Winning boards are a result of how people work. It has nothing to do with a plethora of board rules and regulations. After serving on several boards, I know from experience that a good Chair can make or break the effectiveness of the board. The role of the Board Chairman is to manage board dynamics to perform its duties as defined in the board charter. This involves giving adequate airtime to all members and allowing practices that encourage mutual respect and informed discussions. Great boards have effective social interaction systems – forums where board members engage each other and discuss…

  To digitize entails using electronic business and electronic commerce and online tools to run the business. Digitization transforms your business to become more agile, nimble, and efficient. The starting point is to adopt digital records management and reduce time wasted in tracing up documents and invoices. The next phase is to install software to capture day to day business transactions. For example, when you install an accounting system to capture all your daily sales and expenses you ease your financial management practices. Then you can install a system to manage your human resources. Another to handle stock management etc.…

“If your wife asks to go out for a party, insist that she moves along with one of her children. The younger the better.” That is what my grandfather Mzee Atanansi Komunjara often advised friends who asked how to avoid exposing their wives to risks of extra-marital affairs. Time and again, women would ask their husbands to go visit their people back home — a red flag of rekindling old fires. Following a spate of frauds reported in the national papers, companies can learn a lot from grandpa’s advice – trust after controls. During these Coronavirus pandemic times, cash is…

The normal life of any business leader is spent fighting battles daily. It is these kinds of battles that make business challenging and worthwhile – you win some and lose some. It ceases being challenging when the outcome is perceived to be a result of an unfair playing field. Yet, the delays by the Presiding Judge to issue the signed ruling and or judgment on Tuesday 13th October 2020, six days after being delivered in open Court, has caused anxiety among the business community and international partners alike. The ruling on the case of Ham Enterprises Limited versus Diamond Trust…

Keep your items in sets. Remember that math topic about similar sets. Put your dresses in one corner. Books on the same subject in another section. And the keys to the different doors in their specific locations. Have the habit of putting your car keys in one same spot to save you time. Above all, always be alert about items or things out of place. Pay attention to details. Take note of any item out of place and put it back. The fewer items on your desk, the more freedom you have away from confusion and noise. To be organized,…

Coronavirus has changed the way things work. Leaders must embrace the needs of the new times and implement innovative solutions that meet the emerging needs of the clientele. As the government pushes for the online learning delivery, as well as partial schools opening, UNEB has the challenge to provide leadership by leveraging on digital to win. One of the challenges of homeschooling is the inability to track progress and test the candidates to enable progression to the next class or level. The absence of a formal learning structure and termly tests is affecting the full realization of the benefits of…