leadership

UGANDA: Opposition has no job creation plans for the millions of unemployed youth

Galaxy FM says White was fired and replaced by Sipapa and Munga. Cops raided White’s house for cars and furniture. Uganda’s useless politeness is why grown ups don’t tell the Read More

UGANDA: Opposition has no job creation plans for the millions of unemployed youth

Galaxy FM says White was fired and replaced by Sipapa and Munga. Cops raided White’s house for cars and furniture. Uganda’s useless politeness is why grown ups don’t tell the Read More

LEADERSHIP: Worst boss I ever had

I was age 22 in under grad but working as a student manager for a company which had 68 unionized employees. My schedule was evenings and weekends when the top Read More

CAREERS: What does Richard Branson look for in an employee?

Richard Branson on flex policies, what Virgin looks for in an employee, and lessons learned By Jane Burnett, THE LADDERSEntrepreneur Richard Branson gave a keynote presentation this week at the Read More

EDUCATION: Obama Foundation African leaders call for application

The Obama Foundation seeks to identify a group of emerging African leaders from all sectors — government, civil society, and the private sector — who have demonstrated a commitment to Read More

LEADERSHIP: How smart people handle difficult people

TRAVIS BRADBERRY (LinkedIn, The Ladders) – Studies have long shown that stress can have a lasting, negative impact on the brain. Exposure to even a few days of stress compromises the Read More

LEADERSHIP: 8 quotes by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

“Love is an absolute necessity for the survival of our civilization” Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the revolutionary activist and minister dedicated his life to the service of furthering Read More

Uganda employers need to stop firing employees

As former Apple CEO Steve Jobs famously said “it doesn’t make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do; we hire smart people so they can tell Read More

Bad job with good boss is better than good job with bad boss

My boss made a mistake on a project we were working on and instead of owning his mistake, he said it was my fault. I sat through that meeting feeling Read More

Eight habits of highly emotionally intelligent people

When emotional intelligence first appeared to the masses, it served as the missing link in a peculiar finding: people with average IQs outperform those with the highest IQs 70% of Read More