This blog on th!nk!ng, concludes our February 2017 ‘How not to…..’ sequel. We all think and moreover in a particular manner, for as long as we are awake and conscious. Growing up as a child in Nakabugu Village Uganda, our… Read More ›
People
We fundamentally believe that the most important asset for any organisation (including family) is its people (staff). Organisations that get the best out of its people, shall get ahead of the others in the race for productivity and effectiveness.
How not to manage communication
Last Friday, over dinner with a professional acquaintance – a mid-career professional lady, the words: ‘communication 101’ were used Those of you familiar with the ‘101 course’ concept will know that it’s used to identify introductory courses at University –… Read More ›
2017 – Business Un-usual? Series 4 of 4
Well, in this final series of the ‘2017 – business unusual?’ Blog, we bring together all the discussion from the last four weeks and actually usher you all into 2017. A year, that like many others past, is likely to be… Read More ›
2017 – Business Un-usual? Series 2 of 4
This week the Effectiveness lab discusses the framework for delivering effective individual new year resolutions Very aware of the fact that resolutions are abandoned only a few days into the new year, we have to assume that it continues to… Read More ›
2017 – Business Un-usual? Series 1 of 4
Hello, friends – it’s 8th January 2017, already a week into the so-called new year, and I returned to Nairobi last night ready to start 2017 with sincere and intense conviction. It is not business-as-usual, but un-usual It’s lock, stock, and… Read More ›
Big thing in 2017: personal effectiveness & efficiency?
Friends, how great it is that you have all made it to 2017 So, as you embark on yet another year in your life, what are you planning to do more, the same or less of? We know that many of… Read More ›
The false dichotomy – employees running personal micro-enterprises – Series 2 of 2
Merry Christmas to you all from Nakabugu in Uganda! So, we concluded blog series 1, the ‘false dichotomy – employees running personal micro-enterprises’ with a question: What fails private micro-enterprises in Uganda? On this 25th Day of December 2016, and… Read More ›
The false dichotomy – employees running personal micro-enterprises – Series 1 of 2
There are four factors of production – land, capital, labour, and entrepreneurship. In the past one needed all four to run a viable enterprise; however, in an increasingly digital and networked world, you may only need a combination of two… Read More ›
Fashion sense & your body: impact on CEO effectiveness
Whenever we discuss how effective CEO’s are at their jobs, there is a tendency to look out for the traditional variables and use them to assess the success or failure of our leaders. Indeed, certain individual variables have traditionally driven… Read More ›
Uganda’s new graduates – the Coca-Cola degree
Last Saturday, I was amongst the speakers at a graduation ceremony in Uganda – at a village called Nakabugu, in Luuka district. I have known the graduate Sekezi, right from her early years. It was quite an awakening for me… Read More ›
