A New Kind of Expert – the Scholar-Practitioner

February 16, 2016 Comments Off on A New Kind of Expert – the Scholar-Practitioner

‘’It takes 10,000 hours to achieve mastery’’ – Malcolm Gladwell (Outliers) Who is an Expert? A Thought Leader who has deep, differentiated skills and expertise, typically acquired over a time

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In Search of Execution Excellence

February 3, 2016 Comments Off on In Search of Execution Excellence

Improving the world usually takes extensive research (‘’What should we do?’’), a good strategy (‘’How should we do it?’’) and the support of leadership (‘’Who will approve it?’’). It’s the

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Vote Glory for Vice-President!

January 27, 2016

I’ll be taking some time out of my regular ‘Leadership and Change’ posting to campaign for the position of the Vice-President of the Executive MBA 21 Class at Lagos Business

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How to Make 2016 Memorable and Impactful

January 12, 2016 Comments Off on How to Make 2016 Memorable and Impactful

‘’A man without a vision for his future, always returns to his past.’’ Happy New Year! How I love beginnings! A wise man once remarked that ‘’the end of a

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Myths and Realities of Change Management

August 12, 2015 Comments Off on Myths and Realities of Change Management

Change management is open to sundry misinterpretations and misconceptions; hence it is important to clarify exactly what it is and what it is not. A study by Accenture (2011) captured

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Benefits of Change Management

March 15, 2015 Comments Off on Benefits of Change Management

Why should anyone bring a change management consultant to actualize a change vision? What benefits could change management initiatives realize? The change manager is an enabler; a catalyst; a facilitator

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Navigating the Changing Terrain of Organisations

February 27, 2015 Comments Off on Navigating the Changing Terrain of Organisations

Here's an excerpt from my upcoming book. Comments and feedback appreciated: Among all human endeavours, wrote German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, change is the only thing that is immortal. A cursory

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Top 5 Strategies for Changing an Amiable Stakeholder

July 27, 2013 Comments Off on Top 5 Strategies for Changing an Amiable Stakeholder

‘’How easy to be amiable in the midst of happiness and success’’ – William Ellery Channing. Such may easily be said of Sheikh Ahmed, the simple and unassuming CEO of

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