8th: Career in cybersecurity offers fat pay cheques and high mobility Of what use is a career specialization that does not bring money on the table? Any professional career guidance class will advise you to follow your heart (read passion) in your choice of a profession and make money doing it. A career is fulfilling if it gives you an opportunity to help others as you earn decent money from it. When it comes to career, remuneration, transfer price and supply do affect pricing in a big way. As you write an exam, turn around and see how many people…
The good employee thinks like a business owner
A good employee understands how the business owner thinks. Any staff who does work and takes decisions in the best interests of the business and not their personal or staff interests has the right mindset to lead. In today’s faced-paced business environment, business owners want to work with potential business partners other than employees. They need leaders instead of followers. Whereas the majority of employees think about salary and small benefits, outlier staff think about looking for a business to make more money so that they may share profits. They are natural hunters as than cooks. They focus more on…
A bad staff thinks about salary increment amind business struggles
I have worked with many entrepreneurs and no single one of them likes an insensitive employee –someone who works in the company but lacks an understanding of the challenges at hand. No business owner wants staff who makes outrageous requests oblivious of the realities on the ground. One such example is what a restaurant owner confided in me about one of his top management staff, who is privy of the challenges the business was going through but went ahead to ask for a salary increment. Really! For emphasis: imagine an employee going to the business owner to ask for a…
Tool 48 of 104 is to be reliable
You cannot hide an elephant. If the quality of your work is outstanding, no one can hide it. Someone may attempt to delay your destiny but cannot stop it. Just focus and keep doing your best. You will soon be discovered. You cannot hide an elephant. He sent me an email. “I am called James [not real name]. I visited your website, www.summmitcl.com and noticed you provide cybersecurity and forensics services. Those two areas are my passion. For the last five years, I have majored in cybersecurity research and electronic discovery. This is to request a meeting with you for…
What makes an exceptional employee
Are you a bad or a good staff to work with? Employees can make or break a company. Read to find out (productivity killers) Overuse of one’s a mobile phone for private chats and errands while at work. Reporting late at the workplace. Unproductive groups. Being ignorant about how the company creates and delivers value. Some organizations like government entities may survive despite bad employees because they do not have revenue generation pressures. Even if the entire team came late at work, the money will be on the account as taxpayers will foot the bill. The only challenge such a…
I am Sorry, for coming late
“Avoid starting meetings with ‘I am sorry for coming late.” There are many opportunities one gets when they keep time. I love early morning appointments. It is an opportunity to understand the company and the behavior of staff. I arrive earlier at about 6:20 am. I am usually outside when the first person arrives to open the office. This gives me an opportunity to access the reception and observe who comes in at what time and what they do immediately they arrive at the office. Some staff comes with energy and a sense of urgency, with clarity of priorities for the…
