You are a board member or shareholder of an organization. You receive certain information on possible revenue leakages or poor governance that you did not expect. How do you react? Do you suspend or terminate the incumbent managers immediately or you first undertake a thorough independent review to obtain all facts to inform your next course of action? Great leaders first obtain all facts to inform their decisions. That is called facts and data-driven decision making. You must avoid making decisions on hearsay or opinions at all costs. You need to undertake either a forensic audit or an independent organization…
The barber’s regret: money blinded me, part 1
He is 28. A barber. Exceptionally good barber. Customers line up for him. I too, when I find him busy, I wait for him. When I go to the saloon, I crack a few jokes and stories with the barber. It helps both of us to relax. Laugh and get even. Having some little money to drive a car and hold a good phone does not make anyone special. Not even being a CEO of a multi-national. All that matters are your ability to connect to people regardless of their station in life. Consider this: someone takes over your head.…
The three skills of outliers, part 1
I have sat in many boardrooms as well as holding one on one interactions with leaders. Asked, what top three key skills make one an exceptional talent, the answer is (1) trust, (2) skill and (3) passion as demonstrated by ambition and commitment Are you a person that can be trusted? Can you keep secrets shared with you in your normal course of work safe despite future challenges or frustrations? Do you protect the interests of the company and your seniors at the expense of your personal ego and benefits? Are secrets and intellectual property safe with you? If the…
The future is bright if you think positively
Nehemiah 8:10 Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength. “It is easy to point out errors and mistakes. To discourage ideas or undermine one’s effort and to critique one’s work as bad. The fact is anyone can say so. There are few people who can make things work or do outstanding work.” When Eliud broke the 2 hours marathon mark, and run a marathon in 1:59 minutes. Some people were up in arms how the whole thing had been pre-planned and how the feat was a mean one. If you have ever run even 2…
The summitadvantage: how Summit Consulting improves the client’s condition, part 1
Summit Consulting Ltd provides organizational toolkits and educative workshops to stop revenue leakages (forensics), sell more, raise employee morale and transform your organization by helping you identify and remove the corporate ‘fat’ (advisory). Corporate fat like lack of staff morale, bloated payroll, frauds and poor strategy execution lead to inefficiency and stagnating growth. And protect your intellectual property for confidentiality, integrity, and availability (security). Simply put, we help our client as follows: Stop Revenue Leakages. We implement proactive anti-fraud and proactive forensic solutions that make use of predictive models and analytics to give you a live 360 degrees view of your…
How to deal with sudden, the unexpected and abrupt shock or surprise.
“! I will leave this place and go to my father and say: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you; I no longer deserve to be called your son; treat me as one of your paid servants.” – Luke 15:18-19 According to Murphy’s Law, ‘anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.’ This is a supposed law of nature. The Law will always hold, whether you like it or not. We all know very well that our friends, loved ones or significant others, will – at one time – in line with Murphy’s law, experience a very big…
