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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.

• Mixing symptoms and management problems

  By AB Gabazira on March 24, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Originally posted on Gabazira's blog:
  We continue to observe a persistent pattern in the OD manifestations in organizations. Managers and those that work for them don’t always differentiate OD symptoms from management problems. Signs are looked at as management…

• CEOs – take one for the team

  By AB Gabazira on March 17, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Originally posted on Gabazira's blog:
  CEOs are accountable for the success or failure at their organizations. CEOs are human and therefore, fallible. Things go wrong, and that’s normal. CEOs, even the omnipotent type, will never change one thing: stumbling…

• The Leadership conundrum: if you are a leader and you like to be loved, get a dog!

  By AB Gabazira on March 10, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Originally posted on Gabazira's blog:
  Last week the Effectiveness-lab discussed certain effective-leadership archetypes and accompanying behavioral traits. Leaders grapple with a critical challenge – when to be ‘friends’ with the ‘led’ and when to be the boss that says…

• Pennilessness and its untruth on the character of man

  By AB Gabazira on March 3, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Originally posted on Gabazira's blog:
  At the Effectiveness lab, we believe in the authenticity of character – others may like to call it integrity. Whatever name you want to call it, it is all about: personal genuineness or originality.…

• Your individuality and situational fit

  By AB Gabazira on February 24, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  This week’s blog concludes our Individuality monologues: the tendency to match human beings to global-average metrics (at times entirely meaningless for the individual) has been challenged. You just want to be you, after all, that is what makes you happy… Read More ›

• Your difference is your advantage – right?

  By AB Gabazira on February 17, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  In this blog, we continue our February discourse on individuality and how it makes you an effective: employee, family member, social acquaintance, and citizen. In our first two blogs – February 2019 – we explained why it’s essential for you… Read More ›

• You are more effective when you choose to be you – 2 of 2

  By AB Gabazira on February 10, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Let’s start off this week’s blog, the second in the series ‘You are more effective when you choose to be you,’ by making it very clear that we aren’t calling for rebellion or dissent in companies, families and other social… Read More ›

• You are more effective when you choose to be you – 1 of 2

  By AB Gabazira on February 3, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  There is this fascinating book – The end of average by Todd Ross that resonates with our tendency to question why what is right or best is usually associated with a specific pre-agreed standard/norm. The book encourages you to look… Read More ›

• CEO – decisions to make and not

  By AB Gabazira on January 27, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  If you are a CEO or those of you that have good visibility of your CEOs work, do you pay attention to the types of decision you make/your honcho makes? The kind of decision the CEO makes is indicative of… Read More ›

• Are you employed? Mind the gap!

  By AB Gabazira on January 20, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  In last week’s blog, we explored what you learned in 2018. We asked if you re-skilled/up-skilled or de-skilled and also delved into the expertise vs. skills dichotomy. We concluded that expertise only remains potent when you continue to re-skill/up-skill. To… Read More ›