Aug 02, 21

How to Imbibe the Leadership DNA

A lot of what people do stems from their patterns and culture of thinking. Effective leaders have a culture that shapes their thoughts, words, and actions based on the Leadership DNA – they think and act on the following issues each day:

Jun 29, 21

Audience Analysis

I arrived at the venue of the training early – it was a demo for a prospective client. There was a delay in the availability of the training room, so I hung out on the corridor with the participants that I had never met before. We started making small talk and getting to know each other better.

Jun 15, 21

How to Get Your Employees' Buy-In

What is the best way for leaders and managers to sufficiently “sell” changes and propositions to their team members?

Mar 02, 21

Leadership, Financial Literacy, Setting KPIs

These are the three amazing areas that we explore in this month’s edition of the Be Better Newsletter - 1) Why Leadership Development is Important; 2) Why we should all teach our children Financial Literacy; and 3) How you can build the capacity of Line managers to create Key Performance Indica..

Feb 23, 21

How to Develop KPIs

As organizations put final touches to their strategies for 2021 and beyond and start to finalize their workplans for the year, one very important area of focus is no doubt in working with their leaders, managers, supervisors, team leaders and team members across the organization to develop Key Pe..

Feb 02, 21

Using To-Do Lists

If you want to ensure that you can stay focused throughout the work day, track all your deliverables and tasks and stay on top of your game even when you are inundated with multiple assignments from various stakeholders, then you should endeavour to use a to-do list each day.

Nov 03, 20

What is your Leadership Number?

What will you say is the average leadership number of your team, department or organization? If 1 means barely compliant behaviour and 10, absolute commitment, where will most of your team members sit?

Apr 14, 20

Lockdown is NOT a HOLIDAY

I have heard many people refer to the current lockdown as a holiday - “after the holidays, we will get back to the project”. Holidays? Holidays??, I do not think that the current lockdowns that will most likely persist for another month or so in Nigeria (optimistically) should be construed as..

Mar 10, 20

Kunle Balances his Score Card…

“This Balanced Score Card thing is not working. We have invested so much and now the software keeps hanging and we cannot even finish our damned performance appraisals” snaps a very irritated Uche Okafor, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at KG Industries, a. leading indigenous manufacturer i..

Feb 25, 20

Inya Learns to Make Better Decisions…

“Guys, guys, we need to deal these outstanding issues from the People EXCO Meeting - the Talent Management Framework; the Succession Grid and the Remuneration Committee slides. I trust that you guys will ensure that these outstanding issues are dealt.