Improve Today
250 articles filed under Improve Today.
A proposal that wins business
What is your proposal success rate? If you are a partner in law, accounting, an engineering firm, or any practice that involves selling...
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Your on-line activity: The emperor has no clothes
A story is told of an Emperor who allowed himself to be dressed in the finest suite of new clothes, which he had been told “had the special...
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Using Data Analytics to detect Fraud
Mustapha B Mugisa, spoke at the Institute of Internal Auditors Uganda on the topic, using Data Analytics to detect Fraud. Read about the...
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Personal finance part2: why paying fees for children isn’t an investment
The biggest cost any average person incurs is living expense. And if you haven’t carefully planned for your incomes, you might end up...
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Where to invest in 2017? The HBR response
The lead article on the cover of the Harvard Business Review, December 2016 issue reads “where to find hyper growth. Frontier Economies may...
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How to investigate anonymous tip-offs?
I was recently faced with a strange case to investigate. The complainant remained completely anonymous and posted letters to the CEO of our...
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What are your strategic perspectives?
One of the first steps in strategy formulation is to understand your strategic perspective: what does winning look like in your kind of...
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How to rise through the ranks as a CFE
Are you a CFE or a newly certified fraud examiner? How do you gain instant recognition across the organisation especially at the senior and...
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Craft a strategy for a new era
Many organizations are mediocre because they are still stuck in the traditional approach to strategic planning.The times have changed. You...
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Crossing the Ethical Boundary 3:Insights from a fraud investigator.
Why people cross the ethical line? Read: Crossing the Ethical boundary Part 2 People cross the ethical line due to four things summarized...
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The willpower to succeed: error on positive float
Isaiah 40:31. But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow...
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Crossing the Ethical boundary Part 2: Insights from a fraud investigator
What do you think is the number one reason why many people do not succeed in their life? Read: Crossing the Ethical boundary Part 1 Here is...
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The four step process to finding a perfect marriage partner
“A perfect partner makes a great family” - Fr. John Mungereza Last Sunday, Fr. John Mungereza, the Parish priest of Our Lady of Africa...
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Crossing the Ethical Boundary part 1: Insights from a fraud investigator.
• Ethics -¬ all rules and expected behaviors that govern our professional lives, and work practices as established by Companies we work in....
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ISACA Uganda- IT Governance: Towards effective enterprise-wide security
Sustaining business growth through effective cyber security strategies requires mindset change, where leaders think pragmatically about...
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What the Olympics medals table reveal
Team Uganda returns from the Rio2016 Olympics empty handed. It is unlikely that there will be a crowd, as usually is the norm, when a medal...
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The Willpower to succeed
To succeed, you must lose the fear of failure. It is so unfortunate that many people do not want to hang around failures. On 22nd July...
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Distressed Companies in key sectors; fact or fiction?
These are turbulent times for Uganda’s economy. With decreased growth of the economy, many big companies are said to be choking in debt...
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MTN Uganda CEO Mazen Mroue’s Three Keys for Your Career Success
The recent MTN Business training sponsored by MTN Uganda for entrepreneurs in Eastern Uganda was a huge success. The training attracted 152...
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How to succeed in 2016?
Make priorities, not resolutions, because change is a fact of life! a) First, do not make resolutions. They are abstract. Make a list of...
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Succession planning: easy to say, tough to do
“If you don’t have a successor, you are very poor indeed.” 1. Succession planning is a tough call in Uganda, as it is elsewhere 2. Even...
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Kick ass insights: no bank loan is free
E2. Managing loans in a slowed down economic environment as is today -Should one/a business take a loan today? “No loan is free. The costs...
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Budgeting insights?
E1. Lessons households and businesses can pick from government's budgeting process. If you don’t budget, you cannot monitor your incomes....
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Crossing the Ethical Boundary: The Four Steps Model, M.R.C.O
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Managing any business requires having a dedicated team of professionals. The minimum quality of a great...
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