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July 2, 2020 0 comment
Four Signs You Are Becoming Irrelevant In Your Career
A few decades ago, formal training alone in any field was a sure way of guaranteeing individual lifelong skills and abilities to perform tasks until one retired. Today, acquiring skills other than one’s core career proficiencies in early adulthood, say in one’s mid-20s, is the rule rather than the exception. And this has become […]
June 21, 2020 0 comment
The digital disruption: Four strategies to transform SMEs for the digital economy.
It is almost six months now since the world started battling the COVID-19 pandemic which started in China and forced countries across the world to announce lockdowns, and social distancing as measures to stop the spread of the virus. In the process, small businesses, accounting for more than half of the GDP of most countries, […]
June 12, 2020 121 comments
How to Manage Your Money in a Post-lockdown Economy.
“When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion”, goes an African adage. This piece of wisdom from our ancestors fits the life of Derrick, a financial controller in a growing family business, and the backbone of the family legacy. His primary responsibility is to ensure that the company remains liquid for future development. […]
June 3, 2020 2 comments
4 Strategies to Rebuild SMEs after the Lockdown.
Hanifa is a strong and resilient entrepreneur. From scratch, she has managed to build a successful tourism company that operates in Pretoria, South Africa. In March when most of the countries in the region issued travel restrictions aimed at stopping the spread of the coronavirus, her business, just like many others within the service industry […]
May 28, 2020 6 comments
Four strategies to Avoid Being Jobless in The New Normal.
When the outbreak of coronavirus which started from China, was first announced by the World Health Organization, (WHO), it seemed a distant disease for Eric, a hotelier in Nairobi, Kenya. China was thousands of miles away and that meant life would continue, without any interruptions, at least in Africa and Nairobi in particular, or so […]
May 21, 2020 1 comment
Post-Lockdown: How C-Suit Executives Can Protect Their Employees At The Workplace.
As governments all over the world begin to ease the lockdown restrictions to allow for the re-opening of public spaces and businesses without a vaccine on the immediate horizon, staff won’t be returning to the old “normal” anymore. It is obvious, for instance, that the opening will take different forms, with different countries and different […]
May 13, 2020 2 comments
New Generation, New Needs – The Legacy of COVID -19 to Generation Z
Although there is a bit of controversy as to which generational classification everyone belongs to, research has shown that each generation has certain core skills and fascinating characteristics that enable them to respond to the challenges and demands of a period. The Resolution Foundation in a recent report captioned Cross Countries: International Comparisons of International Trends concluded that people […]
May 7, 2020 0 comment
The Inspirational Leadership Imperative in Times of Crisis
The story of the unique germination and growth characteristics of the Chinese bamboo tree has been told for a thousand years. Bamboo is a very valuable tree species. It is used as a building material, source of food and medicine in some cultures, among other uses. It is preferred in the construction industry because of […]
April 29, 2020 0 comment
From Service to Solutions: Unlocking Customer Experience Transformation in the New Normal
A Ugandan musician, Eddie Kenzo said in one of his songs that ‘if the world gives you a lemon, do not complain about it’. Instead, ‘turn it into lemonade’, and move on. The song, released at the time the singer was going through a stressful marriage break up, is an encouragement on how to benefit […]
April 22, 2020 0 comment
The Leadership and Corporate Cultural Impact of COVID-19
As governments and business leaders come to terms with the effects of the COVID-19 crisis, what is becoming increasingly clear, is that the virus has triggered off a sudden new world order. The adaptation of remote working technical tools and media such as Google Docs, Hangouts, Zoom, Jira and Skype for communication by businesses during […]