It is that season of the year of multiple reality tests – poverty, friendship, and family. Once I followed a family after a shopping spree with three shopping carts full to the brim! Another fellow in the line was just looking. The till fee was in excess of Ugx. 1,300,000. The lady shopper did not even bother to claim the royalty units on offer by the supermarket. When one cannot even afford a kilo of meat at Ugx. 1,200, witnessing this in action makes one suddenly realize how they have terribly failed the poverty test. In this season of giving,…
The future of meetings
A meeting is a forum for face to face team member interactions to find a common position on an issue and decide the next steps. The quality of any meeting is defined by its agenda. It is 2019, but many people still run their meetings with Agendas of the 1960s. Such an agenda goes as follows: Opening prayer Introduction from the Chair Reactions Review minutes of the last meeting Reactions Reports from finance Reports from HR The CEO report Adjourn The first item depends on your company values. If you are Christian or Moslem founded Institution, this item is critical.…
How to be rejected and win
How many times have you been rejected? Never take a rejection personally. We all get rejected. Just like there is no road without bumps, corners, and steep slows, life is full of these too. In your work, you will be rejected. The secret is to learn from the rejection. I have always been an adventurer. In 2010, I applied for a project in South Africa to facilitate a strategic retreat for one of the manufacturing companies. Looking back, I overestimated my skills. For some reason, I passed the preliminary assessment stage. This earned me an invitation to travel to Jo’burg…
Tool 65 of 104 is to stay alert and ready
‘So stay awake, because you do not know the day when your master is coming. You may be quite sure of this, that if the householder had known at what time of the night the burglar would come, he would have stayed awake and would not have allowed anyone to break through the wall of his house. Therefore, you too must stand ready because the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.’ Matthew 24:37-44 It is an old wisdom that good luck is when preparedness meets opportunity. If you want to get lucky, you must…
Is there a stone in your shoe
Are you driving a car on a flat-tyre? Much as the car may continue to move, it cannot go as fast as it should. The car cannot run on at high speed on a flat tire. The best decision is to get the tire fixed. The same thing happens when a stone accidentally enters into your running shoe. It becomes a bottleneck. However fast you may try to run or walk, you just cannot go faster. It is a bottleneck you must stop and fix first. When you have productivity leakages, what do you do at the workplace? You must…
Tool 64 of 104 is to lead yourself first
“‘Have you no fear of God at all?’ he said. ‘You got the same sentence as he did, but in our case we deserved it: we are paying for what we did. But this man has done nothing wrong. Jesus,’ he said ‘remember me when you come into your kingdom.’ ‘Indeed, I promise you,’ he replied, ‘today you will be with me in paradise”, Luke 23:35-43 What is leadership? What are the qualities of a good leader? Get a piece of paper and write five names of people you consider as the best leaders in your opinion. What makes you…
