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The leader’s toolbox: Tool 1 – speak to influence not merely to inform
That long-awaited promotion or C-level career job has finally landed, what next? When you get promoted to a senior management role, it is...
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What is your passion?
Even one will tell you to find your person and try to monetize it. However, when you ask people to tell you about their passion, they say...
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Your values shape your behavior and conduct
Your values determine your behavior. If you are valueless, you are likely to behave badly and or do very bad things. For some of you who...
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The art of leadership
While delivering a client cultural audit report, senior staff at the client asked: at what point do the staff know they have to stop being...
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“Fraud can’t happen here…!”
If your organization is like many others we encounter, the belief that “Fraud can’t happen here” is commonplace. Despite this belief, the...
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It all starts and ends with attitude and integrity
Attitude is how you react to what happens to you or what others do to you. A positive attitude helps you look at happenings to you or...
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Growth is not glamourous
You cannot find road bumps, tight corners, or steep slopes if you do not go on a road trip. If you do not want to experience turbulence,...
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Staying calm, amid tough times
Leadership is tested during tough times. It is easy to lead during days and years of plenty. But few people can lead during difficult...
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11 principles you should understand about politics before you stress yourself over 2021 elections …
Nobody has your interests at heart. Everybody is chasing their own interests. Dealing with politicians is like sleeping with tigers; you...
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Top insights you need to excel: 1 on 1 with Richard Phillip Sendawula
Godfrey Ssenyonjo met with Richard Phillip Sendawula of aBi Finance about his life's journey. Richard advises that "old skills can no...
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To win with leaders, clarify the expected outcomes
You have been engaged as a consultant to lead a transformation project, where do you start and how do you give confidence to the client...
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Creating team cohesion starts by building trust
I am often asked how to build team cohesion quickly. My answer is always to recommend the leader to start by fixing trust among the team...
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Here is how to implement projects successfully
I have been involved in the implementation of many projects. I have learned from experience that if you want to make an impact on any...
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Great leaders think like great Chess players, part 2
In part 1, you learned how to plan your Chess game to gain an advantage. In brief, you need to have more materials of high value and have a...
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Great leaders think like great Chess players, part 1
It is easy to become a great leader with knowledge, even basic knowledge, of the game of Chess. For some reason, I gained access to a board...
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How to transform the company or person instantly
During a strategic retreat, the Chairman of the board was so impressed by my non-conventional approach to strategic planning that he...
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Laws that Isaac Newton forgot to tell us about
Maybe because these things don't always happen but very probable. 1. WORKSHOP LAW OF BREAD When the buttered slice of bread falls it always...
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The consumer decision journey: always focus on the root cause
Before you spend a fortune on that branding project, first ask: what is the nature of your business and what do customers want? Any logo,...
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Are you focusing on what matters?
God set only 10 commandments to govern the world. These have remained the same for so many years. Equally, you do not need so many rules to...
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MTN Uganda, you can do better
Three days I go, while on a morning run, I came across MTN staff installing Fiber Optic Internet cable. I had a brief chat with one of the...
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Some insights on risk-taking
Life is about risk-taking. For there is no such thing as risk-free. When you do not do something, you carry some risk. When you do...
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Practical application of the Internet of Things
A lot has been said and written about the Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data (BD), but what is the practical application of these new...
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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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Are you doing your best, always?
"Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously." 2 CORINTHIANS 9:6...
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