summitSTRATEGY & execution
79 articles filed under summitSTRATEGY & execution.
Uganda’s 2025/26 Budget- bigger wallet. Same old shopping list
Minister Kasaija tabled a Shs 72.1 trillion budget with revenue targets of Shs 37.2 trillion, a record 60% to be self-financed. The rest?...
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Happy New Week! What foundation are you laying?
It’s six months to the end of 2024 already. Time flies indeed! How are you building your success foundation? I recently read a story about...
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Assume you are ABFS’s CEO, which of the following strategy proposal cover letters would interest you most?
Strategy Proposal Cover Letter A Dear Sir, I am writing to express our eagerness to provide strategy formulation services for AB Financial...
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How to nurture the innovative spirit?
Many leaders ask: how do we nurture the spirit of innovation to stay a step ahead of the competition? When Micheline, one of the leading...
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Understanding cybersecurity and computer forensics
Security is a human right. It gives you peace of mind to focus and thrive. Everyone feels safer at their home. This is because of a special...
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The future belongs to actionTEAM, the tool for effective collaborators
When people and devices are connected seamlessly, they achieve great things. People who work as lone wolves may achieve success, but it may...
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Revisit your business model from software to ecosystem
“… I am tired of this institution. I am moving on. I do not care how many years I have been here. They are no different from money lenders....
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Optimize your networks. Earn on every referral
Are you making the best of your networks? Do you have a circle of friends in leadership positions who need professional advisory services?...
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Common mistakes to avoid during strategic planning
There are two things you must know – what strategy is and what it is not. “Strategy is about making choices of how to win with your...
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Here are the top 10 ground rules for a successful offsite retreat.
It is common for organisations to take people for an off-site retreat to consider issues of strategic importance. Common reasons for an...
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One page strategic plan
Simplicity is gold. Anyone can make any subject complicated. The real winners are folks who simplify things. Look at how Apple made music...
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Uganda Cranes: how a bad kit sponsor kills a team
#mindspark: Uganda Cranes has been doing badly over recent years. The brand visibility of the National team has fallen so much you may...
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Are you crossing a busy road blindfolded?
If you have not yet done a cybersecurity maturity assessment of your organization, you are like a pedestrian crossing a busy road...
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The duties of a board chairman
The primary duty of the board Chairman or Chairperson (in gender equality speak) is to manage the board effectively. Individual board...
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Automate your risk management processes
How would you answer the following questions? What keeps your leadership up at night? Do you experience challenges with strategy execution,...
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Make your board more effective with this premium board template
The effectiveness of the board depends on the quality of the reports and papers the executive team prepares against which the board...
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The 10 common errors in many strategic plans
Many companies have strategic plan documents merely for showoffs. Some companies write strategic plans for compliance purposes. Others use...
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Planning vs acting on the plans made
The year was 2007. I left my juicy job to swim in the deep waters of entrepreneurship. While at a big four audit firm, it was so easy to...
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Is your board micro-managing the executive?
One sign of bad governance is the involvement of the board in the operations of the business. Does your board: Approve the choice of...
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The five questions to test the quality of your strategic plan
It is around this time of the year leaders go for a strategic planning retreat. Here are five questions to answer during the planning...
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The strategy insights, part 2
Once the problem has been defined, the next thing is to decide on the strategic choices – do you compete on price i.e. low-cost producer...
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The strategy insights, part 1
“Strategy is about making choices, trade-offs; it’s about deliberately choosing to be different.” Michael Porter Many leaders want to keep...
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What is strategy?
Strategy is choice. It is about making choices on how to win with stakeholders including customers against the competition or in case of...
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Why do board meetings fail, part 3
Before you become a board member, you feel a sense of deprivation. A feeling that if you were given the opportunity, things would be...
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