By working from home as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) while your children are around, it is best to deliberately let them know that you do more than talking on phone or work at the computer through the way you set strategic goals, lead a meeting or run business operations from home. You can also exhibit to them what it means to set targets, set boundaries, handle difficult situations and communicate effectively.

Forming a good work ethics at childhood has been proven to produce success as an adult. Do not wait till the future to start teaching your children how to build strong work ethics; there are plenty of skills and attributes you can cultivate today which can contribute to their future success.

Some of the attributes you can impart on your children as CEO or Entrepreneur of a company are:

1. Entrepreneurial Spirit: There is no better person to teach kids or children about entrepreneurship than an entrepreneurial or CEO parent. As often as possible, the children should be nurtured to thirst for knowledge by finding activities that offer a sense of discovery, either in a structured or unstructured environment. The children should be allowed to delve into subjects or topics that can encourage their curiosity. As CEO or entrepreneur, the children should be allowed to attend entrepreneurial events (when on holidays), attend mentorship and internship programs or introduced to people or business development experts that can create business out of their passion.   

2. Encourage Team Spirit: Let your children know that you work in a team and as a team player the corporate goal comes before emotions or sentiments in a corporate setting. Children should be made to realize that when you work as a team you achieve more.

3. Decision Making Abilities: Children should learn how to make good decisions as early in life as possible because children become overwhelmed by too many choices. As a CEO working from home whilst the children are around, encourage them to narrow down the options to two or three, thereafter a final decision can be made. Teach your children to weigh the pros and cons of each option in order to make the most informed decision possible. This will help them to make correct decisions in everyday life.

4. Delegation: Let the kids know that as CEO, your office requires you to delegate roles to members of your team as you cannot perform all the roles in the company. To effectively delegate roles or functions, the right person must be assigned to task that he or she can best perform. The children must be made aware that there are consequences or reward for staff base on their performances on their job.

5. Teach Project Planning Skills: Let your children know that every project or task have lifecycle, timeline and personnel to executive the project. Talk about the need for brainstorming section, documentation, project supervision and meeting deadlines.

— First and foremost, get a copy of Crested Business Directory (above image).

— From the Directory, ensure you open bank accounts for companies that does foreign exchange (FX) transactions through import and export of goods.

— From the Directory, ensure you open bank accounts for companies that have daily inflows from various distributors, agents and customers.

— From the Directory, ensure you open bank accounts for the high networth individuals (HNI)s, top corporate decision makers and other influencers you could identify from the Directory. Board members of top companies and business executives.

— When the corporate and/or personal bank accounts are opened for the top companies, top executives and HNIs, ensure you offer exceptional customer service and top notch relationship management to them.

— Ensure you leverage on your relationship with the HNIs and top executives of the companies for referrals to their network of friends and business associates.

— Finally, when you get promoted and motivated by your employer for your wonderful performance through the use of Crested Business Directory, ensure you give to the needy and less privileged in the society.

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We have successfully completed a research work and have been able to create a comprehensive database of the leading companies and leading corporate decision makers / management staff in Nigeria.  

The research focuses on the high networth, upper class and upper middle class individuals in the corporate world; we refer to the chief executive officers, chief operating officers, chief finance officers, chief compliance officer, executive directors, non-executive directors, executive chairmen, co-founders, partners, managing partners, company secretaries, general managers, senior managers, managers, consultants, human resources managers, departmental heads and other strategic head of units. These are financially buoyant individuals that earn over Five Hundred and Fifty Billion Naira (N550,000,000,000) as personal income annually with a total net worth of over One Hundred and Forty Five Billion Dollars ($145billion).

These companies cut across various sectors such as: the multinationals, conglomerates, oil & gas, property & real estate, manufacturing, engineering, educational, insurance, investment banking, private equity, FCMG, agricultural, telecommunications, consulting, human resources, advertising, information technology, finance houses, banking, solid minerals, maritime, haulage, transportation, among other sectors.

Why do you want to waste your time, energy and money looking around for sales leads and potential customers on the street of Lagos, when we already have a comprehensive list of people and companies that desired your products or services?

We have hundreds of thousands companies contacts that will be relevant to your business and career growth in our database.

The contacts cut across all locations in Lagos – Lekki, Victoria Island, Ikoyi, Ajah, Lagos Island, Surulere, Ikeja, Yaba, and other part of Lagos. The businesses of these companies covers all sectors – manufacturing, fmcg, catering, banking, insurance, fashion, imports/exports, accounting, consulting, architecture, telecommunication, real estate, oil & gas, information technology, security, furniture, schools, hospitals, law firms, bookshops, event management, among others.

HIERARCHY IN THE ANIMAL FARM

George Orwell wrote the book Animal Farm and he satirically created an Animal Farm Hierarchy in the book. He used the hierarchy to distinguish and showcase POWER. He opined that Animal Farm Hierarchy represents a Class System, Differentiation and Discrimination in the society. He further classified the hierarchy into four:

The Napoleon,

The Pigs,

The Dogs and

The Other Animals.