This is a different kind of interview. It is a two-part conversation in which we first meet James and then together, he and I workshop what it means to be a prospective client of mine in a role play of my Right Fit Assessment that helps me understand what core issues my clients are experiencing and develop ways to cultivate emotionally intelligence organisations from the management all the way through your teams. In this episode, James and I discuss: - Who James is and how he got into technology - What the Nigerian National Youth Service Corp is - The amazing opportunity for Nigerian businesses to include graduate programs as part of their human resources - The benefits James has experienced from emotional intelligence training And, in the role play, James details some of the challenges and desired outcomes he'd like in his business, including: - How office politics and bitchy leadership creates a toxic work culture - The limitations of being a manager/boss and not being the truth about your dumb ideas and just how expensive they really are - Nigeria's power dynamics and cultural influences in leadership - How much Naira per quarter the toxic work culture and lack of foundation for honesty is costing his business in lost productivity and profit. - The desired outcomes my services achieve. You can connect with James on: - LinkedIn: / james-abednego-sambo-39a3b3a9 *** I am Caron Margarete. An Emotional Intelligence Coach and Management Consultant. https://caronmargarete.com/ I work with Nigerian business leaders and their teams to 💞 care, 🔊 communicate, and 👥 collaborate to achieve: 📈 process efficiencies and profit, ❇ dynamic team synergy, and 🧘‍♂️ manage stress and pressure. DM me if you'd like these outcomes and more for your business. My Yoruba husband & I, along with our two kids, aspire to relocate from Melbourne, Australia to Lagos, Nigeria. This podcast interviews Nigerian entrepreneurs to discuss their businesses and experiences living between western countries and Nigeria with the goal of preparing me for the cultural and business adjustments I and my children along with Yoruba-Nigerian husband will make. If you or someone you know is a Nigerian entrepreneur and would like to be a guest on An African's Queen, send me a direct message or connect with me on LinkedIn. 📩 Connect with Caron on LinkedIn: / caronmargarete ➕ Follow 🔔 Ring my profile bell to get notified when I post.

Ojiugo Ajunwa is a seasoned Project Launch Strategist, online Business Coach and Process Improvement expert with over 2 decades of work experience. She is passionate about empowering young, female entrepreneurs to feel confident and capable when it comes to Digital Transformations.

Ojiugo is the co-founder at Ritetrac Consulting - a Management Consulting and Training company. She is also a Fellow at the Employee Benefits Institute and the Chairman of the Teach for Employability Foundation, among many other accomplishments in her illustrious career.

In this episode, Ojugo and I discuss:

• Her story and how she got into the technology transformation industry.
• What digital transformation is
• The number one thing companies need to consider before commencing a digital transformation project.
• The driving motivation for why Ojiugo empowers young women in the area of digital transformation and the ways she supports young women to increase their digital literacy.
• Ojiugo tells us her vision for a future Nigeria and the area of leadership development that she feels Nigerian entrepreneurs need to focus on.
• And finally she picks my brain for ways to reduce procrastination in her leaders and team.

You can connect with Ojiugo on:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ojiugoajunwa/
• Ritetrac Consulting: https://ritetracconsult.com.ng/

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I am Caron Margarete. An Emotional Intelligence Coach and Management Consultant. https://caronmargarete.com/

I work with Nigerian business leaders and their teams to 💞 care, 🔊 communicate, and 👥 collaborate to achieve: 📈 process efficiencies and profit, ❇ dynamic team synergy, and 🧘‍♂️ manage stress and pressure.

DM me if you'd like these outcomes and more for your business.

My Yoruba husband & I, along with our two kids, aspire to relocate from Melbourne, Australia to Lagos, Nigeria.

This podcast interviews Nigerian entrepreneurs to discuss their businesses and experiences living between western countries and Nigeria with the goal of preparing me for the cultural and business adjustments I and my children along with Yoruba-Nigerian husband will make.

If you or someone you know is a Nigerian entrepreneur and would like to be a guest on An African's Queen, send me a direct message or connect with me on LinkedIn. 📩 Connect with Caron on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caronmargarete/ ➕ Follow 🔔 Ring my profile bell to get notified when I post.

Dr Ifunanya Igweze is a passionate advocate, author, and social entrepreneur in the health sector. She is the founder and lead educator at Preggify, a fast-growing health-tech startup offering mobile antenatal, maternal and childcare services to career women and young female professionals. There’s something for everyone in our interview as we navigate through Ifunanya’s experiences and why she’s passionate about what she does. In this conversation we discuss: ~ The incredible story of how Ifunanya became a doctor. ~ What led Ifunanya to the establish her business, Preggify, the services it offers, and how the services are facilitated for pregnant mothers and their spouses. ~ What a woman’s spouse can do to support them. ~ And, along the same token, what employers can do to support pregnant mothers. ~ Some of the challenges Ifunanya is presently facing as she establishes her business and what ways our community support can support Preggify to grow. And, flipping the formula, Ifunanya asks me a doozy of a question that goes into detail why my husband and I want to move to Nigeria, and our long-term legacy we want to achieve to better the country.

*** I am Caron Margarete. An ⁠Emotional Intelligence Coach and Management Consultant⁠.I work with Nigerian business leaders and their teams to: 💞 care 🔊 communicate and 👥 collaborate To achieve: 📈 process efficiencies and profit, ❇ dynamic team synergy, and 🧘‍♂️ manage stress and pressure DM me if you'd like these outcomes and more for your business.

My Yoruba husband & I, along with our two kids, aspire to relocate from Melbourne, Australia to Lagos, Nigeria. This podcast interviews Nigerian entrepreneurs to discuss their businesses and experiences living between western countries and Nigeria with the goal of preparing me for the cultural and business adjustments I and my children along with Yoruba-Nigerian husband will make. If you or someone you know is a Nigerian entrepreneur and would like to be a guest on An African's Queen, send me a direct message or connect with me on LinkedIn.

📩 Connect with ⁠Caron on LinkedIn⁠ ➕ Follow 🔔 Ring my profile bell to get notified when I post.