What are your strenghts and weaknesses?

 In this episode, we are going to look at your strenghts and weakesses. So we will start by asking you about your strenghts and weaknesses. What are things that make standout from the others? Is it your intelligence, your problem solving skills, your empathy, your leadership quality, your teamwork ability, your time management skill, or your result-oriented skill? The first thing you do is to discover where you excel. Although it took me time to find that, I recently discovered that I can express myself more by wting than speaking. How do I know that? I discovered that when I began writing books and blogs. Once I sit down to write, the information will keep on coming to the point that I don't think a lot about what I am writing on. You need to discover this about yourself. Why is this important? It is important because once you know it, you can use it to your advantage. The second reason is that you can leverage in such a way that you are the best in that. 

    The other side of the equation is knowing your weak points. This is easier to identify because your Human Resources Area generally gives you your performance feedback. Your weak points are the ones they tell you and reinforce them by offering you training for improvement.  

    However, there are two schools of thought in this area. Some professionals say that one should leverage his or her strenghts instead of trying to improve his or her weak points. The other side says that it is better to improve the weak points in order to be balanced. Some companies are using both methods now and that is why some companies have positions they call "specialists" today. These are individuals that are highly specialized in their area, but cannot do well in teamwork or in leading people. Since they are also assets to the company, they are recognized as such and work solely. 

   So, it is very important you know your strenghts and weaknesses, and depending on the type of company you work, you can go for improvement of the weak points or choose to work as a specialist. Do not let ignorance block your way of progress!       

Your Career and the COVID-19 pandemic

 How are you dealing with your career challenges in the midst of covid-19 pandemic? This happened unexpectedly. No one had ever prepared for a world-wide lockdown neither had a world-wide lockdown  happened before. Even large corporations didn't know what to do. One of the solutions adopted was to work from home or what is known as telecommuting. However, many employees found it difficult to adopt to that, resulting in many cases of depression. On the other end of the extreme were many people losing their jobs because there was a complete lockdown. The takehome from the whole episode was that employees need to be flexible and adaptable to changes. Although we know that the older one gets, the more difficult it is to be flexible and adaptable. The recommendation here is that companies should incorporate flexibility and adaptability training in their programs in order to prepare their workforce for situations like the covid-19 pandemic case.    

 I am Walter Okpala, the author of this blog. I am sorry for being too long without publishing anything. This is due to personal problems that I had all this time. I am now back to start publishing articles and I hope to see you back, read and enjoy them. Thank you once again and see you in my next post. 😂

Walter Okpala: High unemployment and workers' morale

Walter Okpala: High unemployment and workers' morale: We are in an era of high unemployment rate. Over 12 million people without jobs. How can someone protect himself from this bad economic situ...

Walter Okpala: High unemployment and workers' morale

Walter Okpala: High unemployment and workers' morale: We are in an era of high unemployment rate. Over 12 million people without jobs. How can someone protect himself from this bad economic situ...

High unemployment and workers' morale

We are in an era of high unemployment rate. Over 12 million people without jobs. How can someone protect himself from this bad economic situation? How can the morale of people and motivation be established? 

How can someone currently working be sure that he or she will be on the list of the unemployed tomorrow? What should people do? I would like to receive your input.

Walter Okpala: Your New Year's projects

Walter Okpala: Your New Year's projects: I would like to ask you if you have set your New Year's goals. What projects would you like to execute this year? How much do you want t...

Your New Year's projects

I would like to ask you if you have set your New Year's goals. What projects would you like to execute this year? How much do you want these projects executed? Do you have these projects as wish or strong desire? Your success depends on how much you need something. Think about it.
 

Walter Okpala: Happy New Year

Walter Okpala: Happy New Year: I wish everyone a Happy New Year.

Happy New Year

I wish everyone a Happy New Year.