Square Pegs In Round Holes
There’s nothing quite like seeing people working in their purpose. They love what they do, they can do it for hours, they are inspired, they are energetic, and they are productive. It’s electric! Run into someone like that and it almost makes you want to feel jealous if you are not working in your purpose. […]
Sacrificial Leadership Is Needed In Africa
In June 2022, President Lazarus Chakwera faced an impossible dilemma. His chief anti-corruption officer, Martha Chizuma – a respected professional – had just informed him of widespread corruption in his government. In a report that named many powerful names, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) implicated the Inspector-General of Police and several other high-ranking government leaders, including […]
Mega-Transformations Require Replication
There was once a young fisherman who owned a small boat. He was out on the Atlantic one morning when a large yacht sent out a distress signal that it was sinking. The young man sailed to the larger boat and rescued the owner of the yacht. The owner was wealthy and wanted to give […]
Pot-Belly Leaders Are Bad For Africa
Conference managers who have organized many Pan African meetings or conference calls experience this phenomenon: delegates from certain African countries arrive consistently late to sessions or meetings, while delegates from certain other African countries arrive consistently on time for the same sessions. In the interest of not starting a Pan-African war, I will not name […]
Position, Velocity & Acceleration: Understanding Why Africa Is Destined For Greatness
By Modupe Taylor-Pearce, PhD On 28 June 2020, a man called Lazarus came back from the dead. Lazarus Chakwera was sworn in as the President of Malawi after he won a re-election (after he had been declared the loser in 2019). that occurred, in amazing fashion, during a Covid19 epidemic with little or […]
Peanuts And Monkeys
By Modupe Taylor-Pearce William Russell “Rusty” Bailey III, according to Wikipedia, is an American politician who served as the 17th Mayor of Riverside, California, from 2012 to 2020. Born and raised in Riverside, California, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in political science from the United States Military Academy (West Point) in 1994 and […]
Leading Effectively In A (Fuel) Crisis
By Modupe Taylor-Pearce Few things strike fear in African leaders’ hearts than the words “fuel crisis”. Images of rioting youth, teargas pellets from police, long lines at fuel stations, and potential military coups come to mind when government leaders hear these fearful words. The fear is not limited to government leaders; in the NGO […]
Leadership By Facilitation
During the industrial age, the great entrepreneurs collectively built businesses and business processes that required the minimum amount of thinking from the rank-and-file worker. The assembly line is a classic example of the model for this kind of workplace. The average worker’s work was reduced to a level where thinking was not required, simply rote […]
Leadership And The Future Of Work In Africa
In the past six months I have engaged in robust individual discussions with three colleagues/friends, each of them in their late fifties or early sixties, about their work environment and how it has been impacted by the Covid Crisis. One of them is a university professor, globally renowned in his field, and disciplined in his […]
Leaders Talk Less And Speak Last
By Modupe Taylor-Pearce Since the invasion of Ukraine started on 24 February 2022, the world has been plunged into an energy and fuel crisis, with growing uncertainty in the medium to long-term economic growth prospects. Livelihoods are being destroyed across the world, as well as lives being lost in Ukraine. The effect of fuel price […]