By Oluwafunke Amobi

BIG LEAGUE CAREERS Strategies For Navigating your Career In a changing World

A Presentation by Oluwafunke Amobi (Mrs) At the Big League Summit of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM) @

24th

Kingdom Life World Conference

By Oluwafunke Amobi

20th November, 2013

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 Introduction  Changing World of Work

 Implications for Today’s Worker  Definitions  Great Careers and Big League Careers

 Enablers for Great Careers  Enablers for Big League Careers  Career Myths  Food for Thought

 Case Stories  Confessions  Conclusion By Oluwafunke Amobi

Big League Careers

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Session Outline

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Qualifications • & Experience

By Oluwafunke Amobi

Olufunke holds a B.Sc in Economics (Second Class Upper) from the University of Lagos, Nigeria, and an MBA for the University of Lancaster, UK where she graduated with a Distinction and was awarded the prestigious Dean’s prize . She is also a Chevening Scholarship Award, recipient

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An HR generalist with a unique depth in employee performance management and talent management, she has a strong passion and competence for human resource effectiveness and has handled human capital management functions, business process improvement, throughout her career. She has strategic HR competence , with deep experience in linking strategy, people and performance. Her over 20 years career was mostly spent in all aspects of HR; enabling Organizations win the war for talent and manage their people for strategic advantage.

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Her key career strengths include HR transformation, process reengineering, organisation development & effectiveness, performance & talent management, culture change and HR-strategy alignment. In her over 20 years in the corporate space, she has been a change agent for remodeling the human resource function and business processes in various organisations in the oil and gas, banking and telecommunications sectors in Nigeria.

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Olufunke is presently General Manager, Organization & Talent Development at MTN Nigeria Communications Limited, Africa’s foremost Telecommunications Company.

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Funke is happily married to Fred, a Finance Director in a multinational organisation and they are blessed with a Son. She serves the Lord with her gifting as a Deaconess in The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM Head Quarters).

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Olufunke Amobi BSc, MBA, ACIPD, PCTCM

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The world of work today is filled with different definitions of success and failure. Many including Christians believe success is determined by forces out of man’s control, some propagate the philosophy of “luck” as the key determinant of success. In an ever changing world where the only constant thing is change, it simply takes more than luck to succeed. In this session, I will focus on sharing some insights on why it appears that some people ascend to the top of their careers and prosper while others who are equally talented never reach their expectations.

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Introduction

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Employability skills must be developed

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Communication Problem solving Technology Teamwork Attitude

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Self-management Honesty Enthusiasm Adaptability Openness to new ideas

Every worker is now a Business

Differentiation is Critical • Your name and Reputation = Your Brand

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Implications for Today’s Worker

• Your Skills and Your Experience = Your Advantage

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Careers A Career is the sequence of positions held within an occupation. Great Careers A Great Career occurs when a person makes distinctive contribution and generates a strong feeling of loyalty and trust in others. Anyone, regardless of title or position or profession, can do all these. Big League Careers A Big League Career is a career with documented, consistent and exceptional track record of success, stellar reputation, value in the market place, and impact in various organizations. It occurs in the area of greatest competition, highest achievement or rewards where individuals portray excellence and diligence in their respective roles.

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Definitions

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If you were a footballer in England, where would you like to play?

Premiership League By Oluwafunke Amobi

The Championship

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Food for Thought

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Jobs, Great Careers & Big League Careers

JOBS

 Having a good CV

Great Careers

 Making great Contributions

 30 days make one pay (8am – 5pm work)

 Meeting great challenges

 Earning a Salary

 Solving great problems

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Big League Careers

 Attaining a level of mastery

 Constantly Innovating  Making a wide impact

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Understanding The Career League

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JOBS

Great Careers

Big League Careers

Enablers

Person Profile

Personal credibility

High Flyers/Pacesetters

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Playing at the different levels in the Career League

Relationships

Boundary less(Global) reach

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Enablers

Person Profile

Education

Skilled & Unskilled

Employable skills

Seeking a livelihood

A good CV

Experienced

Branding

Ambitious

Enablers

Person Profile

Continuous Personal Development

Hard working

Hard work

Contributor

Networking & Leveraging

Problem Solvers

Passion and commitment

Solution minded

Commitment to a cause(vocation)

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Passion for excellence

Impact Oriented Excellence driven

PRAYERS

 Jobs are created by organisations.

 Great Careers are made by individuals

 Big League Careers are actively dependent on preparation meeting opportunity

Who determines the speed of transition?

JOBS GREAT CAREERS BIG LEAGUE CAREERS

 My preferences  My Choices  My preparedness to take on Opportunities when they come

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Making Career Transitions

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A popular belief or story that has become associated with a person, institution, or occurrence, especially one considered to illustrate an ideal

3 Ability

• Experience

By Oluwafunke Amobi

Barack Obama

• Age • Education

Justice Katsina Alu

2 Timing

Richard Branson

• Disability • Education • Race

Chimamanda Adichie

1 Limitation

REALITY

John Foppe

STORIES

Arnold Schwarzenegger

MYTH

Became the Governor of California without any prior political experience

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Career Myths

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 Sleep In  Cave In 4 Choices

 Tune In

Dig In √

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Dealing with Career Myths

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& Big League Careers

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Role Models for Great Careers

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By Oluwafunke Amobi

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Key Positions • Coordinating Minister For the Economy and Minister of Finance– Nigeria • Managing Director – World Bank. • Vice President and corporate secretary - World Bank Group Achievements Led the negotiation of US $18 billion Nigeria’s external debt with the Paris Club Success Attributes • Transparency &Integrity • Passionate

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Sanusi Lamido Sanusi Key Positions • Governor, CBN (Nigeria) • CEO, First Bank of Nigeria Awards • Global African Central Bank Governor; 2011 • Time Magazine 100 most Influential People of 2011 Success Attributes • Transparency • Accountability • Passion for excellence

Oby Ezekwesili Key Positions • World Bank's Vice President, Operations for the Africa Region • Federal Minister of Solid Minerals, Education Awards Robert F. Kennedy award for exceptional public service Success Attributes • Integrity • Resilience • Transparency • Passion for success

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Case Stories

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Christopher Kolade Key Positions • Chairman, SURE-P • High commissioner to the United Kingdom • Chief Executive and Chairman of Cadbury Nigeria Plc Success Attributes • Probity • Transparency • Accountability • Business integrity

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Ifueko Omogui-Omokaro Key Positions • Managing Partner of Compliance Professionals Plc. • Executive Chairman of Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Achievements Increase in annual tax revenue from about N1.2 trillion (2004) to over N4.6 trillion (2011) Success Attributes • Excellence • Charismatic and Erudite • Transparency

Felix Ohiwerei Key Positions • Chairman, Unilever Nigeria Plc • Chairman and chief executive officer of Nigeria Breweries Plc Awards • Industry award 2012 Honour Nigeria Success Attributes • Accountability • Integrity • Resilience

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Case Stories

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The Big League is a place of manifestation of prophecies, a place to make a formidable impact in our World for the Kingdom.

The

Presiding

Bishop

has

released

prophetic

utterances severally over Tremites to enter the Big League. All Tremites regardless of title, position, profession, rank or age can manifest these prophecies. I believe that NOW is the time and the person is YOU!

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Concluding Remarks

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I will be sought after (Is. 45:3). Grace will speak for me in every area of my life. Favour will over shadow me. Doors will be opened unto me. I will experience his unusual visitation. (Ex. 33:16; Ps 84:11; Luke. 1:26-56) I am called for a purpose, I will fulfill purpose and I will arrive at God’s ordained destiny for my life. Nothing will cut me short. I will make a formidable impact in my world for the Kingdom.

I am convinced beyond every shadow of doubt, that, every word of prophecy and every declaration that has been made over my life this year for good will come to pass. I live under an open heaven. I am an overcomer.(Jn 1:1-3; Is 44:24-26). By Oluwafunke Amobi

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Big League Confessions

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Under this Open Heaven, You

can enter the Big League Careers today. Rise from this conference, take charge of your career decisions and walk in divine escalation into Great Careers, into the Big League Careers!

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The Charge!

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