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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.

• By AB Gabazira on December 15, 2019 • ( 0 )

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• Can CLASS be ascribed to organisations as it’s to humans? Series 2 of 2

  By AB Gabazira on December 5, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  At the end of series one, we promised to outline research and evidence regarding the manifestations of classic organisations. And other than pretend that we can teach organisation class, we opined that working backwards from manifestations of class at organisations,… Read More ›

• Can CLASS be ascribed to organisations as it’s to humans? Series 1 of 2

  By AB Gabazira on November 24, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  We are discussing class at organisations this and next week You have come across people that refer to others as a class apart. Yes, some women and men are a class act. They are referred to as class and in… Read More ›

• Organisation-culture hygiene mischief – Series 2 of 2

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

  

  It’s apparent from series 1 that organisational culture is a vital part of an organisation’s machinery and its optimal functionality. You can’t choose, if you are a smart leader or owner, not to pay attention to culture and its hygiene… Read More ›

• Organisation-culture hygiene mischief – Series 1 of 2

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

  

  We start with the definition of culture: …organisational culture is “the shared basic assumptions, values, and beliefs that characterise a setting and are taught to newcomers as the proper way to think and feel, communicated by the myths and stories… Read More ›

• Are organizations emphasizing the right critical success-factor?

  By AB Gabazira on October 27, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  If you are like most people, you attribute an organization’s success to many factors: a perfectly crafted strategy, the right structure, appropriate culture and accompanying climate, the right operating environment, the vision of the founder/s, good brains, brand perception and… Read More ›

• Corporate training shenanigans

  By AB Gabazira on October 19, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  Now, companies, and we suspect including yours, spend lots of money on training. The so-called corporate training. To not train staff at a company is equivalent to operating an archaic management paradigm whose place can only be found in the… Read More ›

• Should accountability focus on the end-result or process?

  By AB Gabazira on October 13, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  The majority of the products and services we buy or are gifted, come from a system that, like the police force, monitor compliance to process by those that sale labour to employers. And just like we have different cultures in… Read More ›

• Is chronic poor timekeeping amongst certain people an education matter? Series 2 of 2

  By AB Gabazira on October 6, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  So we are back to complete the dialogue on timekeeping and if, it’s an education matter. Last week ended on the note below: “So, are you surprised that the people, especially from the above school generation can’t keep time, without… Read More ›

• Is chronic poor timekeeping amongst certain people an education matter? Series 1 of 2

  By AB Gabazira on September 22, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  For the next two blogs, the Effectiveness lab is discussing the concept of time, its management and education. Is time-management taught formally in schools? Should it be or not? Is the approach to teaching time-management, right? Not long ago, we… Read More ›