tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21636442372368760482024-03-12T19:25:36.243-07:00Business MartThis is a business forum for entrepreneurs where information and ideas are shared. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2163644237236876048.post-58715994509589997792015-02-07T18:04:00.001-08:002015-02-07T18:04:02.122-08:00Business Mart: Nigeria Decides For Transformation<a href="http://business-mart.blogspot.com/2015/02/nigeria-decides-for-transformation.html?spref=bl">Business Mart: Nigeria Decides For Transformation</a>: The Cap Fits President Goodluck Jonathan Consistency Courage Continuity of the Transformation Agenda. Ready to serve, lets go fo...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2163644237236876048.post-24188801280018440902015-02-07T17:24:00.001-08:002015-02-07T17:29:37.074-08:00Nigeria Decides For Transformation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Consistency Courage Continuity of the Transformation Agenda. Ready to serve, lets go forward. </div>
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Here are highlights of his accomplishments:</h3>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">Nigeria became the fourth fastest growing
economy in the world under the watch of President Goodluck Jonathan.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">Rehabilitation of the Western Railway Corridor.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">The Federal Government under the umbrella of
President Goodluck secured investment commitments worth 4.89 Trillion Naira.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">Power to the people. Under no previous government
has Nigerians enjoyed freedom of speech like it is enjoying under GEJ’s
administration. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">Amid controversial circumstances, he has kept
the unity of the country intact. He has not sold out the country to invading
forces.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">PDP, the party GEJ bears its flag, favors
free-market policies which support economic liberalism and limited government
regulation. This means that there is room for you and me to thrive and
accomplish our lofty dreams.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">Improvement in economic indices according to
Fitch ratings, the country’s outlook updates moved from negative to stable.
This is a favorable economic atmosphere which is also attractive to
multinationals. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">According to internationally respected
independent ratings agencies, Nigerias’ ratings were revised from stable to positive.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">The Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content
Development Bill signed into law have increased Local Content in the Oil and
Gas sector. For instance the awarding of contracts to reputable Nigerian firms
such as NigerDockNig. PLC, S.C.C Limited etc instead of a foreign firm for the
manufacture of high pressure line pipes.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">Initiating
the Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) for the establishment of sub-funds for Nigeria
Infrastructure Fund, Stabilization Fund and Future Generations Fund. This is a
government with plans for the present and visions for the upcoming generations.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">YOUWIN is a platform for the Nigerian youths who
are enterprising to come up with job creation initiatives. This is a government
that gives youths the platform to shine. Competitions were set up for the
brightest of the youths in a transparent process and the winners received
business-start up grants between one to ten million naira.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">Foreign exchange reserves rose to the high level
of $37.02bn in 21 months during GEJ’s administration.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">Women, youths and feminist advocates support
Goodluck Ebele Jonathan GEJ for massively empowering women and youths by
launching the Public Works Women and Youth Empowerment Program, an intervention
designed to employ 370,000 youths with 30% of those jobs being reserved for
women.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">Finance minister embarked on a radical economic
reform program which reduced government spending, ensured the deregulation and
privatization of numerous industries in Nigerian services sector notably NITEL
in Nigerian telecommunications through
conservative fiscal policies.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">Nigeria’s first National Health Insurance Scheme
(NHIS) which was established to ensure that every Nigerian has access to basic
health care services was initiated under the leadership of the Peoples
Democratic Party. The people have a right to proper health care facilities.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">Nigeria’s banking industry rescued and
stabilized by the establishment of the Asset Management Company of Nigeria
AMCON.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">MasterCard made Nigeria its regional
headquarters for its West/East and Indian Ocean islands zone raising the
profile of Nigeria’s e-commerce industry.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">Nigeria’s GDP has grown by over 7% with
attestation of being the fourth fastest growing economy in the world by several
multilateral bodies and trading partners.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">The revival of the Textile industry via the 150
billion Naira Textile Industry Bailout resulting in the reactivation of United
Nigerian Textile Limited and the re-engagement of 2000 employees which is a
massive improvement on precedence.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">As a result of this intervention in the Textile
Industry and real sector, non-oil exports have increased from $200 Million to
be standing at $2.3 Billion.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">He is an advocate of Religious freedom and
tolerance. </span></li>
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From the onset, have a plan for what you want technology to do for you in terms of derivatives.<br />
Technology was made for man and not man for technology so you have to be intelligent about the choices you make on social media.<br />
Design your own way for controlling the media inputs in your life so that you can have space to use your own instincts.<br />
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Recently HP launched a fleet of tablets and 2-in-1 devices that get down to business. They are tailor-made with business needs in mind with priority first on productivity and secondly on entertainment. I recommend these for business oriented purposes. </div>
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The challenge of a business leader starts with a determination to provide solutions to their vulnerabilities thereby giving rise to new innovations that must be multiplied and channeled effectively. These innovations are answers to both the questions that have been asked and questions yet to be asked. It has to do with a preempting of future needs based on observation of current trends. Therefore a meaningful distribution of these innovations have to be organized efficiently by delegating responsibilities through officers or retailers, branches or networks.<br />
Vulnerability in leadership is the ability to find creative solutions to very complicated problems. Sometimes these people are seen as trouble makers as a result of their vulnerability to criticism. The route to becoming an innovative leader is through giving ones vulnerability direction.<br />
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<strong>The effectiveness of these leaders</strong> is about building an environment which enables continuous innovation and that fosters talents to grow.<br />
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<li>Share power appropriately;</li>
<li>Openly share information;</li>
<li>Highly adaptable approach and style;</li>
<li>Deal well with productive conflict;</li>
<li>Deep connectivity is achieved through vulnerability. </li>
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The Productive Leader fosters people while the Vulnerable Leader fosters innovation and creativity. <br />
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The negative effects that increased temperature has on weather affects immune systems thus necessitating the need to reduce excess carbon dioxide content in the environment -<br />
Innovating to Zero according to scientists by 2050.<br />
With 26 billion tons of carbon dioxide yearly which is an average of about 5 tons for everyone on the planet, we have to make changes that would bring the global carbon emissions from energy production down to zero.<br />
The factors lending to its rise have been population, services per person, energy per service and carbon dioxide per unit energy.<br />
The report card for innovating to zero CO2 requires:<br />
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<li>Basic research funding: Carbon capture and storage research and installments; Nuclear proliferation; renewable resources etc. </li>
<li>Market incentives to reduce carbon dioxide</li>
<li>Entrepreneurial opportunity</li>
<li>Rational regulatory framework</li>
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<a href="http://mashable.com/2011/09/06/carol-bartz-yahoo/">Yahoo has fired CEO Carol Bartz</a> We know that Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock informed her of the news today because of <a href="http://mashable.com/2011/09/06/carol-bartz-fired/">the epic email she sent via iPad to all employees</a> announcing that she had been fired.<br />
The move ends a rocky nearly three-year tenure of failed initiatives and unmet expectations. Bartz, the strong-willed former CEO of Autodesk, <a href="http://mashable.com/2009/01/13/carol-bartz/">was brought in to clean house</a> and streamline operations at the company after it rejected Microsoft’s generous acquisition offer and decided to go it alone<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Why Was Bartz Fired?</span></b></div>When Bartz first took the job back in January 2009, we were skeptical of the move. Here’s what our Editor-in-Chief Adam Ostrow <a href="http://mashable.com/2009/01/13/carol-bartz/">said at the time</a>:<br />
“First reaction: what exactly does Autodesk have to do with a consumer-focused Internet company like Yahoo? Bartz certainly sounds like she has a long history of running a big company – Autodesk has more than 7,000 employees and $2 billion in annual revenue – but what expertise and vision does she have that’s relevant to one of the world’s biggest Web companies, in desperate need of re-inventing itself?”<br />
His words have turned out to be prophetic. Bartz had no clue how to reinvent a stagnant web company into a digital media powerhouse. Despite all of the tools at her disposal, her legacy will probably be defined by <a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/12/yahoo-squabbles-with-alibaba/" target="_blank">Yahoo’s ridiculous squabble with Alibaba</a>. <br />
Bartz may have been an effective manager, but didn’t have the vision needed to lead Yahoo. What Yahoo needed was a Steve Jobs. Unfortunately <a href="http://mashable.com/2008/11/17/jerry-yang-out-as-yahoo-ceo/">co-founder Jerry Yang failed at that task</a>, which led to the hiring of Carol Bartz.<br />
The Alibaba controversey isn’t what did Bartz in, though. It wasn’t her inability to provide direction for the company, either. Ultimately, the reason she is no longer CEO is simple: she failed to create shareholder value.<br />
Yahoo’s share price was $11.59 the day before her appointment. When the markets closed on September 6, the stock was worth $12.74. That is an increase of less than 10%, with most of that value being derived from the skyrocketing value of its China assets. The entity known as Yahoo is worth less today than it was when Bartz took over as CEO.<br />
It doesn’t matter whether you’re the founder or most-seasoned CEO on the planet. If you can’t increase shareholder value, you will not last long as CEO at a publicly traded company. Jerry Yang and Carol Bartz both learned this the hard way.<br />
Bartz’s inability to move Yahoo’s stock price is why she is no longer at the helm of one the Internet’s most important and storied companies. Now it’s up to Jerry Yang and Roy Bostock to find a new CEO who can provide the vision and leadership the struggling company so desperately needs.<br />
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She was let go for failing to realize that Yahoo is an entertainment news source and media company as well as a very large portal of services for many people. One that needs focus, vision and a way to bring people together socially which would then allow it to rival facebook in the area of connections. Yahoo has a number of services and features which when properly bundled make a very strong case for success.<br />
If the board wants to talk seriously, I’d be happy to chat with them.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2163644237236876048.post-31136605297831014342011-07-19T17:52:00.000-07:002011-07-19T17:52:58.392-07:00Resilience<div class="tweet-row"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 5.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 5.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">In February 2008, the stock exchange market hit its peak just before the global economic meltdown. Apparently that was my first month at a new job where i was to be earning a salary five times more than i was earning at my previous job. The following months i invested heavily in the stock market taking advantage of its declining prices in the hope that the prices of stocks would rise again and be sell-able for huge profits. I stayed on with that company for a year and some months before the bubble burst and found myself without a job. My unemployment lasted a full 2 years and 7 months. I did not know how to respond to the jobless situation and the rejection as I applied for jobs and interviews. By the end of the first year of being unemployed, i had sold my shares in stocks and was only concerned about survival. i battled with financial and emotional issues during that period. This is one of the reasons why i am glad that i gave my life to Jesus a long time ago. He was my anchor in the storm. Somehow i was able to pull through with the help of God. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 5pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Eventually i was restored to a dignifying employment and began a flourishing relationship. The lines began to fall into pleasant places for me. As i am writing this article, i am happily married with three lovely children. My husband has been a great advantage to my life. i have a thriving business and my ministry is blossoming. i am currently preparing a vacation trip to Spain with my husband and children. It has been goodness all the way. Our children are brilliant and they love God just like we their parents do. There is so much of my joy i can share with you probably on my next blog.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 5pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">For now i want to share with you on how you can overcome setbacks by building your capacity for resilience. You need to first overcome the emotional traps of deflation and victimization which are the direct effects of the setback in order to have the energy to focus on the way forward. <br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 5pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Deflation: You should try to overcome the feelings of disappointment in yourself and others. Deliberately re-frame negative events in productive ways with strength and creativity through habits of good thoughts.<br />
</span></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Victimization: You cannot afford the helpless by-standing attitude. Creatively look for ways to intervene by developing your capacity for resilience. </span></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">To make the shift effectively from backwards to forward, you need to change your thinking from cause-orientation to response-orientation in</span> considering the followings: <br />
<div class="tweet-row"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 5pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1. <b>Control:</b> Look for what you can improve now rather than trying to identify all the factors even those beyond your control that caused it in the first place. Ask yourself, what aspect can you control?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 5pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">2. <b>Impact</b>: Focus on identifying what positive effects your personal actions might have by sidestepping the temptation to find the origins of the problem in yourself or others. Step up to make the most immediate positive impact on this situation at hand.<br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 5pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">3. <b>Breadth: </b>Do you assume that the underlying cause of the crisis is specific and can be contained, or do you worry that it might cast a long shadow over all aspects of your life? What are your impressions of the adversity's magnitude? You should rather focus on how to limit the damage.<br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 5pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">4. <b>Duration:</b> How long do you believe that the crisis and its repercussions would last? You can begin to imagine a desirable outcome.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 5pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">All the best as you understand and redirect your instinctive reactions towards useful things.<br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2163644237236876048.post-56372261905255667002011-07-14T13:59:00.001-07:002011-07-14T13:59:34.509-07:00The Key To Creating Wealth<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">The key to wealth creation is to simply add value. <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">Successful people are those who are always looking for ways to add value in some way to a person, a company, a product or a service. How can we add value?</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">1.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Find something that is not being done at all that needs to be done.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">2.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Find something that is not being done well that needs to be improved upon.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">3.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Find something that is not being done cheap enough or that needs mass production.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">4.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Find a better and faster way to do what is currently being done.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">Adding value is the way that all fortunes are made. Whenever you see an opportunity to give people what they want at a price greater than it costs you to produce that product or service, you see an opportunity to make a profit, build a business and begin moving toward financial success. Almost any business or profession can make you financially independent if you can find a way to add enough value.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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