If you treat your line managers or your seniors that work with the same level of respect that you'd give to your parents, your uncles or aunties, you'll quite literally just asking for a career full of stagnation. And a lot of you guys have just graduated, so congratulations. And a lot of you will be starting jobs soon. So I'm gonna help you guys navigate through corporate and build rapport with your team and people who are just more senior than you. Right, I worked, I just had a bunch of interns just coming into the office and one of them reached out to me and they felt that they could relate to me on a personal level because they've seen my videos or something like that. And, um, their main problem was they've tried with their team and they feel like they're not progressing and they're not on a level, they feel like they're used to how it is in an African household and they can barely just build that sort of rapport and that connection with the team. I'm gonna tell you how to break that down one by one. So I got stories to tell. I met the CEO of where I work in the lifts and their face was planted on the lift because there's some pictures on the lifts in the building where I work. And I literally just busted a joke and said, how do you feel about your face being up on the lift for everyone to see? And that just broke a barrier where they started laughing. It turned what could have been a serious combo into a, what do you think about the Q2 results or what do you think about this and that? It began to be a lot more lighthearted. I feel like charisma comes into play. Obviously, it's not everyone has that sort of level of charisma. I'm not saying that I have the most, but to think of something on the spot is quite hard to do. But I'd say tapping into it as much as you can. Don't hold yourself back to an extent that you can't be yourself or you can't be yourself to someone that's more senior than you just because of their level of seniority. Treat them as a colleague. I need to perform a relationship with them. I need to build rapport with them. So I'm gonna do whatever I can to make those conversations a bit more interesting. And another thing I'd recommend as well. Boring conversations need to be had. And that means you'll hear, oh, how's your weekend? What are you doing with your weekend or how you doing with your kids and etc, etc. But there's a chance to really, deeply dive further into those boring conversations. They tell you what they're doing on the weekend, like, oh, that's interesting. But the real goal of what you want to do is build that rapport. You'll be attentive enough to hear what they're saying and be quick enough to think of, how can I further this conversation? How can I build that relationship? How can I show that I have interest in what they are doing? Or even pretend to show that you have interest in what they are doing. This is the one I'm gonna give you more tips. If you need me to clarify anything, just let me know in the comments or send me a DM.
