Leadership Featured The Team Performance Curve: A Roadmap for Team Leaders Henry Ford once said, “Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.” This timeless wisdom captures the essence of team leadership—guiding a group of individuals from merely assembling together to becoming a cohesive, high-performing unit. A team leader’s role is crucial in
Leadership Featured The Double-Edged Sword of Empathetic Leadership I recently had a conversation with a colleague, one of the best leaders I know, and he shared how he sometimes struggles to lead because his strengths as a leader also often manifest as his weaknesses. In the realm of leadership, there exists a paradox that often goes unnoticed -
Business Featured Strategic Excellence: Leveraging McKinsey's 7S Framework for Growth In today's dynamic and competitive business landscape, achieving sustainable growth is a paramount objective for entrepreneurs, key business leaders, and high-level organizational executives. To navigate this challenging terrain successfully, it's essential to have a clear understanding of your organization's internal dynamics and how they
Productivity Featured How I Plan My Week Weekly planning is an important aspect of my life and a great accelerator of my productivity. I have previously written about weekly planning for productivity and shared some tools and techniques. In this article, I would like to share my weekly planning routine and the tools and techniques I use.
Productivity Featured Weekly Planning for Productivity Productivity is a goal for many of us, whether at work or in our personal lives. One of the most effective ways to stay productive is to plan ahead and leverage weekly planning. I first landed on the concept of weekly planning when I read The 7 Habits of Highly
Business Featured Starting Out: Against All Odds At the end of the 20th century, two young men, in their mid-twenties, came together to start a business with an idea that had the least chances of success. At the very inception of the dot-com era, in the hub of tech startups that have since become some of the
Structured Thoughts Featured Welcome To My Space 0:00/1× Hi, my name is Ivan Kabandize, and you're welcome to my space. Wondering what I'll be doing here? Well, I am also still figuring a few things out, but as I do that, here is what I know; this will be a place
Structured Thoughts Featured A First Step Prolonged—Procrastination Growing up as a young boy, it was typical of me to seek clarity often in order to understand something. At some point, however, it felt like I was over doing it and the need to be self-reliant and dependable never made it any easier. With an increased inferiority complex,
