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:@mwanjumbiContinued Progress Demands That We All De-link Ourselves From The Now Known Agents Of Mediocrity
By Mwangi Wanjumbi – Newtimes B. S. CEO & Chief Consultant/Trainer Have you encountered people who jump from one tragedy to another, either consciously or otherwise? Actually, insights on change resistance that inhibits progress and development therefore leading to mediocrity, can never be exhaustive. However, some of the factors are more predominant compared to all others. In fact, they are the subject of numerous studies in marketing and other branches of learning. They control the development of new products, new markets and in particular personal,
Read MoreThe Extent to Which Business Is Prepared for the Forces of Change Continues Becoming Even More Critical
By Mwangi Wanjumbi – Newtimes B. S. CEO & Chief Consultant/Trainer As the Kenya Defense Forces continued their incursions into Somalia, many of us followed each and every piece of writing that reflected their experiences. Personally, I was particularly interested in picking out some elements of military strategy, now commonly applicable to business as well. There were many interesting lessons that emerged from all the readings. One of them that seemed quite fascinating is the soldiers’ consistent consolidation of their wins. Thus, they allocated times
Read MoreFirm Up On Leadership Skills To Perfect On Organizational Delegation Process
By Mwangi Wanjumbi – Newtimes B. S. CEO & Chief Consultant/Trainer The discussion this week is on a seemingly simplistic matter that is nonetheless a major challenge in organizational management. Different organizations have varying experiences, depending on the level of entrenchment of leadership skills. Based on experiences gained from business leadership training programs, delegation, a process of assigning roles and authority has consistently featured as a sensitive and contentious area of management. It affects both organizational performance and relationships as well. Actually, it makes sense
Read MoreLearning Organizations Ably Wither Many Storms, Presented by Change Dynamics
By Mwangi Wanjumbi – Newtimes B. S. CEO & Chief Consultant/Trainer As an active company of the year award consultant, I personally visited numerous organizations of varying sizes, ownership and industry orientations. They have ranged from IT, banking, merchandizing, manufacturing, air transport, insurance, health, quasi-government and even non-governmental organizations. Alongside, I have acquired additional learning and hands on experiences on both how organizations actually work, compared to how they are supposed to. Particularly, I have interviewed numerous chief executives and countless senior organizational managers. On
Read MoreIt Is Advisable To Avoid Deferring Solutions To Continually Escalating Change Oriented Challenges
By Mwangi Wanjumbi – Newtimes B. S. CEO & Chief Consultant/Trainer One of the greatest organizational challenges is change resistance. The world is changing; technology is changing; the competition is now and then taking new dimensions; social cultural dynamics are also impacting heavily on consumers and employees as well. Actually, the business environment is so volatile, such that it inevitably demands strategic approaches of making the best out of the same. But what is happening in organizations? Are people changing to align with the dynamics
Read MoreWhy The Extent of Empowerment Determines Personal and Overall Organizational Performance
By Mwangi Wanjumbi – Newtimes B. S. CEO & Chief Consultant/Trainer The term empowerment means many things to different people. In recent years, we have been made aware of different initiatives that have taken shape aiming to bring empowerment to women, the girl child, the youth, the marginalized and many more. On the same token, another initiative took shape targeting the empowerment of men and the boy child, who are seemly not doing too well. Looks like an unhealthy competition for empowerment, doesn’t it? Seemingly,
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