Wednesday, December 29, 2021
Corporate Social Responsibility: SEASON OF STOCK-TAKING AND HARVEST
SEASON OF STOCK-TAKING AND HARVEST
It is that time of the year when individuals as well as corporate organisations pause to over-view the entire activities during the year and analyse the graphic journey from the beginning of the year to its end. The aim of stock taking is to weigh achievements against set goals. It’s usually a mixed bag both for individuals and corporate bodies. There would be records of losses and gains; positive and negative experiences.
A common practice for individuals and corporate
organisation at this time is exchange of pleasantries and gifts. It’s also harvest time for local communities,
especially subsistent and industrial agri-preneurs. However, the much more
formal record of stock-taking happens at corporate level where it mandatory for
organisations to keep records of their activities and accounting policies. They
also account for the gifts of cash and kind, including donations to and improvement constructions in their
communities, under generic name of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). One
of the public interests of CSR is that it addresses social inequillibrium,
inequality and poverty.
A comment credited to former US President Trump
that seem germane here said: “If getting rich was easy everyone would be”. The nugget
is that few take the hard knocks to become rich, and therefore bear moral as
well as social responsibility to address poverty of the under-privileged.
Trump’s second comment says: “Without passion great success is hard to come
by”. Both the rich and the poor equally love to get rich but their passions are
not equal. A lot of under-privileged people are still struggling but the level
of passion and consistency on the activities that bring wealth differ.
The year 2021 brought economic hardship which led
to impoverishment of many individuals and their families. Of course because of
economic interaction between families and industries many corporate
organisations went out of business setting in recession. This is where CSR
becomes imperative i.e strengthening weak communities and individuals. In this regard Dr Nelson Mandela of blessed
memories once said: “Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an
act of justice.” Thus, this period of
harvest and stock-taking with religious flavour provides individuals and
society the verve to sustain corporate and ethical well being.
The Yuletide
is global festivity and I complement the faithful. Religious
celebrations offer opportunity to the faithful to reflect on their lives and
contributions towards the welfare and progress of humanity. Apart from physical and spiritual
rejuvenation that take place during the period, it helps to heal social
break-ups and upheavals, as well as strengthens the moral fabrics of society.
I’m sure there are a lot of people whose
goals/dreams for 2021 were not achieved including me. On a scale of 1 – 10 I doubt if I scored more
than 4. And a lot of people assessing themselves on this scale may be
overwhelmed by unfulfilled dreams.
Whatever the score the truth is that we have to let the year roll by as
we welcome the new year with great expectations. Of course there are some among
us that believe in 11th hour miracles. Would it bring your score to 10? Wow! But realistically, how many people’s names
are on the list of these last minute beneficiaries?
Here’s what my Boss, mentors and experienced
businessmen/women advised me and I believe if you’re heading for success you’d
adjust your program. You know where you are on the scale of 1 – 10 for 2021. Use that as your parameter to correct
your errors, adjust your behaviours, habits.
Drop old mind-set and wear new one.
Set new goals and dream another dreams.
Write them down. List those
obstacles that may challenge your realisation of those dreams. Put down your reactions to tackle them. The ability to adapt to changes brought by the
recession may just be the magic wand.
Best wishes and business success in the New Year
2022.
Ikechukwu Odoemelam
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Wednesday, October 27, 2021
Corporate Social Responsibility: YOUR ANDROID PHONE: ASSET OR LIABILITY?
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
YOUR ANDROID PHONE: ASSET OR LIABILITY?
Since the advent of social media and the use of Android
phone, making decisions as to which type and brand has become more critical. Of course whichever specific phone you use
today must be able to render communication services of giving and receiving
information in various forms. The information exchanged include personal,
business, social, professional etc. Put succinctly, your phone has become very
important economic tool that can create wealth without spending a fortune.
Almost the entire life of many individuals revolve around their phones,
especially Android. If that is the case, Is your Android phone Asset or
Liability?
Android phone is a Smart Phone. It has in-built capacity and capabilities to
resolve its internal challenges, solve
users digital problems, including providing you with unsolicited advices,
profitable alerts and thinks ahead with all Smart Phones for innovative ideas.
A prominent online guru posited the most important
foundation for profitable online business is finding genuine partners/mentors
etc. The second thing he recommended is success model to replicate. Then the third thing is defeating obscurity.
Just as I was holding my Android phone on a June day a
message containing a link came. As I clicked the link it announced FR*E
Membership pioneer Club. From internet experience
we seem to get scared about free things that may not yield anything. That
belief has led to loss of several opportunities. ‘Free’ is not necessarily
common. It may be sharing of profits in advance; it may be payment up-front for tasks
to be performed. After close examination
I formed the opinion that this was a carefully crafted Corporate Social
Responsibility in action.
I clicked on the link and online form appeared that required
name, email, country, phone to complete.
I completed and submitted and within 20 minutes my Acceptance
Notification came, together with my Free Members link that has my account
details, profile and payment link. I t
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You may be itching to discover what persuaded me to join. My
Android phone is Smart Phone and I knew
many hundreds of thousand smart phones in America have joined free, this Club
that offers $25 monthly payment for Downloading TAPESTRI Apps on the phone. The
second attraction was their Affiliate account which required payment of monthly
fee from free members. Apart from
earning $25 monthly reward an Affiliate member earns $1 for introducing one
person. Example, for introducing 25 persons would add additional $25 to my
monthly earnings.
All these are made possible by your Android. I urge you to link your phone, Download
Tapestri Apps; that’s all it takes to allow your Android
earn monthly $25. It’s indeed a huge asset.
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Sunday, April 18, 2021
A LEADER'S HIGHEST CALLING
A little over a month ago in this newsletter, I invited the first fifty people who registered to a live virtual coaching session. Our session is tomorrow and I’m truly looking forward to it. I was pleased to see the enormous response to the event. Over 1000 people registered, so unfortunately, we can’t connect with everyone this time.
Live virtual coaching is one of the many ways I serve my corporate and non-profit clients and I wanted to share this experience with my LinkedIn audience. In preparation for tomorrow’s session, I asked registrants to tell me what they find most challenging and what provides them with the most satisfaction in their professional lives. A common theme emerged. Most people felt they didn’t have adequate time to focus on the most important things. And most people derived greatest satisfaction from equipping and empowering others to achieve more.
Recently one of my coaching clients made a confession. “I’ve always known that as a leader I should help develop others. Frankly, I thought about that as a sacrifice and mostly focused on developing myself. What I’ve learned is that as I empowered and developed others, I got better.”
Another recent client put it this way: “I would spend all day, every day, feeling pressured to do everything I needed to get done. I wanted to help my team, but too many other people and problems required my attention. I just didn’t have any time left to help others get better. I was stressed, but I felt important. I finally tried what you coach: I had a tough problem that I couldn’t sort out so I asked my team for help. Their response was amazing. They gave me great ideas. They were pleased to be asked. And I got a better answer than I would have on my own. Now, whenever possible, I ask them first. We are all stronger and better for it.”
When people hear me say the purpose of leadership is to solve problems and change the order of things for the better, they usually nod their heads in agreement. When I say the highest calling of a leader is to unlock potential in others, I see doubt on their faces. Sure, it sounds good, but most people think unlocking potential in others is something you do when everything else is finished. It’s a nice side-benefit, something we fit in whenever we can, but it isn’t the core of the job.
Actually it is. Leaders frequently assume that the problems that land on their desk, the issues they are asked to resolve, the decisions they must make, impact only them and are theirs alone to handle. But every one of those problems, issues and decisions, affect many, many other people. Every one of those problems and issues has reverberated throughout the organization for quite awhile. That is why they have landed on the leader’s desk. All those other people who have experienced the need for a resolution or a decision have an insight that can help a leader make a better choice. People closest to the problem - people impacted by a problem - always understand the problem.
To unlock others’ potential, a leader first must understand that others’ have insight and experience that will benefit the leader. Second, for all of us, the best way to challenge ourselves, to grow, to learn and to get stronger and better is to engage in problem-solving. People’s potential isn’t unlocked by sitting in a training class - although some classes are valuable. People don’t get stronger when the boss protects them from tough choices. People’s potential is unlocked when they are working on something that matters, something that impacts them in a real way, and finding ways to make that situation better. If a leader wants to be effective, they use every resource possible - starting with the people around them. If a leader wants to solve problems and change the order of things for the better, they unlock potential in others by engaging them in the process of problem-solving and change.
Thursday, March 18, 2021
Using the lessons of the "shecession" to create a more equitable workplace
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Sunday, February 14, 2021
DOING BUSINESS AFTER COVID
Considering the havoc done by Covid in 2020, no one would be surprised about the enormity of
economic set-back faced by the global community.
There is no doubt that all hands are on deck by national governments and global community to stabilize
the economy.
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