If you want to win the war, do not go into defensive mode. Go into attack mode. I come from Hoima. While growing up, we had several stories of night dancers, thieves, and kidnappers. If you were walking alone at night, and see an approaching car, you hid in the bush to let the car pass. It was rare to see a car at night, and when you saw one, it meant danger. To us (back then), people with cars only moved during the day. Everyone wanted to be seen in a car. It was rare to see one! So,…
Happy Heroes Day to all Ugandans
As Napoleon observed, “The army marches on its stomach”, everyone today matches on their stomach. Whoever feeds the stomach easily becomes one’s hero. But it should not be like that. We should define our heroes as those folks who do greater good for the greater majority. And today we celebrate just that. The people who sacrificed their good lives for the better of our country. These are the true heroes. And all those people who wake up early to go to hospitals to attend and make our country coronavirus free and safe, those folks who clean our streets. The…
We need a formed and informed conscience
The question of conscience is one of the fundamental issues that human beings need to keep under keen interest because it was a principle core and safe sanctuary of a person. When one acts with a clean conscience that person is being influenced by right impulse whose voice echoes in the depths. The minds and hearts of human beings must be formed and at the same time informed in such a way that they can sense and do what is knowledgeable, right and practical. A good conscience can influence the integral behaviour of any balanced person even when age is…
How positive energy and confidence gives opportunities to win
One of the reasons one young lady made a lasting impact on me at our very first meeting is her confidence and a glass full of motivation she was willing to share. We meet so many people, but few encourage us to become better. At the time I was teaching ACCA financial reporting paper at Makerere University Business School. I did not know that she was one of the students in my class. Two days later, I went to the MUBS professional courses department. At the time, there was a man called Richard. He had a great smile. I entered…
Why do change initiatives fail and what to do about it?
The coronavirus pandemic has changed our strategies and plans forever. Life has been disrupted. So have our business models and strategic imperatives to win. But how do you lead change during times like these? Download the Free Template Here Regardless of your business, Table 1 is a simple template to help you record change initiatives. Just copy and paste in Microsoft Office word document and create a clear record and details of planned changes being experienced in your organization. It does not matter the size of the company or organization you lead, what matters is having some form of change…
Internal audit, CFO, Legal, or IT: which role is the most critical?
Which department or professional is the most critical to the business? Is it Internal audit, finance, legal, or IT? When coronavirus happened, all professionals, but health workers could work without restrictions. Others like finance and procurement professionals continued to work in the background. When it comes to the business, which professional is more important than the other? Is it true to say that health workers are more important than other professionals? Who is who? These kinds of debates help one to remember stories our teachers used to tell us while in primary school. One such story was the monkey and…
