As 2016 elections draw nearer, many politicians are announcing their candidature. To win, you need a powerful message of change. Though money plays a big part in our elections, a strong manifesto and clarity of message are all it takes. Having a powerful slogan and tagline gives clarity to one’s ideals and leadership focus. Your political slogan can make or break an election. It takes a great strategy and campaign team to develop short and succinct campaign messages that stick. Amama Mbabazi’s “Go Forward” campaign slogan for 2016 presidential bid is “flat”, to the reader and may not earn a…
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 such incident. Most of the time you will meet many ‘experts’, ‘professionals’, ‘Dr’s’, CEO’s or Managers who think too highly of themselves and their capabilities. Yet they cannot even make a short presentation or tell a short story of their life. I have been mentoring (one-one high-level personal development support services) and coaching (process skills training and expert guide to grow executives to excel on the job) executives for over two years now.…
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 in wrong business. Why do you think is the number one reason why salespeople are struggling today? The answer is not what you think. They don’t understand their products and services. If you have listened to stories of great salespeople, they understand the product. But also, they leverage on referrals. They have answers to simple questions like: why should I buy an insurance product from you and abandon my current provider? You are a small…
The inspiring story of Alibaba| a must read for some inspiration
You can achieve anything. I found this story of Jack Ma of the Alibaba empire and thought you would love it too. Enjoy. As you sow, so shall you reap”. It is a principle relevant to all environments, dynamics and levels of interaction. Corporate culture, employee well being and company performance is one more example of the dynamics and outcomes of this principle in action. In 1999, Jack Ma gathered 17 of his friends and students in his apartment in Hangzhou to share his vision of conquering global markets. They pooled together their resources of $60,000 and founded a B2B…
Perfection kills innovation and success, stop it!
Next time someone says “your diction or written English is bad” remind them that Chinese, Spaniards, etc are succeeding with their “bad” English. Be natural. Learn to express yourself freely. Focus on new ideas NOT the medium! You can cheaply hire a translator or use Google. What matters is an idea. The world is full of many dysfunctions and imperfections. That is why attention to details is an oxymoron. Few people will attend to your details. The secret is to keep improving, NOT to aim at perfection. All great companies I know of have been improving over the years. if…
Why NSSF recent proposal to increase deductions is baseless.
The recent proposal by NSSF management to increase monthly contribution from the current 15% is unreasonable and based on un-researched facts. NSSF should be looking at how to invest wisely the money it already has other than looking out for more when the contributors are yet to realize the many sunk benefits over the years. for example, NSSF gambled with workers money in Uganda Clays shares, which have now fallen sharply beyond reason. These are areas that we need answers. Imagine how much money we are talking about – NSSF is the largest shareholder; with majority shares in Uganda clays.…
