by Bayo Adeyinka | Dec 19, 2025 | Business and Career, Life Lessons, Tips and Insights
It was around 2011. I lived at Magodo, Lagos during that period. I received a call from my mentor one evening. He asked if I knew a village called Siun on the way to Abeokuta in Ogun State. I wasn’t sure, but I knew I couldn’t miss it since it was after Sagamu...
by Bayo Adeyinka | Dec 5, 2025 | Business and Career, Tips and Insights
This piece is the concluding article in a three-part series. You can read the first part here and the second part here. The first thing most organizations do when their profitability projections don’t work out is to cut their costs. The major cost for many businesses...
by Bayo Adeyinka | Nov 28, 2025 | Business and Career, Tips and Insights
Many people handle job losses badly. Quite often, some are not prepared when it happens. The best way is to have an exit plan from the first day you start work. The best employee can be fired anytime. Have that at the back of your mind always. So, what can you...
by Bayo Adeyinka | Nov 21, 2025 | Business and Career, Life Lessons, Personal Finance, Tips and Insights
Losing a job can be a very traumatic experience. No one wants to lose his or her source of income, no matter how little it may be. A job loss means there are no more pay cheques, at least for now, yet the bills will not stop coming. The rent will fall due. School fees...
by Bayo Adeyinka | Nov 14, 2025 | Business and Career, Tips and Insights
The interview took place in Victoria Island, Lagos, that year. I arrived at the venue and met other candidates who came to interview for the role. A few were people I knew from Ibadan. When it was my turn, I entered the office for the panel interview and sat...
by Bayo Adeyinka | Oct 31, 2025 | Business and Career, Tips and Insights
Two bosses of mine wanted me to work with them directly in 2002. Both bosses were highly competitive and I was caught in a crossfire, kind of. Both of them sent emails to HR requesting for me. HR then sent me an email that I should make a choice. The HR person copied...
