When I was in prison, visiting, an in mate came right after my presentation and said: “Mustapha I really appreciate your talk on in-mate reformation. But how do you advise a prisoner like me serving a jail term for a crime I never committed?”  The person in question was called James — a brilliant young man that had mishandled petty cash at the place of work to pay medical bills for his child. To him, he had not committed any crime. He was justifying his actions. This gives key pointers that in Uganda, majority of the people steal in order…

This is a new concept: “financial accident.’ I just called a colleague of mine who has been out of circulation. Me: “Sir, how are you? What happened, you are lost?” Ans: “Man, I am not fine. I got an accident.” Me: “Oh sorry, how are you doing. Which hospital are you?” Him: “In fact, I am at home. Feeling so low. This financial accident thing is horrible. I’ve low morale. I suddenly failed to get money, and it seems it is going to take long to come. The accident is becoming malignant.” Me: It’s tight. But please, don’t lock yourself…

Do you have one of the characteristics of poor leaders? You recruit a competent professional; after a series of interviews and competence assessment You give them a job description – over 5 pages of lists of what their activities will be And then you tell them how to do it If you do that, you are probably killing their creativity and innovation. Leadership is about setting clear targets – clarifying on outputs or performance indicators based on say balanced score card areas – FLIC – financial, learning & growth, internal business processes (innovation) and customer focus. e.g. Financial – Turnover…