AB Gabazira
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Justification for ‘running out of clock’ – 2020, the horrible year
Hello, 2020, the annus horibillis is behind us. Is it? And, don’t we have every reason to justify why we didn’t do whatever we wanted done. It’s human nature. Yes, it’s the year 2021 now, and already many things have happened to us in the last nine days since the new year. We are: a… Continue reading
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COVID 19 in the household – a very different kettle of fish
Well well well – we write about matters effectiveness on this blog, mostly from the OD. lens. Yet this time around, it’s COVID-19 that has effectively dealt with our household. If it were a football match – we are beaten. COVID-19 is the better team – for the simple fact that it scored more against… Continue reading
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Indiscipline a forte and is it okay?
Don’t we all occasionally have to make the choice whether to be the conformist type that goes with the order of the day (or what the boss wants) vs the errant, rebellious, nonconformist type that keeps going against the normal? Is the choice we make regarding the two positions determined by our innate configuration (DNA… Continue reading
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Do we need strategic plans? Series 2 of 2
Putting aside the debate about the cumbersome and mind-boggling nature of strategy, we at the Effectiveness lab strongly opine that you need a strategy to run a business effectively. The belief by some people that you don’t need a strategy is premised on the apparent evidence that strategy is mostly absent at organisations, but they… Continue reading
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Do we need strategic plans? Series 1 of 2
So, why are leaders surprised when they ask and can’t answer the question: ‘are we making progress in whatever we are paid to do?’ Leaders and senior managers deal, or should deal with strategic stuff in day to day business affairs. Yet matters to do with strategy, including the: planning – thought process – articulation… Continue reading
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Do you pay ‘rent’ for your success?
They have done it, I will also do the same. Why not? …about 60% [youth in East Africa] admired those who used get-rich-quick schemes. And more than half believed it didn’t matter how one makes money while 53% said they would do anything to get money. The survey found 37% would take or give a… Continue reading
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Don’t be ‘the first’ but ‘the best’
At the Effectiveness Lab, we present our thoughts via the effectiveness/efficiency lens. We are efficacy-junkies and ultimately would wish for all that we do as individuals to be rated top because it’s quintessential; and not because we carry individual perceptions about us by others in society. In this case, people of colour, women, other minorities… Continue reading
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Should we work for organisations whose culture orientation is the same as ours?
This week we discuss organisation vs. individual culture dilemma. Should we work for organisations that share the same culture orientation as us? And, what is on offer for organisation culture? Mono or poly culture? Traditionally, culture at organisations tends to go one way or the other. It’s perceived as a black or white affair. It’s… Continue reading
About Me
Apollo B. Gabazira is an Ugandan OD. junkie fascinated by matters that render organisations/individuals effective or not. He blogs on effective leadership and management. He is a devoted green-farmer and breeds the Ayrshire cow at Nakabugu, Luuka district, Uganda. Apollo is quite effective at what he chooses to do.
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