Improve Today
250 articles filed under Improve Today.
The role of the Board of Directors
The board of directors is the topmost decision making body, appointed by the shareholders (for a listed company or public entity) or owner...
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Making an impact
Are you are leader or top executive? To make impact, you need to master two critical skills – public speaking and awareness – general...
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Invest your savings wisely
Let’s set the record straight – you must invest money in order to succeed. Your choice of business and entrepreneurial acumen will...
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How to remain relevant
You probably spent over US $3,000 in 2015 alone feeding your stomach. How much did you spend on your brains? The food for the brains are...
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Social network era: how safe is your information assets
Below is part 1 of the presentation I made at Infosec2014 seminar on 20th August 2014 at Hotel Africana Kampala, about the risks posed by...
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Cyber security facts and fiction: part 3
Issue: A new ransom-ware, Locky, is up and about, crawling the Internet for the next prey. It is brilliant. It's persistent. And it won't...
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Pride MicroFinance myPride indeed
Step 1: You produce your savings card Step 2: You place your middle finger on the biometric reader Step 3: You inform teller what you need...
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Facts and fiction: mobile money innovation
Issue: Telecom companies continue to send to my inbox bulk emails of my bills for my data use. It's inconveniencing and absurd. Some of...
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Life. It's full of trials. The story of the limbless girl
My barber is a quiet man for a reason. When I asked him "how is your family? How many children do you have? Are they ok?" He opened up and...
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3 lessons from Man U’s failed succession planning
Football is a game of goals. Scoring is the team’s key result area (KRA). Things like possession; kilometers covered, fouls committed,...
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Unmasking your partner online: Read his “LIKES” carefully
Thanks to social media, folks can now gain 100% access into their partner expectations of them by just following what they 'like' online....
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2015 Christmas in the village, part 1
The journey to the village on 24th December 2015 was a great one. Despite some poor planning on my part the previous day, we were finally...
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The Paul Ethical Dilemma: What would you do?
On 28th October 2014, I was asked to speak to a group of 210 staff about ethics and integrity. So, how do you effectively teach over 210...
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Why this Mbarara Hotel may not be breaking even yet!
I am in Mbarara for two day, business. Usually, I give myself the best since I must be comfortable to work optimally. After a swift three...
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The four lessons I've learned working with Finns
These are the four lessons I have learned from working with Finns. They happen to be great folks. I am increasingly meeting many of them...
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Why Internal Auditors are Underpaid!
Despite a direct reporting line to the Board and or its Audit Committee, the perception of the value of internal audit department remains...
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Three signs of a bad CEO
Great executives excel at three critical things: (i) effective communication, (ii) rely on the people, trust in systems and procedures and...
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Speaker Introduction: About our Speaker, Mustapha B Mugisa
I was invited to give a keynote speech at a strategic planning retreat at Sheraton Hotel to a team of 30 executives of a bank and got...
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Don’t let risk management overwhelm you
Ernst & Young gave me one of the best practical professional training. As a new recruit in 2006, the then E&Y induction involved...
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Makerere University: a University serves the community, NOT itself!
It is not long ago reports of a hacking incident at Makerere University’s academic department were all over the place. Apparently, some...
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Personal Finance: Invest your savings wisely
Let’s set the record straight – you must invest money in order to succeed. Your choice of business and entrepreneurial acumen will...
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The poverty mentality: here is how you are killing your own business!
Let me make a disclosure – ever since I applied for insurance, I have been cautious of my diet. I got to know my body mass index (BMI) was...
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Women leaders on 30-seconds personal commercial
It is not every day one comes face to face with great people. My meeting with five exceptional ladies at Sheraton on 16th June 2015 is one...
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The power of product knowledge
People don’t buy products or services per see, they buy benefits. If you can’t explain the benefits of the product of are selling, you are...
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