My country people, I greet Una well ohhh, I really wanted us all to view this incident that happened a few days ago. In an interview with a CEO…
Anthony Onyemaechi Elumelu Listen CFR is a Nigerian economist, entrepreneur, investor, banker and philanthropist. He chairs Heirs Holdings, Transcorp, United Bank for Africa, and is the founder of The Tony Elumelu Foundation. In 2020, Elumelu was included in Time's list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_ElumeluAnd During a session, a young trainee greeted him with a casual "Good morning, Tony” and he was annoyed and addressed the casual greeting he felt was like an insult to him…but in my own opinion, I think the young trainee was not supposed to say such a kind of casual greeting to someone you see as a mentor…and this is where most younger youth of this generation are getting it wrong…now let's say in the age gap he was not her mate at first that aside and was she even seeing him as someone she is learning from, she mistook is thinking it was her guys vibes things…
From the trainee's point of viewWell this generation was led to grow up with all those kinds of Twitter, Slack, Remote Jobs, such kinda words as “ Hey Tony, Good morning” well from the good side of the bed it looks normal to her…but the honest truth was that she was trying to be friendly in such a meeting, and she approached with such words…
Here is what I think we should all learn in the workspace today… - Professionalism in the workspace at all times, whether entering the workplace always keep jokes and foul language outside the workspace…
- Understanding how to speak to a senior, it is best to have such a perspective when speaking and listening, and contribute when necessary, and also disagree calmly and respectfully….
- Intelligence and Professionalism, most of the time it is not all about being brilliant because it is more than just that to keep a job…
- Respect and Fear the truth is that it should be very reasonable to understand the age gap of the people you relate with at work and still get ideas on who the senior people are pulse authority without losing your voice….
What do you wish someone had told you before you entered the workplace???
