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How exactly do Employee Stock Options work again?

As more venture capital pours into Africa, we need operators (startup employees) to become smarter and more educated about employee stock options. Talented professionals across Africa are increasingly considering joining high-growth, venture-backed startups. Equity is one benefit of joining a startup — others include the potential for accelerated growth, ability…

Startups Africa

11 min read

How exactly do Employee Stock Options work again?

Jun 14

Designing a Simple Career Development Framework

Achani Samon and I spoke to dozens of African startup executives over the past few months, as we scouted for talent problems to help them solve. We decided to write about the themes we heard during these calls. …

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Designing a Simple Career Development Framework

Jun 9

How does a manager <> employee 1:1 meeting work again?

Management

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Jun 1

How does performance management work again?

Startup

5 min read

May 31

How to structure an effective company all-hands (or town hall)

Achani Samon and I spoke to dozens of operators across Africa over the past few months, as we scouted for talent problems to help them solve. We decided to write about some of the themes we heard during these calls. …

Startup

5 min read

Mar 31, 2021

Building a community of world-class African operators — one step at a time

This week, I finally forced myself to sit down and share two exciting things I’ve been up to during the past four months. One of my great joys of these last few years has been helping to grow the number of African business and startup operators who are world-class. Every…

Startup

5 min read

Building a community of world-class African operators — one step at a time

Oct 1, 2020

Waking up from the Nigerian repat dream

Earlier this year, I decided to take a break from full-time employment and go on a sabbatical. It had been a few extremely busy years building a corporate jet airline in Nigeria and then scaling operations at a high growth startup in Nigeria and across Africa. By late 2018 to…

Nigeria

9 min read

Apr 2, 2020

Thank You, Andela!

Earlier today, I shared an update with my colleagues at Andela about my decision to take a personal sabbatical next month. With that, another chapter in my life’s journey has been written. …

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Aug 16, 2019

The Pursuit Of Success: Finding The Hole In The Clouds

How one bumpy flight became a metaphor for this journey called life. September 16, 2015. We sat on the tarmac at Calabar airport, in an Embraer 135 jet, during one of our proving flights. Sidebar: a proving flight involves flying an aircraft from location to location to prove that your…

Business

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The Pursuit Of Success: Finding The Hole In The Clouds

Mar 18, 2019

Building a High Performance Team (Part 2)

This is the second of a 2-part piece on Building a High Performance Team. Part 1 was focused on how leaders can drive a culture of high performance by defining an organization’s purpose. In Part 2 we look beyond goals, initiatives and key performance indicators to the values and social…

Leadership

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Building a High Performance Team (Part 2)