It is safe to say, that for the first time in the age of technology, ad hoc face-to-face meetings are no longer an option for many people. While we don’t anticipate in-person meetings to go away forever, working during the Covid-19 crisis does provide us with the opportunity to reflect on how the best leaders […]
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Replace the silo mentality with genuine collaboration. We all know that effective collaboration is critical to our success. To create and deliver amazing products and experiences to our consumers, we can’t do it alone – we need to meld together a variety of experiences and perspectives. All the pieces need to come together. We talk […]
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A five-step strategy for turning those brilliant plans into reality. Recently, one of our team members was feeling frustrated at things not moving at the desired pace in her team. The team was having good meetings, and everyone seemed to be in sync. And yet, many of the issues that had been aligned on before […]
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How to bring the green-eyed monster under control – within yourself, as well as your teams. Many of you in Kenya probably remember the series of Onida television ads, which featured a horned devil and the tagline “neighbour’s envy, owner’s pride”. The campaign ran very successfully for many years. The novelty of the brand mascot […]
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Compassion is a “power” skill that drives performance and innovation. When you think of successful leadership, what qualities come to mind? Decisive, ambitious, passionate, objective? It’s not surprising if “compassionate” didn’t occur to you. Compassion is usually classified as a “soft” skill, which makes people think it’s optional. Yet, as growing research shows, compassion is a […]
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Thought starters on building a distinctive brand of leadership – for the organisation, and yourself. As you know, at NCPL, we have exciting and ambitious plans of becoming an emerging markets as technology leader. But to be able to deliver on these aspirations, we will need to significantly raise the bar on what we expect […]
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To stay competitive in a dynamic market, we must embrace bold thinking and be willing to shake things up. In 1998, Nokia became the best-selling mobile phone brand in the world. In 2007 (the same year Apple launched the iPhone), it boasted a 49.4 per cent share of the smartphone market, was valued at US$ 150 […]
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Stay ahead of the curve with an appetite for learning. Every couple of weeks or so, many of us receive an email from D. Shivakumar, with a book summary of one the latest books he has read. Shiv, as you know, leads PepsiCo in India and is on our board. Shiv’s summary usually consists of 35-50 slides and includes […]
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It’s time to stop giving negativity free rein at the workplace. Did you know that a majority of employees waste 10 hours or more per month complaining or listening to complaints about their managers? And one-third spend 20 hours or more! This obviously goes far beyond healthy venting – it means many people spend a considerable […]
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By boosting and optimising your own energy levels, you can become an energiser for your entire team. I was talking to one of our leaders recently and he was lamenting that after a few tough quarters he felt that he was “running out of steam”. This is not unusual. At one point or another, we […]
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