Leaders Make Lemonade…Out Of Lemons

The invention that had the greatest impact on Mother Earth in the past two centuries is the light bulb. With the successful invention of the light bulb, entire industries were created, living patterns and work patterns changed (people no longer had to go to bed at sundown anymore), productivity and living standards soured, and the […]
Leaders Eat Last

In his book (“The GIMPA Story”) about the transformation of GIMPA (Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration), Professor Stephen Adei describes the sweeping changes that occurred during his tenure as leader of the institution from 2000 to 2009. It is an impressive story; during this period, GIMPA experienced meteoric growth in revenue, weaned itself […]
It Wasn’t Raining When Noah Built The Ark

Imagine how Noah must have felt. There he was, having been given a vision of the future, building an ark in a land where flooding was unheard of. He must have heard what they said about him behind his back as he toiled to build what some might have called a “white elephant”. Yet, despite […]
Crucial Conversations

Every movement starts with a conversation. Every partnership survives through conversations. Every marriage thrives on conversations. But not all conversations are created equal. Some conversations are easy to have; chief among them are celebratory conversations. When things are going well and course adjustments are not needed, conversations are easy to initiate and maintain. Likewise, touch-base […]
Crisis Leadership

By Modupe Taylor-Pearce What is it about you that makes you the leader among your team? Why do the people that work with and for you do what they do with you? Why will some people work with you or choose to put in 100% versus do just enough to not get fired? What […]
Be All That You Can Be

Aliou Cisse, Louis van Gaal, Gareth Southgate, Walid Regragui, Rigobert Song, Diego Alonso, Luis Suarez, Hajime Moriyasu and Luis Enrique. These are all national team coaches, entrusted with the responsibility of bringing out the best in a team of world-class football players playing for their country in order to win the World Cup in Qatar […]
Awareness Creates Choice

“To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom” Socrates I remember the first time I heard my own voice being played on a recording device. I was shocked to discover that my voice sounded different from the voice I was familiar with when I speak. Hearing my voice when it had been recorded and […]
Assembling The Winning Team

By Modupe Taylor-Pearce Jr Aggressive competitiveness is the motor that powers the business world. As it accelerates on a daily basis, enormous pressure is put on leaders of organizations and institutions to constantly improve performance and increase output. Success is as fleeting as last year’s annual report. As one milestone is achieved, the challenges […]
Faithful Leaders Are Good For Africa

In 1998, when President Bill Clinton’s infamous dalliance with Monica Lewinsky became a public scandal and resulted in him facing charges of perjury, I recall Africans and African comedians cracking jokes and having serious conversations saying “What’s all the furor about? What’s the big deal? So the President had a girlfriend…so what? Every big man has […]
A Borderless World

By Dr. Modupe S. Taylor-Pearce Any company in Africa that exists today (2022) and does not, by 2035, expand its customer base past the borders of its home country home country will go out of business or become a fraction of its current size. In 1981, my grandfather – my mother’s father – […]
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