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Thinking proactively
Success through employment is one of the options you have. I recommend that your objective is to have clear career focus of the corporate/...
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Specialisation Vs Generalisation. What does great look like?
In Uganda but also anywhere in the world, people who earn high incomes are those who have expertise in their area of specialization. If you...
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A Q&A with Mustapha: You are a Certified Fraud Examiner, how come you talk more about success and strategy and not fraud?
A: In life, you have to find your forte. But also which side do you want to be remembered for or where do you add most impact. When it...
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Daily insights with Mustapha - To succeed, show up often
In life, trying is the most important thing that cuts across all winners. Why? Because if you don’t show up, you don’t register any...
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Planning to succeed daily. A Q&A with Mustapha
Qn: Most people make an annual plan at start of a New year. Is that effective? A: Strategy is different from a plan. When you are making a...
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The future of PayTV
KweseTV, is the new kid on the block. It promises to redefine television in ways Africa has never experienced it. Owned and managed by the...
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Thinking Big
What do you think is the number one reason why many people are struggling to survive? Why is it that most people attain only 40% of their...
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What is your plan?
A plan without a strategy is not effective. First clarify the future you want (dream). Put that future into your context – your unique...
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ReachOut Mbuya needs you!
As a community of Our Lady of Africa Mbuya church, what comes to mind when you hear the name ReachOut Mbuya (ROM)? That is the question we...
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Plan to achieve happiness in 2017
If you are a regular reader of this column, I hope by now you have a clear personal strategy. My experience is planning for five-10 years...
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Strategy perspective: What informs your business model?
Great leaders focus on having a great strategy and clear execution plan. To formulate a great strategy you need: Perspective through...
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The year of the family
Today marks seven days into the New Year. What plans do you have for your family? Whether married or not, the following insights are...
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The marriage blues: to your happy family life in 2017
“I thought I was happily married, until she told me she was leaving.” To where? I asked thinking that she was going for shopping at...
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Five ideas to make 2017 the best year ever
How time flies. Just last year we celebrated a new year 2016. The year turned out to be very eventful, with lots of history. The...
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Where to invest in 2017? The HBR response
The lead article on the cover of the Harvard Business Review, December 2016 issue reads “where to find hyper growth. Frontier Economies may...
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The football strategy: find vacant positions and play there
What is the vacant space in your environment or life? Are you always fighting with others to unseat them or you find your own free space...
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Top secret to triple your success in 2017
This is the time of the year most people make resolutions for the New Year. Resolutions fail because they are not translated into actions...
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What is your strategic context?
Many strategic plans fail at execution because they are formulated out of context. Many leaders go for a retreat for two to five days to...
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What are your priorities?
Now that you know who you are, the next step is to ask what does success mean to you, and your key stakeholders. Your family, relatives,...
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Strategy perspective: your revenue sources
When a Soft Bread shop saw declining sales due to reducing walk-in customers, they went back to a strategy drawing table: why are people...
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A strategy that works: Perspective
What business are you really in? If you are in the education sector, what business are you really in? If you are an NGO, what business are...
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Want to succeed? Change your view!
If you want to succeed, you need to change your view. With technology, battles don’t have to be harder. And the earlier you accept that,...
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Succeeding without formal Education
Educated or not, if you can read or write, you have a minimum foundation to earn a living. You have no reason to just sit. The starting...
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The struggling Crane Bank
One of the financial institutions; Crane Bank you aware of has for the past 10 years won many prestigious awards including African Banker...
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