If I want my business to grow and sustain the life that I aspire to lead, I have no choice but to transition from working IN my business to working ON my business – a paradigm shift that is both exciting and daunting. In the realm of career development, the parallel is striking. Just as I need to manage and lead in my business, professionals need to invest in skills beyond their immediate technical roles. The further you grow in your career the more important it becom

Close your eyes and imagine the African continent 25 years from now. It’s a continent rich with professionals, connected to themselves, to their communities and to the world around them. These are conscious, curious, courageous, compassionate, creative leaders who are connected to their values of contributing to the present and the future of their continent.

By the time you get to your year-end review, you probably will have forgotten some of your achievements from the beginning of the year. Imagine what it's like for your manager, who has several people reporting to her - she has probably forgotten everything except what you did in the last few weeks - so if you have screwed up recently, that's what she will have in mind. So what does this mean for you if you want to get the best out of your year-end performance review?

If I had known in 2015 that I would be where I am right now, I would have just laughed and said: "not possible - other people make those sorts of changes but not me, I am not brave enough". At the time I was in a complete comfort zone. I was in a senior and safe position - I wasn't unhappy, but I wasn't feeling fulfilled either. The senior position I was in was not panning out the way I had once imagined it would. I was successful and outwardly one would never have realise

Regardless of whether a business is being run as a “side-hustle” or as an international corporation, companies at the end of the day want a profitable bottom line - it stands to reason that if you are managing your career like a business, you want to see some form of profit in your career too. So what do I mean by profit?

I keep hearing people complaining that they don't have time for themselves, they don't have the money to spend on themselves, they can't do this and they shouldn't do that. But that internal rhetoric is not helpful - I know because it has been a big part of my internal dialogue in the past. I know what it looks like from my perspective. But there is power in looking at this from other people's perspectives. What do your bosses, prospective bosses, colleagues, clients, men