By Frank Ofili If anyone has noticed, I have, for some time now, reduced my political commentary on Nigeria. What I see in the national political landscape hardly provides much encouragement. There is simply...
By Frank Ofili Over the years, in the course of my career in Human Resources Management, I have had several opportunities to onboard fresh graduates and young people coming straight out of school into...
By Frank Ofili Every society has its own vocabulary of ridicule. Sometimes, a place name becomes more than a geographical reference. It enters popular speech as a coded insult, a euphemism for madness, a...
By Frank Ofili John Ruskin, the celebrated nineteenth-century English thinker, once offered a profound insight into the meaning of wealth and human progress. His philosophy, in essence, was that the true test of a...
The Crisis of Professional Courage in the Nigerian Workplace By Frank Ofili A human resources manager is, no doubt, obliged to take instructions from top Management. But there is a fundamental difference between taking...
By Frank Ofili In the run-up to the 2023 presidential election, I described Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate at the time, as a shop economist. It was not a compliment. My argument...
By Frank Ofili Lean HR is an approach to human resource management that seeks to maximise value, eliminate waste, simplify work processes and improve the efficiency of HR service delivery without compromising quality, fairness...
By Frank Ofili President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has an interesting way of listening to his party. He listens, perhaps, not necessarily to be persuaded, but to know what his party thinks before proceeding to...
By Frank Ofili There is something rather amusing, if not downright embarrassing, about the way some Nigerian football fans have turned Lionel Messi into the patron saint of humility while portraying Cristiano Ronaldo as...
By Frank Ofili The unfinished business of democracy, leadership and nation-building. Let me state from the onset that the views expressed in this article are entirely mine and do not necessarily represent those of...
By Frank Ofili Every HR professional worth their onions knows that there are several factors that could influence a hiring decision. Chief among them are competence, experience, educational qualifications, technical skills, track record, culture...
By Frank Ofili A country is not prosperous because its petrol is cheaper than another country’s petrol. Its people are prosperous when their incomes, purchasing power, public services, institutions and quality of life enable...
Your career is shaped by more than your qualifications. Sometimes, it is your associations, attitude, adaptability, relationships and discretion. The interesting thing is that the same five areas that can get you into trouble...
By Frank If every boss seems to have a problem with you, every colleague is supposedly against you, every correction is an attack, and every disciplinary action is someone trying to bring you down,...
By Frank Ofili If, at this point, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is still anchoring his opposition to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu largely on Tinubu’s age, educational qualification and the forfeiture of funds in the United...
