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:@mwanjumbiAs You Fervently Pursue Your Personal Goals, Be Ware of the Implications of Challenged Value Systems
By Mwangi Wanjumbi – Newtimes B. S. CEO & Chief Consultant/Trainer One of my favorite authors says that there is nothing in life like just sitting and hoping that things will work in your favor. This means, that goals are achieved by those who continually and persistently pursue them. Nevertheless, I am this week offering my very heartfelt condolences to the two families who lost their loved ones through a tragic carjacking incident. The husband watched helplessly as the spouse succumbed to a vicious bullet,
Read MoreSteer Clear of Own Goal Situations and Pursue Sweet Success akin that of Manchester City FC
By Mwangi Wanjumbi – Newtimes B. S. CEO & Chief Consultant/Trainer After a whole 44 years of playing football without a break, Manchester City Football Club of UK has finally lifted the league cup. Forget that the 2 winning goals against Queen Park Rangers were scored within the last 90 seconds of extra time. The fact that the cup was won on a superior goal difference compared with those of Manchester United, the seemingly bitter rivals, is also neither here nor there. This reality that
Read MoreThe Social Media Could Help Responsive Organizations to Fast-track into Greatness
By Mwangi Wanjumbi – Newtimes B. S. CEO & Chief Consultant/Trainer Organizations are better off venturing into the social media than avoiding the same. Further, those that survive the social media upheavals in the next 5 years or so have great chances of venturing into greatness. That must have been the most obvious conclusion for anybody who like me, attended a recent management forum, whereby, dynamics of the social media were discussed. On hand to deliberate on this increasingly important and dynamic communication medium was
Read MorePerception Minders Could Invaluably Benefit from Re-inventing their Own Unique HR Strategy
By Mwangi Wanjumbi – Newtimes B. S. CEO & Chief Consultant/Trainer The continuing occurrences in the Public Relations Industry in Kenya have inadvertently vindicated some observations that I have made in different forums. When interacting with senior organizational staff, I have always reiterated that employees can be double edged competitors. Further, I have insisted that great care needs to be taken towards ensuring not only high level of staff retention, but also brand integration with respective organizations. Needless, to venture into the intricacies, these internal
Read MoreWhy Generation X May Inevitably Need to Re-generate Themselves In a Changing World
By Mwangi Wanjumbi – Newtimes B.S. CEO & Chief Consultant/Trainer Are you one of those born just about the same time as Kenya? Alternatively, did you by any chance finish schooling (up-to University) before 1992, when Kenya started gaining the second liberation? If your answer is in the affirmative, then it is certainly you that I am seeking to engage. My interest in you is based on the fact that we all grew up experiencing similar challenges, in the same hostile environment whether rural or
Read MoreGeneration Y Challenges Indicate Urgent Need for Modernizing the Existing Organizational Culture, Else…
How your organization relates with Generation Y employees has never been as crucial as it is today. In Kenya particularly, the Youth comprise more than 70% of the national population. Naturally, the same group forms the larger chunk of organizational employees. It is no wonder then that there have been incessant media reports mostly highlighting the challenges associated with generation Y that is largely in this category of the population. Apparently, many interested parties are concerned especially on how this generation is influencing the workplace direction. This
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