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…
Focus on the result, not the input
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…
The ugly hand of death roars again: Joan Kagezi gone suddenly
Death, they say, will occur to all of us. The timing and the way it occurs is what worries all of us. Always untimely, unpredictable. At about 8:00pm on 30th March 2015, two rascals, riding on a Bodaboda took matters in their own hands to cut short Joan Kagezi’s illustrious life, an advocate and prosecutor. She stood for justice, and handled cases that shook the country. At the time of death, she was the lead prosecutor in the July 2010 terror suspects’ trial; which was scheduled to continue today 31st March 2015 at the High Court in Kampala. Sources within…
Which skills are you investing in today?
If you are 25 years and more, you have probably spent the last 18 years investing in your technical skills. Going through nursery, primary, secondary and now University – trying to acquire a specialized degree. If you are lucky, you could have picked some great practical skills along the way. Skills like cooking, communication, leadership, planning, etc. How much money have you invested in your life or process skills? I am one of the folks with several international qualifications including an MBA. I realized rather late that technical skills are good but just. When it comes to career success, you…
Precedence: court dismisses Ssebagala ringtone case with costs
This is historical ruling. I love the reasoning behind it all. This Justice, is indeed a learned one. Below is the ruling of Hajj Nasser Ssebagala’s case against Uganda’s telecom leader, MTN over the alleged copyright infrigement of using the plaintiff’s speech as ringtone. Justice Christopher Madrama has dismissed with costs the case in which Haji Nasser Ssebagala sued MTN for using his speech as ringtone. In a judgement read before a parked court in Kampala today, the Judge ruled that Sebagala was not the author of the recording and therefore could not claim ownership of it. He added that…
How to handle rejections
Success is all about overcoming rejections and objections so much that if you see you are attaining success without significant objections, you should get worried. Something may be wrong somewhere. Before we go deep into understanding how to handle rejections, we need to know the types. What kind of rejection are you likely to face? Types of rejection Business sales rejections: Most of the time you are going to face rejections if you are approaching a wrong person. For example, you are sales person selling a product to a prospect you have not carried out any groundwork about. If you…
