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I have worked in International development, and with respected International development agencies, for over 20 years.

I continue to get fascinated by what brings and takes away EFFECTIVENESS in both People and Organisations.

I'm especially interested in helping organisations and people become effective at what they do.

• The anti-system voice and the greasy path for leaders and organisations

  By AB Gabazira on May 8, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  In our custom apolitical manner, the Effectiveness lab in this blog juxtaposes the anti-system influence in recent French politics against the politics of the modern organisation. We hope leaders listen to us, as this is something that brings leaders down… Read More ›

• Leadership – the results business. Series 2 of 2

  By AB Gabazira on March 27, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  We ended series one asking whether your organisation has a PRoI (People Return on Investment) index. We wondered if the organisation considers people an ‘investment’ and whether the organisation is deliberate about defining staff ‘productivity-leveraging’ metrics to measure and monitor… Read More ›

• Leadership – the results business. Series 1 of 2

  By AB Gabazira on March 20, 2022 • ( 2 )

  

  Daily at the Effectiveness lab, we observe instances, and many at that, where individuals get too focused on the nuts and bolts of their business value chain processes and activities and don’t remember to see the ‘Z’ point. These individuals… Read More ›

• Loyalty that is no more….

  By AB Gabazira on March 11, 2022 • ( 10 )

  

  Loyalty is a word we throw around, know what it means, but don’t always stop to reflect on its deeper meanings. We have recently had to reflect deeply in our family on what it means to be loyal. Loyalty means:… Read More ›

• What they say about you when you aren’t there…

  By AB Gabazira on February 27, 2022 • ( 2 )

  Human beings worry about other people’s perceptions of us. And there is good reason to worry since we don’t live as islands. We socialise and work with others. Others have power and influence over our access to: resources, jobs, acceptance… Read More ›

• Moulding CEOs – the different ingredients

  By AB Gabazira on February 27, 2022 • ( 1 )

  

  What are CEOs made of? How are these creatures at the top of institutions made? And we are sure you all have heard or used phrases like leaders are born. And that if you weren’t born a leader, you are… Read More ›

• Education in Uganda – the cost of authentic African folklore dying, thanks to Google

  By AB Gabazira on February 6, 2022 • ( 2 )

  

  Practical education in most of Uganda was hybrid. It combined traditional African folklore and Western Colonial education at formal learning institutions. This type of education was effective since it produced outputs that positively influenced and shaped ‘total’ nation-states. First and… Read More ›

• COVID19 casualty: the modern organisation and great resignation – Series 2 of 2

  By AB Gabazira on January 30, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Who should have warned the world of the ‘great-resignation’? Did the HR fraternity miss the great resignation? Why did they assume that the COVID19 pandemic would come and go, and we would all return to the status-quo pre-pandemic? Is HR… Read More ›

• COVID19 casualties: labour and the great-resignation – Series 1 of 2

  By AB Gabazira on January 23, 2022 • ( 4 )

  

  Are we witnessing one of the more significant shifts at the modern workplace post-world-war 2? Amongst the many consequences of the COVID19 pandemic is employees quitting en masse. The pandemic situation has had an unintended consequence, and there is questioning by the… Read More ›

• Oooooh Uganda May God uphold thee series 2 of 2

  By AB Gabazira on January 16, 2022 • ( 2 )

  

  It has been about half a year since our last blog at the Effectiveness lab. We chose to take a hiatus – COVID19 took its toll on all parts of society; the people, souls, economy and the brains that blog. We… Read More ›