by Bayo Adeyinka | Feb 27, 2026 | Business and Career, Tips and Insights
In life, there are many critical moments when we have to make decisions that may have far-reaching implications. There was a time I was faced with such a moment in my career. I worked for an international financial institution and I just got an offer from a local...
by Bayo Adeyinka | Jan 23, 2026 | Business and Career, Inspiration
It must have been around 2006. I had observed him for some time, and it was clear that he was different from the others. He was always neatly dressed. His dark-coloured uniform was consistently well-ironed, and his boots were always polished. Anytime a customer...
by Bayo Adeyinka | Jan 16, 2026 | Business and Career, Inspiration, Life Lessons
I recently stumbled on an email I sent on August 9, 2002—over two decades ago. Seeing it again brought back memories and gave me a good laugh. Those were the early days of GSM telephony, when the telecoms industry was the new gold rush. Everyone wanted to work there....
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...