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.
Our series one juxtaposed two urban African eateries that should be similar in orientation but manifested exciting differences. We used the phrase – being ‘miles apart’ to compare the two units So, what is the difference between the two urban… Read More ›
So, last week, we ended on the note that: there is a quiet, invisible debate about the elasticity or inelasticity of time. That there is a stretchiness about the phenomenon of time in Uganda – we remind you all again,… Read More ›
Now, being the true Ugandans we have been and shall forever want to be, we longed to return home from our sojourn lifestyle of the recent past. For several weeks now, actually months, we have been back in Uganda, a… Read More ›
The Effectiveness lab has chosen to forego its traditional Dec./New-year series, for the “We told you!” post-Brexit series – a reflection on leadership and management lessons for practitioners that want to analyse and learn from the Brexit dynamics – going back to the lab’s deep interest in Brexit leadership and management lessons
How did Boris Johnson get to where he is today?
Do you want to take lessons, free at that, in belief-dynamics from Boris? It may just deliver you a successful 2020 – personally and at the organisation – right?
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
Not long ago, Uganda’s higher education offer was too standardized – in fact, it was akin to the then CocaCola beverage. You could attain a standardised and quality-assured degree, be it the Bachelors, Masters or Ph.D. from the very few… Read More ›
