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
Big League Summit – 24th Kingdom Life World Conference, 2013
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
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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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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
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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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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).
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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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