Under 40 CEOs Courses

To the Entrepreneur Who’s Tired of Bad Hires, Constant Firefighting, and Carrying the Entire Business Alone…

Discover How This Step-by-Step Hiring System Gives You the Clarity, Confidence, and Structure to Attract the Right People, Build a Strong Team, and Scale Without Losing Your Sanity.

Course Objectives

To the Entrepreneur Who Is Tired of Hiring Blind…

If you’re reading this, chances are you’re either:

Making your first hire ever, terrified of picking the wrong person…

Trying to scale fast, but can’t find talent that matches your standards…

Struggling with constant turnover, unreliable staff, or underperformers who drain your time…

Leading a growing company and realising your team is the ONLY bottleneck stopping you from breaking through…

Or you’re a leader who knows your business will NOT grow until someone on your team finally understands how to hire properly.

If that’s you…

You’re in the right place.

Because what you’re about to see is the first hiring mastery system built specifically for the realities of African businesses, African talent, and African labour laws.

No Western templates that don’t apply here.

No vague theory.

No HR jargon written for Fortune 500 executives.

This is a practical, on-the-ground hiring operating system designed for entrepreneurs who want to build a high-performing team they can trust.

You see… Most business owners across Africa think they have:

  • A marketing problem
  • A productivity problem
  • A capital problem
  • A growth problem
  • A “people don’t take work seriously” problem

But in reality?

It’s almost always a hiring problem.

Because here’s the truth, no one says out loud:

Your business can only grow as fast as the quality of the people you hire.

And right now… your team might be holding you back.

Whether you’re:

  • Making your first hire
  • Trying to scale your team fast
  • Managing constant staff turnover
  • Struggling with underperformers
  • Wasting money on people who don’t deliver
  • Or running a team that only works when YOU are present

… you already know you can’t build a strong business with a weak team.

But here’s the good news:

Hiring isn’t guesswork.

Hiring is a system. A repeatable, reliable, Africa-specific system.

And once you learn it, everything in your business becomes easier.

 

Why Hiring Is 10X Harder in Africa (And Why Western Advice Fails Here)

  • If you’ve ever tried to learn hiring online, you’ve probably noticed:


    • Most advice comes from Western HR systems
    • They assume consistent labour laws
    • They assume standardised talent pools
    • They assume you already have a strong HR infrastructure
    • They assume you already have a predictable work culture
    • They assume employees behave the same way globally

    But that’s not our reality.


    In Africa, you face:


    • Informal job markets
    • Cultural expectations
    • Family/Referral pressure
    • Salary inconsistencies
    • Skill gaps
    • Unclear job experience
    • High competition for talent
    • Complex, country-specific labour laws
    • Remote + hybrid + gig work challenges
    • And rapid business volatility

    Generic HR courses can’t help you here.


    You need a localised system.


    One built by and for African entrepreneurs.

What Makes Me An Authority on Any Of This?

I’m Funmi Bucknor… Most know me as HR Madam.

For over 15 years, I’ve worked deeply within the world of recruiting, talent management, and HR strategy…

Particularly within the unique, fast-moving environment of West African SMEs.

In that time…

I’ve sat across from thousands of candidates.

I’ve partnered with founders who were overwhelmed.

I’ve stepped into businesses where the chaos was loud and into others where the potential was enormous but buried under hiring mistakes.

I’ve led HR functions in some of the world’s most respected brands, like Unilever, Samsung Electronics, Smile Communications, KPMG

And today…

I run HRmadam Consulting, where my team and I help Nigerian SMEs fix the people problems holding their businesses back.

I also serve as a tutor for the Under 40 CEOs HR Development Programme.

To keep it frank…

I’ve seen business owners doing everything “right” yet still feel stuck…

Simply because their hiring had no structure, no clarity, and no alignment with the realities of the African job market.

And I’ve also seen the opposite.

I’ve seen small, stressed-out business owners completely transform their results…

Not by spending more money…

Or by overhauling their strategy…

But by finally understanding how to hire the right people.

Because when the right people come in, everything shifts:

  • Work becomes organised
  • The founder gets their time back
  • Culture stabilises.
  • Customer experience improves
  • Execution becomes consistent
  • And growth finally becomes predictable

This is why I teach.

To help you avoid expensive hiring mistakes and build a team that actually drives your business forward.

It’s why Under 40 CEOs exists.

And it’s why I created this hiring system.

Introducing Hiring Right™: HR Mastery for African Entrepreneurs

The First Complete, Practical Hiring System Designed for the African Business Environment

This is not a motivational course.

And neither is it made up of HR jargon.

This is a step-by-step system that shows you:

✔ How to hire right the first time

✔ How to stop costly hiring mistakes

✔ How to attract serious, capable candidates

✔ How to conduct interviews that reveal REAL competence

✔ How to create onboarding that boosts performance instantly

✔ How to reduce turnover and keep your best people

✔ How to scale your workforce

✔ How to stay compliant with African labour laws

✔ How to build a team that frees you, not drains you

And most importantly:

How to build a reliable, high-performing team without stress, guesswork, or chaos.

Who Is This For?

This system is perfect for:

  • Business owners making their first hire
  • Startup founders trying to scale from 4 to 20+
  • SME owners tired of hiring rot and turnover
  • Regional HR or Operations Managers in multinationals
  • Social enterprise founders needing mission-aligned talent
  • CEOs who want to delegate hiring to their manager

If you’ve ever said:

“Good staff are hard to find.”

“People are not serious in this country.”

“Employees keep disappointing me.”

“When I hire, I end up doing the work myself.”

“My team is slowing down my growth.”

Then this program is your turning point.

What You’ll Learn Inside the Hiring Right™ System

MODULE 1: African Talent Landscape

Understand cultural dynamics, skill gaps, work expectations, and how to navigate unique African labour forces.

MODULE 2: Strategic Hiring & Recruitment Planning

Define roles, plan hiring, set budgets, and build an objective, repeatable recruitment system.

MODULE 3: Job Posting, Screening & Selection

How to attract qualified talent, screen candidates properly, and conduct interviews that reveal the truth.

MODULE 4: Onboarding & Retention

How to create onboarding that integrates new hires smoothly and retention strategies that prevent turnover.

MODULE 5: Legal & Ethical Hiring Across Africa

Learn the labour laws that matter, avoid costly disputes, handle terminations properly, and protect your business.

MODULE 6: Scaling Your Workforce

- Remote teams
- Outsourcing
- Gig workers
- Flexible staffing
- Growing AND shrinking responsibly

MODULE 7: Workshops, Case Studies & Practical Tools

Real African scenarios
Role-plays
Templates
Scorecards
Checklists
Guest speakers
And implementation tools

This programme is designed so that you finish with:
A complete hiring system you can use again and again.

Why This Course Works
(Even If You’ve Failed at Hiring Before)

That’s simple…

It’s because it is built for African businesses just like yours.

✓ Practical, step-by-step

✓ Legally sound

✓ Tested across industries

✓ Designed for busy entrepreneurs

✓ Based on real African hiring realities

✓ Easy to implement immediately**

 

You don’t need HR experience.

You don’t need prior knowledge.

And you don’t need a big team.

You only need the willingness to stop guessing and start hiring intentionally.

What You Get When You Enrol Today

  • 7 Comprehensive Training Modules
  • All Templates & Tools (Job descriptions, onboarding checklists, interview scorecards, etc.)
  • Case Studies, Workshops & Role-Plays
  • A Certificate of Completion
  • Lifetime Access

Everything you need to build a reliable team.

Your Investment…

Before I tell you the price, I want you to consider something most entrepreneurs never calculate:

What is the REAL cost of hiring the wrong person?

Let’s break it down:

  • Wasted salary over 3–6 months
  • Lost productivity
  • Mistakes you have to fix
  • Customers lost due to poor service
  • Delays in growth and operations
  • Emotional stress
  • Time you’ll never get back
  • Plus, the cost of hiring again to replace them

 

When you add it all up?

A single bad hire can cost your business ₦450,000 – ₦3,000,000…

and in some cases, even more.

And most entrepreneurs make multiple bad hires every year because they’re still hiring with guesswork.

Now compare that to what happens when you finally get hiring right:

  • You attract stronger talent
  • Your business scales faster
  • You finally get time back
  • You get to focus on strategy, not firefighting

Performance, productivity, and profitability increase dramatically

One great hire can pay you back 100x.

One corrected hiring mistake can save you millions over the next few years.

And that’s why this course exists…

To give you a repeatable system that prevents costly mistakes and ensures you hire right every single time.

So What’s the Price for All This?

The entire Hiring Right™ System…

All 7 modules, templates, scorecards, onboarding systems, legal guidance, and lifetime access…

Is not [INSERT PLACEHOLDER] (even though it easily could be)…

It’s not [INSERT PLACEHOLDER]…

It’s not even [INSERT PLACEHOLDER].

Your investment today is just:

[INSERT PRICE]

Yes.

The price of one hiring mistake… but with a system that protects you from hundreds of them, for the rest of your business life.

If that sounds interesting enough…

And you’re ready to start building the team your business deserves…

You’re Protected by Our Full Confidence Guarantee

Go through Module 1.

If you don’t feel:

  • more confident,
  • more equipped,
  • more in control of your hiring process,
  • and clearer about your next steps…

You get a full refund…

With no questions asked.

You have nothing to lose.

Except more money, time, and energy on bad hires if you don’t take action.

If that sounds interesting enough…

And you’re ready to start building the team your business deserves…

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