Career
Sharing experiences and lessons on my career journey.
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Career Lessons from the past year
As I have progressed on my journey, I have learned some valuable lessons. I started writing them down from the beginning of the year and I am glad I did because I had forgotten I even learnt some of what I shared here.
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For the woman at work
Excelling in the workplace requires more than your technical skills. There are more nuances to it, especially as a woman in the corporate world.
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6 tips on finding a mentor and making the best of the relationship.
Because I like minimal work, I have chosen to combine finding a mentor and getting the best out of the relationship in a single post. First 2 points will be on getting a mentor while the others will be on making the best of the experience.
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My experience with mentorship
Over the years, I have heard people talk about mentorship again and again. Even people in my circle throw in 'my mentor said' once in a while and it used to irk me. In my mind, I was almost always like what's the big deal about mentorship and I had a subconscious plan to 'make it in life' without a mentor.
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My YALI experience
I recently completed over 20 weeks of training as a YALI (West Africa Regional Leadership Centre, Accra) trainee. For those who don’t know, YALI is the Young African Leaders Initiative, an initiative of the government of the United States of America that was launched under the leadership of former president Barack Obama. The goal of YALI is to train young Africans to be the next generation of leaders that Africa needs.
