Cybercrime is on the rise. Anyone is a potential victim. Many people are not yet victims of cybercrime because no one is yet interested in attacking them. In these articles, technical cybercrime terms are made simple. Every criminal has a motive for the crime – is it money, revenge, or crime for hire or just a cybercriminal at work for a social cause or to make a point? If you don’t have money or just have enough to live by, no one may be interested in compromising your on-line banking or hacking into your internet and mobile banking. The benefits…
Attain high staff productivity through team cohesion and a culture of focus on outcomes
Are your staff working as a Team or Individuals? Are your internal meetings productive or sleepy ones? Study Figures A and B, carefully: Which one best describes your team focus?“It does not matter how much resources you may have if your people don’t know how to use the resources. They still will NOT be enough”, Anonymous. Not money, Not machinery, Not buildings. The single most critical resource that separates great companies from average ones, is staff working as a team focused on a common agenda. Are your staff focusing all efforts towards the same targets (B) or they are pulling…
You see those two blocks, they are my buildings
After visiting a client yesterday, I bumped into a long-time friend. During our MBA studies, a guest lecturer came to speak about leadership. After the well-articulated lecture, I was nominated by my class to give the vote of thanks. Which I duly made to the beyond belief of our guest. He was surprised that I knew so much about his career and achievements that he asked me out for a date. I mean a business meeting. It is from that experience I made a resolution to never leave a public gathering I attend like a meeting, conference or forum without…
#WinningMindspark Never show weakness
If someone does something to annoy you, and you get annoyed by it, you have actually shown weakness. That is why forgiveness is a powerful tool. They annoy you, and you just continue on your ambition, as if you noticed nothing. That is a strength. While in primary, teachers at that level behaved like the children they used to teach. At the slightest mistake- writing a wrong date for the day—one was visited with verbal artillery and canes. Over time we noticed the teachers grinning and showing satisfaction at pupils who cried at the top of their voices and threw…
When did you last undertake revenue assurance?
After making a short presentation to the senior management team (SMT) of a bank today on the topic, revenue assurance and real-time data analytics, the CFO and MD invited me to the CFO’s office for a quick private chat. This is always a great pointer for me since contracts are not signed by a group of people. I always get excited about this side meeting. You get to understand the real need and the budget available if you ask the right questions. Plus, it indicates that people were actually listening to your presentation. While in the side meeting, the CFO…
The bus will leave you
What is your company strategy? What is the culture of the company in which you work? What is your company’s ambition? Ask any staff who pretends to love their job, you will be surprised that few, if any, know these things. Great performers share one characteristic – they take self-initiative to do the right things. They don’t just come to the workplace. They come to add value to the company. How you may ask? They understand the company’s ambition and strategic priorities by reading the company strategy and or asking senior colleagues where the organization is heading. Few companies win…
