by Bayo Adeyinka | Jan 17, 2023 | Business and Career, General, Life Lessons, Testimonies, Tips and Insights
I got a call that early Monday morning. It was circa 2002/2003. A woman was on the other end. She mentioned my name and said someone recommended me. She was looking for a good salesperson—she called it Account Officer. I didn’t know her, and I’d never met her...
by Bayo Adeyinka | Jun 3, 2021 | Business and Career, Life Lessons, Testimonies, Tips and Insights
We had a deadline. An impossible one. Turn around the branch in 30 days or get fired. The countdown had started. I was a Team Lead and I saw the pains in the eyes of my Branch Manager. We had to do all we could to meet the deadline. We ran all over town, trying to...
by Bayo Adeyinka | Jun 2, 2021 | Business and Career, Life Lessons, Testimonies, Tips and Insights
Exactly 21 years ago, I started my career in banking. That’s was May 30, 2000. I was 25 years and a graduate of mechanical engineering. I was scared because I didn’t know what the future held. I have worked for 7 financial institutions and across various units and...
by Bayo Adeyinka | Aug 30, 2020 | Testimonies
It was 2002. I lived at Ashi in Ibadan at that time. As I drove into the expansive compound comprising four blocks of eight flats, my neighbour drove in after me. I got down to greet him as he was more elderly. He beckoned at me to approach me. He told me a bank was...
