It is Voltaire who said, “Judge a man by his questions, not his answers.” He was right. So, why do many politicians lack a forum for asking questions? I only see an answer time, where after an address, a politician receives questions from the Fourth Estate members i.e. journalists who are often allowed to ask questions. If you do not ask the right questions, you cannot get the right answers. No leader can lead well without asking the right questions. When a person goes to hospital, the first thing a doctor does is to ask questions, like “when did you…
How are you empowering your children to win during this #covid19 lockdown?
#Covid19 lockdown has helped parents to know their children better. The opportunity to have a one on one with the young ones, review their school performance in detail and provide parental guidance without rushing to any meeting, is a blessing in disguise. A good family provides a strong foundation for career success. Teaching values of discipline and hard work is critical. Growing up with a single mother, I learned to fear God and the discipline of resilience and grit – the ability to complete whatever you start. Our mother would ask us to grind millet, i.e. millet flour after which…
Memoirs of Uncle George Kihuguru and student life at Makerere University, 1968 to 1995
On 18th September 2017 I received a small book from my senior, Geoffrey Kihuguru. This is the man who had taken time and effort to induct me into the role of Finance Committee Chairman at the Institute of Corporate Governance. He had personally delivered the book to my office, what a humble gesture. Download this article in pdf: Memoirs of Uncle George Kihuguru and student life at Makerere University Seeing a Memoire, I recall, I requested Geoffrey to accept payment for the book to demonstrate the value I attached to it, which I am happy that he accepted. As a…
Ugandan companies continue to struggle in areas of Governance
“This report clearly shows Ugandan companies continue to struggle in areas of Governance but are taking positive steps towards improving their structures.” Download The State Of Corporate Governance Report Today There are so many organizations that have put Boards in place but are doing things, which do not necessarily add value to the business. Knowing the Prince IV corporate governance best practices is one thing. Putting such practices into action is another thing altogether. No one wants organisations with window dressing Boards. Very many things go wrong with incompetent Boards. In politics, you will ask; “Is our parliament a ‘biting’…
The death of conventional or traditional strategic planning, part 1
Get a copy of any strategic plan, and you will see lots of analysis paralysis but no strategy. The simple test is: what is the strategy in the strategic plan document? Many leaders have a document named a strategic plan when such a document is a research paper. It has lots of SWOT – strengths, and weaknesses, opportunities and threats analysis listed. You find the entire section of the analysis, micro, and macro-economic reviews but no input to strategy. Such ‘literature review is so generic that you change the name of the company, it fits perfectly for another company.’ Many…
Zero to One by Peter Thiel is our Week 4, Book 4, April 2020 – read One Book Weekly and thrive
Get a copy of the book, Zero to One, and transform your thinking with original ideas. Few books challenge your current positions and outlook. Zero to one is such a book. In this world full of copycats, Zero to One, will empower you to think differently and win. According to Peter Thiel, the author who is an entrepreneur and investor and co-founded PayPal and Palantir, each moment happens once. Do not try to copy the Google model and expect to succeed. Such a moment happened once. So was Amazon, or social networking site Facebook. The point is folks who think…
