5 Priorities For Leadership Self-Development

1. Measure yourself on how much you have learned lately. True leaders are never satisfied with what they know about their leadership, as well as their products, and are always in pursuit of new learning. That means constantly seeking feedback, taking time for relevant seminars and guidance, and looking for positive changes in the organization.

Build your skills, Boost your career!

Facebook, in partnership with Andela has announced that it will be giving 2500 developers in Nigeria and Kenya the opportunity to take part in a 3-Month Web Development Training period in a program tagged #DevCTrainingWithAndela.

The goal is to empower aspiring African technologists within the Facebook Developer Circles community with access to world-class training and eventually, high-value employment. 

Study at Lambda School at No Upfront Cost

Lambda School, in collaboration with #Paystack, #BuyCoins, Thrive Agric, and other African tech startups, is giving more young Africans the opportunity to learn software development at the hands of some of the best tutors.

If you're from Cote d'Ivoire, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa, you can apply to study at Lambda School at no upfront cost, and stand the chance to work at the best tech companies anywhere in the world. 

You can find all the details and apply here. 

Applications close on the 14th of July, 2019. 

Hurry!

7 Ways Entrepreneurship Helps You Be a Better . . . Anything

Whether you ultimately decide to be a poet, salesperson, scholar, chef or anything in between, entrepreneurship can give you the skills that will improve your chances of success.

If you’re struggling with the notion of entrepreneurship, seeing the appeal but either fearing the risk or recognizing that it’s not your ultimate goal, think carefully about your options. Entrepreneurship isn’t just about making a lot of money or leading a company to greatness. In fact, the experience of entrepreneurship can make you better at . . . well, almost anything you can think of.

How? Here are seven ways.

1. Critical thinking

There’s no application that doesn’t demand at least some level of critical thinking. Being able to spot and compensate for your own biases, analyze the roots of various problems and discover alternative perspectives on certain subjects can help you address issues more thoroughly, and make smarter plans for future development.

In the professional world, this means being more efficient and seeing better results. In your personal life, it may mean better understanding your relationships and identifying key areas for personal improvement.

Apply for Youth Development Centre (YDC) Career Training

Call for Application

Dear YDC Friend,

The Youth Development Centre (YDC) in partnership with Nigerian-German Centre for Jobs, Migration & Reintegration (NGC) present a 2-Day Career PATH Training.

Career PATH Training

The “Career PATH” (Prospective ways to Acquire Techniques and Harness potentials) training is one of the #employability and self-development programs of the Nigerian-German Centre for Jobs, Migration & Reintegration (NGC).  

It is targeted at Nigerian Youths, returning and intending migrants. Its main purpose is to train Youths to discover/identify their potential through soft skill training.