From Expertise to Influence

You have probably met this person. Perhaps you have even been this person, for a season. Their LinkedIn headline reads: “Business Consultant | HR Specialist | Digital Marketing Expert | Project Manager | Real Estate Advisor | Motivational Speaker | Financial Planner.” Their business card has to be printed on both sides. Ask what they […]

Ask a room of professionals in Accra what they do, and everyone will have an answer ready. “I’m a lawyer.” “I work in banking.” “I’m in HR.” “I do marketing.” The answers come quickly, and they are perfectly true. Now ask a different question: what do you want to be known for? Watch the room

In many Ghanaian workplaces, seniority carries enormous weight, and for good reason. We respect experience. We lower our voices when the longest-serving person in the room begins to speak. “Ten years in the service” is said with a certain pride, and often it is well deserved. But there is a quiet question that very few

There is a particular kind of frustration that many hardworking professionals in Accra, Kumasi, and every regional capital in between know quietly. You have put in the years. You know your work inside out. Colleagues call you before they call anyone else when something difficult comes up. And yet, outside your own office, almost nobody

Ask most people what makes someone an expert, and you will get some version of the same answer: years on the job, a certificate on the wall, maybe a title before their name. Doctor. Chartered Accountant. Engineer. Esquire. But spend enough time around any profession in Ghana, and you start to notice something curious. Some