Their Children will go to school

Their Children will go to school

 

Successful people may be school dropouts. But of this one thing I am sure. Their children will go to school.

The resolution of an issue is in its definition.

 

The resolution of an issue is in its definition.

How to introduce and establish change in a Hostile Environment

 

How to introduce and establish change in a Hostile Environment

There are many approaches to introducing change. However, establishing change in a hostile environment demands that the change goes an extra mile to create a new reality. The following steps will be helpful

First, study the values that underpin the current practices. What you see is often just the tip of the iceberg supported by a substructure of belief systems. Understanding the scaffolding, without being judgmental of the practice, arms you with sufficient insight to address the roots that create the outcomes.

Second, pragmatically determine those values that are ethical that should continue and those that need to be challenged and changed. Take care not to “throw the baby out with the bath water” and be keenly aware that your personal biases in the situation do not always qualify as right or even righteous. There are multiple lenses in which reality exists and can be projected. The ideal calls for prudence rather than change for the sake of change.  

Third identify the mechanisms, publics and environmental institutions that can be used to lobby and build support to dismantle undesirable practices.  

Fourth, construct an institutional culture, structure, policy, procedures and systems that introduce, surround, protect and support sustainable change within the environment.

Slaying the dragon of Corruption

 

Slaying the dragon of Corruption

Corruption is a behavioral construct supported by a values system. In theory, to dismantle corruption one would need to deconstruct its support system and replace it with values and mechanisms that promote, sustain and reward ethical behavior in which ethics conform to the beneficence of the greater social good.  

The enemy of success

 The enemy of your future success is your last achievement. It does not matter that you won or failed.  What matters is what you do next.. The last achievement becomes the bedrock of your success or your resting place. The choice is yours.

Leaders make things happen

 

Leaders make things happen

Leaders make things happen. Managers get things done. There is a secret to accomplishment. It takes three things. Knowing what needs to be done (education), understanding how to do it (skill) and doing it with blood, sweat and tears (will). Making things happen takes vision and courage. Getting things done takes planning and insight. Many people know what to do but don’t know how do it, others know how, but never muster the will to get on and do it. The reason why leaders and managers are considered extra-ordinary is that they give no excuses, submit to their goals and appear to lead and manage with ease.