WinningMindspark
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What it takes to become a professional accountant
There are few professions that give one a latitude to excel at different jobs. Accountancy is one of them. A master at numbers and a...
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Security brief: The breach of all breaches – the Equifax dilemma
Half the population of America, over 143 million people may have had their Social Security numbers and other data stolen, in the massive...
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Barriers to managing internal resources
In organizations, we have gotten so many departments; Human Resources, Finance & Administration, Sales, etc. Do we really need all these...
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The leadership reforms: choices
As a leader, you are going to have huge challenges if you don’t make the right choices. Which kind of markets do you go into? Which kind of...
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Barriers to effective strategy execution point 5
Continuation of point 4 #5 Failure to prioritize and finance what matters most As a leader, you need to know what is in your way to...
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Barriers to effective strategy execution point 4
Continuation of point 3 #4 Lack of effective communication Ask all your top managers in a meeting to write down the top three strategic...
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Barriers to effective strategy execution point 3
Continuation of point 2 #3 Poor staffing Are your key focus areas with the right people responsible for driving them? Are there clear...
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Barriers to effective strategy execution point 2
Continuation of point 1 #2 Misalignment of structure to strategy Are you trying to fit a tight small size dress into a body of a fat baby?...
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Barriers to effective strategy execution
It is easy to write a document and name it strategic plan. Because planning is easy. Anyone can plan. However, very few realize their...
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Can the Internet be policed?
Internet means the ‘international network.’ Internet works like the transport road system. Uganda is currently finalizing plans of...
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Role models vs mentors
Let’s not compare the two. We actually need both of them. We need to have people whom you look up to. In Uganda, we have a lot of...
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Entrepreneurship vs formal employment
We need to get some things right. Not everyone can be an entrepreneur. There are some people who are born leaders. They can start something...
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Essential skills for your career success
To succeed, you need to have intellectual firepower. Put stuff into your head. You need to have the minimum foundation for your success.But...
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Are you driving in the rear view mirror?
If you drive a car or use a taxi, you have seen the driver looking through the main driving screen and the side view mirrors. When the...
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What is your target?
If you don’t have a particular target, it becomes very hard to hit any other target. Most of us have taken long to identify our turf...
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Focus on putting money on the table
As the chief executive, employee or anybody on the street, how do you make choices which are going to improve your life? First, in whatever...
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Pay yourself first!
If you are not in the right state, it is difficult to help another. If you are suffering, it is difficult to help another person. If you...
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#Way of the Guerrilla marketing; grow your business on-line
Way of the guerrilla is a marketing and sales approach which relies on making significant sales for entrepreneurs and leaders who don’t...
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#WayofTheGuerrilla: why you need a marketing plan
Most of the time I have been with clients, apparently successful but when you actually go deep, understand their financials, you realize...
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#WayoftheGuerrilla for super sales – marketing your services
Are you an entrepreneur, professor, accountant or medical doctor? Regardless of your profession or career, where do you spend most of your...
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#WayOfThGuerrilla: what is your sales focus?
The kind of decisions you take can make or fail your business. As an entrepreneur, what is your focus? As a follower of the...
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#WayofTheGuerrilla selling on shoestring budget
As an entrepreneur or CEO, when it comes to running your business, where do you put a lot of priority? Do you focus on putting money on the...
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Why Indians succeed easily in Africa, part 3
Know the difference between an asset and a liability. Even for some of us accountants, the clarity between assets and a liability is not so...
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Why Indians succeed easily in Africa, part 2
Involve family in their business Once I was at one of the top Indian owned company here in Uganda. I had been invited to make a...
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