Elfried Samba's Recent LinkedIn Posts

Your talent gets you in the room. Your attitude keeps you there. 🔑 You can have the most impressive CV in the world, be a master of your craft and hit every single KPI. But if people dread seeing your name pop up on Slack, you're capped on how far you can go. In modern business, emotional intelligence isn't a "ni…

An office bully is just a schoolyard insecure kid who managed to get a budget. Let's stop calling it "tough management" or "demanding leadership." Call it what it is: a playground power trip in a tailored suit. Too many adults are hiding behind titles and corner offices, using their authority to belittle people an…

Someone built a LinkedIn Translate tool. I’m DEAD 😂😅

Toxic bosses love hiring people pleasers. Why? Because they don’t push back. They don’t set boundaries. They overwork, over-deliver, and stay quiet while being undervalued. That’s not coincidence. That’s control. Weak leaders don’t want challenge. They want compliance. They want people who say “yes” to every…

We are filtering out incredible talent because of unrealistic checklist expectations. Look at most job descriptions today. They require 5 years of experience for an entry-level role, mastery of three different software ecosystems and a hyper-specific background. We’ve turned hiring into a data-matching exercise in…

Read that quote again. Most people kill their biggest dreams before they even start. Not because the dream is impossible. Because saying it out loud sounds crazy. I’ve been there. On paper? I was winning. In reality? I was suffocating. Walking away sounded completely irrational to everyone around me. To me, stay…