7 LESSONS I HAVE LEARNT IN THE CORPORATE WORLD
There
are some things I have learnt in my current place of work that I would love to
share with you, you might have spent over three decades of your life in the
marketplace or you might even still be in the tertiary institution and you’re
wondering what life looks out outside school for you, whatever category you
are, I am sure there is one thing or the other you’ll go away with from today’s
blog post.
Female
Bosses Are Not Evil
If there is anything I heard well enough before getting
employed, then it is the fact that female superiors are usually a pain in the
neck. Most people don’t mind having a male or two-five male superiors but never
pray to have a female boss because of it is perceived female bosses make life
difficult for their subordinates.
From my experience, I can boldly say that female bosses
are not evil. The very first direct manager I had was a woman and she was not
evil, she was literally an angel in human form, and although I am no longer
part of her team, her lifestyle greatly influenced me to make sure as I am
climbing the corporate ladder too, I don’t have to be a hard woman to prove a point in the market place.
Procrastination
Can Be A Real Kill-Joy
If you are still in school or almost through with school
and you still struggle with procrastination, you might find the corporate world
a little inconvenient for you.
I even believe that whatever field you finally decide to
venture into and if you have not conquered procrastination, there is little or
slim possibility of really excelling at what you do.
Procrastination is that small voice that tells you not to
do that assignment your HRM or your Head of Department gives you a task and then by the time he asks for the
result you begin to from pillar to post for what should have been a seemingly
easy assignment.
If you procrastinate a lot, you might want to try
scheduling your assignments to a specific time, or just getting things done and
not putting them off till much later.
There are some tasks that you might not get done because
you were procrastinating and not getting that done might lead the company into
debt of millions of Naira which they might ask you to pay back because it was
your fault.
No boss wants excuses; no one cares about the excuses you
give, all they want is result, so get ready to bring results to the table from
now going forward and bid procrastination bye.
Determine
What’s What Fighting For
Every
organization has that one person who isn’t so civil in his/her responses and
can’t seem to put a latch on their mouth. They’d just open the mouth and begin
to speak gibberish out of such mouth.
There are
times when you just want to talk back at the person so that such a person would
understand that you are not as naive as they think, but in your heart of heart,
are you really interested in fighting such a battle?
The time
that you should use in talking back at such a person who is just a pain in your
neck should be given to other productive things.
You
Need To Make Twice As Much Effort To Maintain Your Relationship With God
While I was
in the university, I practically lived a triangle life, from my house off
campus to school and from school to fellowship. At every point, you are almost
so sure to see me in one of those three places or else I traveled home or was
invited somewhere by a friend.
Having this
kind of triangular lifestyle keep me at the top of my relationship with God as I
had control over my time. Final year was one of the best as I had just four courses
in my final semester which opened up some free spaces for me to utilize to push
myself forward in my pursuit of God. Service year was so great too.
Fast forward
to when I joined the office people.
I had to
leave home every day before eight in the morning and there are also some days I
don’t get home till eight in the night or even later than that.
I know my
work schedule is not so tedious when compared to others, but it was a big deal
for me. Doing things that were usually reflex actions became things I had to
deliberately plan for.
Working in a
place like Lagos, Nigeria or anywhere in the world takes a whole lot of
planning if you want to still be relevant in God’s agenda.
Be
Disciplined So You Don’t Get Disciplined
This is
something else I have learnt from my stay in the business world.
If you lack
basic ethics irrespective of your skill set, you won’t go far.
I know this
is A Christian Lifestyle blog and we talk about things as it concerns the
Christian Life, but if we as Christians don’t have basic work ethics, we will
only keep shouting Amen in church and things wouldn’t be moving forward in our
life.
What is your
outlook to your job, do you see as a necessary evil or do you accept it as
being part of God’s agenda in this end time.
Do you do
your job with shadiness or do you give every assignment that passes through
your hands an excellent touch?
All these
things matter in the corporate world.
Looking
Good Is Good For Business
All through
my days in the University up till when I went for my service year, I never knew
that looking good was actually something that really mattered a big deal.
Although I was
always careful not to wear a patterned blouse on a patterned skirt or a big top
and a big skirt together, but there have been days when I didn’t even care what
I was wearing, I would just put something on my body and once it is covering my
nakedness I was good to go.
Fast forward
to when I joined the corporate world, I realized that my mindset towards
dressing had to be reviewed as it was one of those key things in the market
place because people would see me first before they hear me out, and although
all adornments shouldn’t be placed on the outside, but human are not God so they
judge a book by its cover. So if you’re ever going to get people to read the content
of your book which is YOU as a person, then you must make sure the cover is
good enough for the book to be opened.
People have
lost great deals by not looking good, and many others have been granted access just by looking good.
Looking good
isn’t just about what you were but when and how you wear them.
You don’t
have to break a bank to dress nicely; you can still always look great while
still on a budget (I’d write a blog post about this someday).
Though there
are still days I don’t look my best, I am gradually working towards the decrease in
the number of such days.
Don't Despise Days Of Little Beginning
When I just
got out of service, I had high dreams just like every young graduate, but my
first job I got after service can be termed as my days of little beginning. I accepted
it and kept being diligent at my work and soon enough, I was moved higher on the
ladder with God on my side.
If you are
just getting out of schools and you have some offers, once they aren’t criminal
acts or things that are against what you stand for, don’t reject them just
because they aren’t what you want for now. Sitting down in your homes day-in
day-out isn’t the best option, as much as you have parents who are responsible
and who care for you, but that shouldn’t be a license for you not to accept
responsibility for your life.
The job
might not be what you want or envisage but the income you get in exchange for
your excellent input into that organization can keep your body and soul
together.
Except you
have an express instruction from God not to accept an offer, rejecting a job just
on the premises of too small isn’t a great one.
These are
some of the lessons I have learnt in my stay in the marketplace, do you have others
to add in your journey in the marketplace, please kindly share with us.
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