All posts by Mwangi Wanjumbi
The Writer is a Passionate Corporate Trainer/Consultant in strategy, change management and leadership development. He also provides unique SME Growth Solutions, whose expertise is tied to amongst others, an international research on SME development that was published in the Business in Africa Journal of July 2007. He was also a monthly strategy columnist for 5 years in the Monthly SME Today Magazine. He is also the author of the KICD approved Career Dynamics in the 21st Century, that was used for alignment of the new (Kenyan) Education Curriculum - CBC. He also authored the 2018 Living Beyond Survival; No More Tiptoeing in Life twitter:@mwanjumbiCould This Possibly Be Hindering Organizations From Transforming Into New Levels of Productivity, Profitability and Growth?
Two of the hottest discussion topics by human resource professionals are about organizational culture and generational conflicts in the workplace. This is seemingly so because the same are the greatest challenges continuously affecting most organizations today. But, why is that persistently so in many situations? Fundamentally, human efforts are today guided by two conflicting global perspectives. On one hand is the 20th century industrial era paradigm that recognized human effort in terms of providers of labour, therefore workers. The alternative is the modern 21st century
Read MoreWhat It Takes To Successfully Wade Through The Volatile And Competitive Dynamics Associated With The 21st Century
By Mwangi Wanjumbi- Newtimes BS Chief Strategist, Trainer & Researcher A few years ago, Ambassador Muthaura, the then head of civil service made an order directing that wall partitions and doors in public offices be demolished. He insinuated that some occurrences between the walls may after all not have been desirable. Impliedly, he was introducing some semblance of open door policy. Obviously, not everybody was excited about expected loss of privacy in the workplace. It is therefore not clear the extent to which the order
Read MoreThe Extent Of Success In life Is Determined by the Focus On Our Unique Attributes, but…
By Mwangi Wanjumbi- Newtimes BS Chief Strategist, Trainer & Researcher The entire Kenyan media is currently inundated by discussions on the remuneration of the members of the 11th parliament. That is just two months since elections that would be followed by conduct of honorable duties as expected. Instead, their behavior, outbursts and even threats to national institutions actually confirm that the majority were motivated by nothing else, other than the monetary rewards previously attached to the honorable positions. Now, they are completely in denial of
Read MoreCould Access Group Kenya Have Inadvertently Charted The Path For Stock Exchange Bound SMEs?
By Mwangi Wanjumbi- Newtimes BS Chief Strategist, Trainer & Researcher With electioneering behind us and a fully fledged entrepreneurship development docket (combined with industrialization), we had better embark on the process of wealth creation. But, first, does your business organization operate in the SME Sector? Before responding, remember that the sector applies to 99% of all private businesses in Kenya. So, if your answer is in the affirmative, there is good reason to smile in 2013. Apparently, the focus on SMEs as the engine of
Read MoreBracing For Ensuing Opportunities In A Seemingly Faster Paced And Transformed Nation
By Mwangi Wanjumbi- Newtimes BS Chief Strategist, Trainer & Researcher Have you noticed something unique about our new president? He is extremely fast paced. This is noticeable as he walks around state house, in the company of state officials and invited guests. Further, do you remember the joint opening of the Senate and 11th parliament on Tuesday, 11th April 2013? The president inspected the military’s guard of honour within an unbelievably short time. If the same pace plus apparent enthusiasm and energy are maintained and
Read MoreAll Healing Starts from Accepting What We Can’t Control
“How are we going to deal with the strong ethnic related feelings that you are now influencing us to suppress? Is it not difficult to achieve complete inner peace given the recent experiences?” Interesting observations indeed from a devoted reader, who is seemingly up-to date. He most likely had interrogated the recent piece titled, “healing the nation through making the best out of our rich ethnic diversity.” Realistically, there is nothing wrong with feeling uneasy about the outcomes of the last elections, now better treated
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