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:@mwanjumbiOrganizational Behavior: What’s up?
One County Governor was overly incensed by lateness of his employees. He locked them out of their offices without any regard of their seniority. The Governor had arrived at 7.00 am only to thereafter find that the officers concerned had not opened for business by 8.00 am. Alongside, customer queues were getting longer and longer and beckoning attention. Apparently, the governor’s anger could be understandable. The only concern is; are the officers involved able to compensate for the lost time when they finally make it
Read MoreNavigating the Dynamic Forces of Change
The mind boggling KES 1.8 trillion national government’s budget for the next one year, outlines the government’s expenditure during the period. The focus this time is spending towards enhancing security; easing the high cost of living; creating employment opportunities, especially among youth and women; improving efficiency in public expenditure; channeling more resources towards development at the local level and finally protecting the poor and vulnerable. These are noble causes, whose achievement contributes greatly to national prosperity. Alongside, the income side of the budget sketches out
Read MoreRe-defining Personal/Organizational Leadership Dimensions
Whenever training on organizational leadership, I tend to ask the delegates some rather rhetorical questions. Who would like to be a leader? If not, why? Most often, the answers have been quite amazing. Some delegates have insinuated that they have no intentions of ever becoming leaders. “Leadership belongs to politicians and you would need to be endowed with massive finances to become one,” intimated one senior team leader, some few years ago. But, is that really the case? Despite passage of time, these insinuations always
Read MoreWhy We Should Never Give Up Untill..
When football fanatics are counted, I don’t think I qualify as one anymore. Indeed, I am no longer the type that will forfeit anything in the name of world cup football. But occasionally, I will delay my sleep to watch a match depending on who is playing. It is under such circumstances that I watched the game between Cote d’Ivoire and Greece. Understandably, Cote d’Ivoire needed only a draw to proceed to the next round of the 2014 tournament, thus avoiding being dispatched home early.
Read MoreRe-invent Competitiveness through Strategic Planning
Imagine you have secured a job as the CEO of a high profile company. Your brief is to reinvigorate the struggling organization that has not been spared by the forces of change. The contract is renewable after 3 years and will purely be dependent on performance. But, even before you are confirmed, you are required to demonstrate your suitability. You will do this by presenting your plan of action that will guide activities. What would be your causes of action? Allow me to share the
Read MoreImproved Performance Possible Even Under Constrained Circumstances
Floating the idea of implementing performance contracting agitates teachers beyond reproach. It is not clear why teachers and especially their union are so uncomfortable with measurement of their performance. But, some experience gained a while ago could shed some light on this occasionally explosive matter, especially if treated as a case study. Close to 5 years ago, a friend had invited me to fire up the leadership and teaching staff of a rural based government aided day secondary school. They were meant to hold a
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