Chief Finance Officers have been advised to embrace technology, globalisation and seek to be strategic leaders if they are to turn around their organisations.

The advice was made by Mr Emmanuel Dei-Tumi, the Chief Copywriter of Human Capital International (HCI), an organisation that specialises in strategic and transformative leadership, attitudinal change, people skills development, organisational restructuring and customer service.

“A leader must be so much concerned about strategic matters because whatever he or she does, affects your followers and the context in which you are operating,’’ Mr Dei-Tumi said at a training on Thursday, September 5.

Mr Dei-Tumi is an internationally known strategic leadership trainer and he is versatile in unearthing and nurturing human potential of people. He has been consulted by both local and international organisations to offer tailor-made training on strategic Leadership issues. He has authored various books that have changed lives. You can read more and get some of his books at www.books.humancapitalinternational.org

“Finance officers should not only be concerned about company resources but should have relevant leadership skills to support their chief executive officers,” he added.

The training at Mestil Hotel in Kampala was organised by MAT ABACUS Business School.

Prof Samuel Sejjaaka, the MAT ABACUS Business School Country Team Leader, said at the event that technology and globalisation have altered the way businesses and job markets operate.

The changes, Prof Sejjaaka said, necessitated MAT ABACUS to organise the training for Chief Finance Officers from different companies to reflect on their roles.

“These senior managers work closely with their Chief Executive Officers, and they need to be strategic partners in their organisations,” Prof Sejjaaka said.

“If the job roles are changing, what type of skills are then needed to support the organisations? It is the reason we organised this training,” he added.

Mr Enock Etyang Musundi, the Chief Financial Officer at African Queen, one of the participants, said he needed this kind of training to horn his leadership skills.

“The training was relevant. It unpacked what a leader should be and the case studies were real,” Mr Etyang said.

For Ms Agnes Nsereko, another participant, the training was timely and it helped her reflect on the skills she needs to stay relevant in the job market.

“Emmanuel [Dei-Tumi] gave us real life case studies and made the training lively and interesting. But half-day was not enough and my only prayer is that we continue to have these engagements often,” Ms Nsereko said.