Innovation
We’ve got to start thinking outside the box.” This is a statement almost every leader has said. For decades, creativity and innovation have been defined by a person’s ability to look beyond the traditional...
Who is your Mentor?
If someone asked the question “who was the most influential person in your life, Or “who do you most admire?”, would you have an answer? Is there someone that makes your admiration list? But,...
Are you Developing Future Leaders?
“Everything rises and falls on leadership,” says John Maxwell. If this statement is true, then how do we ensure that those in leadership understand leadership and then lead as is expected of them? Assuming...
Will You Avoid or Confront?
Whether we are dealing with under-performing employees, disagreeing with our spouse, negotiating with a difficult client, or simply saying “no” or “I’m sorry”, we face difficult conversations almost every day.
The only way to appropriately...
Are you Ready for Change?
A change is as good as a rest’, so goes a common saying. Is this easier said than done? Does change bring rest or does it bring trouble with it? And if it does...
Are you Building and Leading A High Performance Team?
Watching a sports team at play is all about collective endeavour. In my view, there is nothing as magical as a sports team working well together. You may have experienced it, either as a...
Are you Getting your Message Across?
The Online Business Dictionary defines communication as a two-way process of reaching mutual understanding, in which participants not only exchange (encode-decode) information, news, ideas and feelings but also create and share meaning. In general,...
Failed Plan or Plan Failed
A proverb is a simple and concrete saying popularly known and revered, which expresses a truth, based on common sense or the practical experience of humanity. Whereas African Proverbs offer wisdom and poetry in...
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Ready to recast your presidential vote?
Dear beloved, brothers and sisters, the Supreme Court of Kenya judgement delivered on Friday, September 1, 2017 nullified the presidential election results and ordered...
Good and Bad Leaders: What differentiates them?
Good and Bad Leaders: What differentiates them?
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others” so wrote George Orwell in his...
LEADERSHIP THROUGH CALMNESS: Lessons from captain, Chesley Sullenberger – US airways flight 1549
When in a crisis, our mental state often seems only to magnify an already extremely challenging situation, becoming a major obstacle in itself. How can you be composed and provide leadership?
Failing Leadership: What makes leadership fail?
Failing Leadership: What makes leadership fail?
You possibly may have come across the statement, So many leaders, so little leadership.” That's the title of a...
Father’s Day: Leadership Lessons from Fatherhood
Father's Day is a day of honouring fatherhood and paternal bonds, as well as the influence of fathers in society. In the Roman Catholic...