The purpose is the reason for being. Why does your organization exist? Why does your team exist? Why do you exist? A clear purpose focuses the team to a common agenda and helps attract the right team. Winning companies spend a lot of time defining their purpose. You want prospective staff and partners to read your purpose and resonate. Figure 1: aligning personal purpose to organizational purpose Personal purpose Why do you exist? What do you hold dear? What values do you live? What causes do you support? To win, start by defining your purpose as it guides your outlook,…
Tools of productive staff, tool 1: priority list
Do you love watching competitive television shows for leisure? MasterChef Australia is one such show that never disappoints. Different chefs are challenged to make the best dish to test the contestant’s food knowledge and preparation skills. Episodes are varied to make them unique. In one of the episodes, new contestants were given a menu and challenged to go to the supermarket and buy food (raw materials) to prepare the meals on the menu! How brilliant. And indeed, a good soldier knows when and how to use his or her tools and weapons at disposal. The same applies to staff productivity…
To win, be a player and not a spectator
The legendary Martial Artist, Bruce Lee, is quoted as having said: “Do not pray for an easy life; pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.” In these COVID-19 times, we all need to say this prayer. We are living in challenging times. There is nothing as worse as having a year of missing school. And that is not for just one class or a few students. But the whole country. Only very few lucky children of the middle and high-end class parents are attending school via zoom. It is these kinds of privileges and opportunities that keep some…
How to add impact to your country #mindspark
Many people who have transformed countries and governments, are not necessary government employees or public servants. They are usually private sector players who work with government as partners. From the United States to Europe, to Asia, to UAE. Governments support the private sector to create jobs and drive the economy. The tallest building in the world is located in Dubai. It is a Development by a private sector player working with government as a strategic partner. In the USA, tech giants like Amazon, Apple, SpaceX, Facebook etc work with government as partners. That is how the magic happens. Speaking to…
Countdown: 13 Days to the Uganda Banking Sector Report Launch
#mindspark #banking Do you want to know how banking affects your personal incomes and qualify of life? Attend our Uganda Banking Sector 2020 report launch. It’s the most comprehensive. Figure 9 is macroeconomic indicators and election cycles. What do you see? Report launch date: 14 August 2020, at 10am. To register, click here; https://mustaphamugisa.com/the-size-of-ugandas-banking-sector-2020/ Count down: 13 days to go. First come, first registered. Save US$ 5,000 it costs Bank Boards to pay us to present this report to them… by attending free webinar! NB: Can you interpret the graph below? What do you understand?
The manual bank of Uganda
#Mindspark Caller: Is this Mustapha B. Mugisa? x 2 Me: Who is this? x 2 Caller: This xx bank. Did you know these payments?? Me: Yes, I know those payments. Why have they delayed. We approved on Monday 27 July? Caller: We could not get you on phone? Me: What if I had travelled? Do you know those are staff salaries? And today is 1st August? Why not use WhatsApp or Email or SMS? Why not enable online banking and I approve electronically? Caller: We shall be there… Me: Ok, stay on the road. Keep moving in circles. We…
