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How banks could align their #COVID-19 Recovery strategy to NDP III
If you are a financial institution (FI) operating in Uganda, now is the time to explore Uganda Government's medium-term priorities which...
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Winners ask good questions: prepare to ask
You cannot learn the art of listening without the art of asking informed questions. The better the questions, the smarter the answers. Do...
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Prayer is an Essential Service for Human Beings
What is prayer? Prayer is an honest way through which human beings communicate with God. For communication to become prayer it has to be...
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The truth about digital marketing
2000: Digital marketing consultants are born. The proposals focused on creating mailing lists. Big ad agencies involved in designing great...
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My employer is a cheat…
I usually give time to young people to discuss their career progress and aspirations. Now with virtual interactions, I have more time to do...
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Which career? What would you advise your child to aspire to
Ask any young person, they have an idea of what they would want to become when they grow old. Many times, the aspired career is informed by...
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A worthwhile and insightful read by Roy William Mayega
A long but really worthwhile and insightful read by Roy William Mayega The last paragraph is particularly funny! I have been working with...
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Don’t try to fit on. Try to be magnetic
#mindspark Many times, the best creative thinking comes from setbacks and obstacles. You don’t chose your friends. They chose you. Keeping...
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Why do some employees leave?
As part of the staff satisfaction survey, we included a question, what would make you leave your current position? Surprisingly, the answer...
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Why strategy execution fails, part 1 of 10
Figure 1; Misaligned pillars Take a moment to study figure 1. What can you determine from the figures? Ask any leader or manager, why...
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The internal audit process overview
A typical internal audit project has six phases – planning, inception meeting, fieldwork or data collection, exit meeting, reporting, and...
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summitBI Internal Audit Analytics software – transform your Internal Audit function
Do you want to accomplish more in a short time while focusing on the strategic high-risk areas? Do you want to attain the annual internal...
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The value of information and street smarts
I have been procrastinating about taking the family car for repair specifically to change the brake pads, as they had started making that...
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CEO Succession -why is the plan always absent
All chief executive officers will eventually leave. But why do boards fail to adequately plan for the CEO succession? We have seen it in...
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Nepotism is Dangerous to any society
What is nepotism? Nepotism is biased favouritism to relatives and friends for the sake of edging off others unfairly. This happens when...
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Leveraging technology is NOT a strategy
One of the commonly misused words in strategy is “leveraging technology” to win. Many leaders use it to refer to technology use across the...
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Fainting or Slumping in the Bathroom
? What is the cause? ☝ We always hear of people who have a stroke after a fall in the bath. ? Why have we not heard of falling elsewhere? ?...
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Creative thinking: Managing your business during hard times, part 3
“To achieve efficiency, this year, the idea of ‘tweaking your budget’ need not happen”. “Re-write it”! We advised. The intention was to...
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Creative thinking: Managing your business during hard times, part 2
What about the number of years the business has been in existence? No. Not at all. Historical pre-existence does not necessarily provide...
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Winning in the COVID-19 era of scientific living
Scientific this, scientific that, ‘scientific’ is now in vogue. COVID-19 has created the need to keep a social distance. It is a punch in...
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Cybersecurity: Considerations for remote working and virtual meetings
If there is anything that COVID-19 has left us with, it is the leapfrog into the world of technology early adopters in our professional...
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Creative thinking: Managing your business during hard times, part 1
The world is experiencing yet another crisis, that is more aggressive and pervasive. Unlike the financial-economic crisis of 2008, the...
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All that matters is politics with a vision
What is Politics? Politics is a Greek terminology Πολιτικά meaning ‘affairs of the cities’ skilfully coiled to realize group decisions....
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Sacraments are Instruments of God’s Grace
What are sacraments? A sacrament is a Christian rite which is recognized as particular, important and significance. Christians consider...
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