost the performance of our teams.
Although many organizations already have good performance management systems on paper, there are a number of common challenges which often prevent them from making the most of these systems and optimizing performance. In this episode of the Online Efiko Podcast, Omagbitse Barrow discussed the “Challenges of an Effective Performance Management System” and some actions you can take to overcome these challenges within your organization.
Performance Management Systems create the right discipline in organisations and if you are not sure what difference they make or you are looking to make a strong case for starting or enhancing your existing performance management system, then listen to Omagbitse Barrow's latest podcast episode on 'Why Performance Management"
Preparing for your presentation by carrying out an audience analysis is one of the best ways to ensure that your presentation design and delivery are top-notch. Omagbitse Barrow explores his favourite ideas on audience analysis in this episode of the Efiko Podcast.
In this episode, Omagbitse Barrow concludes his 10 principles of effective presentations
The second installment of our series on the principles of effective presentations and public speaking continues today with Omagbitse Barrow #publicspeaking #presentations #communication
There are a number of principles that drive impactful public speaking and presentations and Omagbitse Barrow shares four out of his top ten.
The age-long debate about nature vs nurture rears its head again in the area of public speaking and presentation skills and Omagbitse barrow sets the record straight in this powerful episode of the Online Efiko Podcast. What do you think? Please listen.
We start off a new series on the Online Efiko on Presentation Skills today and Omagbitse Barrow starts off in this episode by sharing his thoughts on the importance of presentation skills; why presentation skills are rare in the workplace and the benefits of developing these skills to your career and business.
