Category Archives: Human Resources

Adeolu Akinyemi
September 5, 2010

Test Yourself


Nokia Answers: 1. C, 2. B, 3. A, 4. C, 5. D

Nokia C3 Winner: Adebowale Ojo (Based on Correct answers and timing)

It amazes me how many people live their lives on easy street. Ask them what they are doing currently, and the tell you about their work and daily commute, Seems uneventful, boring and typical. You ask what challenge they are facing, and the toughest they can come up with is the challenge of not having sufficient funds or something interesting that money quite easily solves. Nothing real, nothing mind racking.

Read this and understand – the easy road does not lead to greatness!  If greatness is your desire, you must be willing to change your current direction. The path of least resistance is a crooked path, if you want to blaze trails and be a leader, you have to be comfortable with rough roads. If you want to be an overcomer, you have to overcome. No examination, no promotion! If you want to get to the next level, life needs to put you in exam mode or you need to test yourself! Continue reading →

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Adeolu Akinyemi
May 9, 2010

My Testimony – FGBMF


The narrative below was produced by Ewulotan Ayodeji Peter a participant in the Full Gospel Business Men Fellowship of 17th March, 2010, the Aqua Chapter. I had the privilege of sharing my testimony and perspectives with them. I believe some people were blessed, here is hoping that this narrative would be valuable to you as well.
He is a distinguished engineering graduate from OAU who opted to pursue his passion (human development) rather than the course he studied. He was fortunate to have given his life to Christ very early in life, a decision that turned him to a young billionaire (He was a Youth Corper 10years ago). His major turning point in life started when he went for a retreat out of passion for God…….before the commencement of the meeting he prayed that God should distinguish him in life (he wanted to be different, ….God set me apart)
He was surprised at God’s response …….God told him it is not my job to make you different ….that he would not need Him (God) to be different…. that the decision and effort must come from him (Deolu) to be a different person i.e. you have to first draw near to God for God to draw near to you …..like the saying ‘Heaven only helps those who help themselves’. ‘When I see you make a move then I God will back you up. Continue reading →

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Adeolu Akinyemi
October 16, 2008

Career Opportunity: Recruitpath Season 1


Career Fair

Career Fair

This Sunday, between the hours of 3-6pm, we’ll be having the maiden edition of Recruitpath’s CVbank Career Fair. We’ll be having two visiting HR Leaders who’ll talk to us about things we can do to position ourselves for our dream jobs. For more details about this seminar, please visit, www.onlinecvbank.com. To register to come for this seminar for free pls Please send a mail with your: Name, e-mail address and phone number to joshuaolaomi@gmail.com or text to confirm your reservation to 08051252670 or 07036530201. Please note that Recruitpath offers no guarantee that you will get a Job! Continue reading →

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Adeolu Akinyemi
February 20, 2008

Amazing Opportunities


It’s been quite a while I have updated the public on wonderful personal development opportunities that are available for anyone desirous of making the best of their lives and investments. The quote says that the best time to plant a tree was 20yrs ago, but the next best time is NOW. The greatest and best investment we’ll ever make, is investing in our lives. There are a number of opportunities to help you make the most of your life this year and I’m happy to bring them to you.

180 degrees Seminars

There’ll be a string of personal development seminars this year. There will be different features every week for the span of 40weeks. At the end of 40weeks, everyone that has 10units will be given a recognized certification in a range of personal development topics for each of the modules of 10units. These seminars will features series on Financial Empowerment, Business Development, Finding Purpose, Self Awareness, Public Speaking, Making Money Online, Stock Trading, Forex Trading, Networking to Millions, Business Financing, Social Skills Development e.t.c. The seminars will be featuring the best of facilitators from within the development industry. These seminars will cost N1000, per session but will be discounted for New Nigeria Club members. The first Unit – Introduction to Financial Empowerement will kick off on Sunday the 24th of February. (It will feature seasoned professionals making money with stock, forex, real estate, integrity, networking, intellectual property, public speaking e.t.c.) Continue reading →

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Adeolu Akinyemi
September 28, 2007

Generis Goes Unilevel


Our quest in Generis Universal Tactical Solutions (GUTS for Short, or Just Generis Solutions) is to partner with people for success. We are interested in the success of our clients, both individual and corporate.

One of the comments that really hit me from one of the sessions we just concluded with one of clients was this statement – “you need to make more noise about Generis, you people are so good, but not enough people know”. That was a good statement, on it’s own it’s a combination of positive and constructive feedback. It has got me thinking, how can we get our name out while at the same time achieving our mission of helping people succeed. What became obvious is that it would be a good thing to reward people for referring us to a client or individual that eventually use our services.

We’ll be doing a demo for this in October with our two major October Trainings. Anyone who refers any participant to any of these two trainings will get a 10% cut of the total training costs. We’ll see how this goes, and develop a system around it to ensure that people can make a living just referring people to our programs – our contribution to helping people succeed. Continue reading →

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Adeolu Akinyemi
March 23, 2007

Reward and Recognition


In Human Resources Management, the topic above is very familiar. We need to understand how we intend to reward and recognize our people. Different people are motivated by different things, hence people developing reward systems need to be aware of what people consider as rewarding.

In the theory of motivation, there is also what is called Herzberg’s hygiene factors – Some things might not be enough to make you leave a company, but they are enough to make you not think of leaving. What seems rather amazing however, is that the things that are hygiene factors are sometimes thought about by many as motivational factors. Herzberg was able to identify some of the elements classified as hygiene to include: company cars,  salary, relationship with boss or subordinates, status and security. Does this shock you? He then identified the real motivators as achievement, recognition, work itself, personal growth, responsibility and advancement.

This month, also being the birthday of this site, I am in a great mood. Hence aside of the competition we currently have on, that will help people to win some fantastic prices, I am hereby announcing an experiment to reward and recognize the most courageous risk takers on this site. This experiment is open to only 10 participants and it’s on a first come first serve basis. You are about to be pleasantly surprised! Continue reading →

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Adeolu Akinyemi
March 11, 2007

HR MBA 1 is here Again


The last HR Training course was attended by 18 participants and was really very interesting and exciting. The participants learnt a lot, formed a healthy network and have become the first set of alumni of many more HR MBAs (Methods Becoming Actions) to come. The participants have also not ceased to send us mails about how much of a difference it has made in their approach to HR. In fact, one participant had become so much more valuable to her company that she had a salary review just a week after the training. If you find this shocking, that makes two of us :)

HR MBA 1 is happening again on April 14, 15, 21, 22. It’s four days, making use of two weekends. The last one was facilitated by a number of HR Directors, Senior Managers, Consultants and Myself. We are all dedicated to building professional HR practice in Nigeria. You can already watch out for our other HR MBA packages that are scheduled for future dates as well. HR MBA 2 (Managing Business Accounts), HR MBA 3 (Maintaining Business Alignment) and HR MBA 1.5 (HR for Non HR). If you are interested in developing yourself to be a better HR person, or to become better at managing people, then don’t miss these… Continue reading →

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Adeolu Akinyemi
March 9, 2007

Do you have Core Values?


As you probably know by now, I’m an HR specialist. I have spent considerable time developing HR capabilities in myself, and in others. During my Human Resources Management Career, I have had the opportunity to be responsible for on-boarding new employees into different companies. These induction sessions are usually 2 days events where new hires (at whatever level) are intimated with the mission, vision, culture and values of the organization. These meetings are so much fun, people remember them much long after.

I remember traveling by air one day, many months after I had left my last employment. One of the Cabin Crew members walked up to me, and told me that the words I spoke during their induction still provided guidance and instruction even though I was long gone. I flashed back, and remembered, one of the topics I enjoyed facilitating the most in these inductions, was and still is core values. Continue reading →

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