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Blog PostNeed to Adopt a Bottom Up Change Strategy
Towards the end of last year, the Kenyan State was enmeshed in many depressing scandals ranging from widespread corruption, sleaze, land grabbing to massive cheating in national examinations. That means consistent supply of scarcity mentality oriented citizens is ensured. Should this not be source of great worry for this country? We need to learn from the great early Egyptian Civilization amongst others. When they could not withstand continued moral decadence, they ended up collapsing. As a country, we must avoid heading the same direction, through
Read MoreRe-thinking the Place of Money In 2016 and Beyond
Chapter 7 of the book Career Dynamics in the 21st Century explains how money should be the last thing on our minds. All you need is to give value to the marketplace, a process which is later followed by the desired money. Many people have questioned this assertion until internalizing the wisdom in the said chapter. Nothing illustrates this more than some recent experiences, worth sharing, especially if guided by the realization that the principles are the same whether big or small-time money. During a
Read MoreWhy Work life Balance is Continually Elusive for the Majority
It had never been clear to me, why work life balance is such a big issue in many breakfast and dinner forums. In addition, it’s a popular topic of discussion in organizational motivational seminars. Nevertheless, upon interacting with the leadership and membership of numerous churches in the recent past, I can now reveal some lessons that I have continually learnt. But first, I was invited to either present one hour long talks or introduce Career Dynamics in the 21st Century in at least 12 mainstream
Read MoreNeed to Revisit Our Personal Success Strategies in 2016
As we each reflect on and re-align our personal success strategies for the New Year, we may need to keep the November 2015 visit by the Pope in perspective. Thankfully, Pope Francis, the head of 1.2 billion Catholics honoured our country as his first stop on the African continent. During his three day sojourn, the Pope did not conceal his distaste for our negative culture of materialism that is not supported by positive work ethics. Without antagonizing any of us, including the government, the Pope
Read MoreWhy It is Necessary To Revamp Organizational Culture through Employee Re-branding
By Mwangi Wanjumbi, Newtimes B. S. CEO & Chief Consultant/Trainer As I am writing, this piece, we have just come out of a very agonizing experience in our firm. One of our 2 landlines has just been restored after more than two weeks of being cut off from the rest of the business world. We were only accessible online and through mobile facilities, which regrettably do not appear in our section of the yellow pages directory. We suffered this not because we had any unpaid
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Are You Ready To Be Sky Bound In A Re-Branded Kenya?
By Mwangi Wanjumbi – Newtimes B.S. Chief Trainer/Consultant Welcome to new Kenya. This is a state that is guided by a new constitution, which is still in its final stages of implementation; a state which has peacefully elected a brand new president whose modas operadi will be guided by the new constitution, right from day one; a state which will no longer be controlled from Nairobi, but largely from 47 centers of authority, constitutionally known as county governments. This is a state where national resources
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