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 ›
Effectiveness
Organisation-culture hygiene mischief – Series 2 of 2
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
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?
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
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?
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
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
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 ›
Education commoditisation – the good and bad
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 ›
Innovation at companies: often touted but lacks the right toolbox – Series 2 of 2
So – in this series two, the Effectiveness lab addresses the questions: how do leaders, managers, and organizations achieve sustainable innovation? However, before delving into the answer/s to the latter questions, we share below an excerpt from McKinsey that makes… Read More ›
