Never surrender your control. The biggest challenge as an entrepreneur is trying to lose control over the critical aspects of your business like talent acquition and retention, customer relationships and quality service delivery. Any business leader must identify areas where they must win. Thereafter, invest to win. And then protect the win so that it is sustainable. In your family for the example, if you are the husband or the head of the family, you must identify the top 2-4 things which you must control. Once you lose control over those areas, you lose your family, and everything will fall…
Why your team building retreats are usually a waste of time
In the last five days, I have received several requests for proposals for team building facilitation at the management team retreat. Some have been requesting for motivational talks. Around this time of the year, many leaders are planning for off-site strategic retreats and team building events. When I receive some requests for proposals, I respond to the sender asking for two clarifications: Why do you need team building and motivational talk? What would you say is your #1 strategic challenge today? Most procurement officers who send the requests for quotations often don’t answer the questions in which case, I don’t…
In your life, who are you benchmarking against?
In your life, who are you benchmarking against? Your achievements will be average if you compete against the average. Take an example of marathon runners. To win the run, one must have pace setters strategically positioned within the runners. And they all know each other. You have, A, the key runner (the one who wants to win the race). And you have person B and C, the pace setters. And you have competitors D, E, F, G, H, etc. Only A, B, and C know who is who. The rest of the runners do not know. Runner A will look…
How do you attract and retain donors and strategic partners?
No donor has too much money to just give away. The key words are value for money, accountability, transparency, and innovation. How do you position your organization at the forefront of good governance? You need to demonstrate a strong stance against fraud and corruption in action and words. Nothing eats stakeholder value like fraud and corruption. Unfortunately, many organizations like yours are exposed to “small” frauds, for example, using WhatsApp or Facebook on the company Internet during working hours which affects daily staff productivity. With time, this costs the entity lots of losses. Some staff understands that such acts constitute…
How often do you communicate?
How often do you communicate with your peers and seniors? The more you communicate frequently, the high chances of being noticed. Make sure that you get a face time with people who have potential to improve your life. It does not matter how many qualifications you have, if you lack the skills to demonstrate your skills, you will never be ‘discovered.’ You must horn your public speaking skills daily. Invest in self-study. Read. Practice in front of a mirror. Learn the life long skills so that you become a speaker that influences and not merely informs. The biggest challenge with…
Task for Media Productions Executive applicants
Thanks for your interest in working at Summit Consulting Ltd. We are a team of experts who specialize in digital forensics, business advisory and cyber security for private and public companies in the region. We aim at improving the client’s condition. To be interviewed, you need to demonstrate practical skills in videography and or animation for the high-end corporate clients. You have the following task to do within the next 3 days: Set up: We are making a TVC for our fraud management service line. A company with staff who are committing fraud cannot grow as any profit made is…
