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September 16, 2024
What is your life’s purpose?
A few years ago, I participated in an exciting self-help training program dubbed ‘Unplug’. During the session, one of the facilitators put this question to us: ‘What epitaph would you want to be written on your gravestone when you’re deceased. In other words, how would you want to be remembered?’ That question got my mind…
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June 10, 2024
Press Statements Are Not Enough To Avert Crises
A while back, telecom companies in Uganda, especially Airtel and MTN, came under intense public scrutiny and criticism on social media over what disgruntled customers described as data theft orchestrated by the unexplained depletion of mobile data bundles. As expected, both Airtel and MTN released press statements. In its statement, MTN Uganda acknowledged the criticism…
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May 27, 2024
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Of Hiring Highly Talented People.
In February 1974, after eighteen months of dropping out of college, Steve Jobs decided to look for a job. One day, as he searched the papers, he came across a job advert that caught his eye. It was a technician job opportunity at a video game manufacturing company named Atari. His Biographer, Walter Isaacson, wrote…
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April 24, 2024
BREATHE LIFE INTO YOUR WORKFORCE BY PROMOTING EMPLOYEE ROTATION
In many Organizations, there are individuals who have held the same role for years. Over time, their responsibilities have become monotonous as they feel they have mastered their daily tasks, leaving them craving for new challenges and opportunities. How can Organizations breathe new life into these long-serving Employees while also revitalizing the entire team? Employee…
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February 8, 2024
GETTING THE BEST OUT OF PEOPLE IN AN ORGANIZATION
I believe that the greatest role of a leader in any workplace is to inspire, influence and guide others. Leaders must relentlessly upgrade their teams and make sure that people not only see the vision, but they also live and breathe it. Business is like sports where a team with the best players wins. Let…
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December 11, 2023
UNEMPLOYMENT: A FULL-TIME JOB!
Amid the jubilation of graduation day, a lady I will call Pauline and her friends graduated from Engineering school. They all dreamt big and hoped to land cool jobs, eager to earn that engineering stamp of approval – ‘Engineer’ in the future. However, things turned out differently for Pauline. While her friends quickly secured…
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November 29, 2023
How Long Should You Stay In An Organization?
A Question that Lingers. As I sat in the interview room, the atmosphere was charged with anticipation. The panelists were scrutinizing my resume, and I could sense their curiosity. I had always been candid about my career journey, a journey that led me from one organization to another, each stop offering unique opportunities for…
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November 24, 2023
Business: The Failures No One Warned Me About
On one warm evening in March 2012, at a downtown Hotel in Kampala, I met with four dear friends. We wanted to hear more about what was happening in each other’s lives. And after a good deal of kidding, and a good meal, we settled into an interesting conversation – Entrepreneurship. At the time, all…
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August 7, 2023
The Five Warning Signals for a Failing Organization – Part III (Denial of Risk and Failure to Confront Brutal Facts)
PHOTO: OLI SCARFF / GETTY IMAGES Hello, and welcome back to our Five-Part Article Series on the warning signals of a Failing Organization. In this edition (Part III), we take a look at Warning Signal #3 – Denial of Risk and Failure to Confront Brutal Facts. Here, Organizations and leaders become blind to the impending…
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July 29, 2023
The Five Warning Signals for a Failing Organization – Part II
THE UNDISCIPLINED PURSUIT FOR GROWTH AND EXPANSION Why do Organizations fail? To be honest, we have no outright answer to this tricky question because the reasons are numerous. Some experts argue that corporate demise is due to actions or inactions of top management. Others put the emphasis on an Organization’s structures, processes and business models…
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