What is the cost of a strategy that still looks impressive in board papers, but quietly allows weak performance, slow decisions, resource abuse, duplicated work, and a laid-back culture to survive inside the organisation?

During a leadership training session, I asked: “Where is your strategy failing in real life?” The room falls quiet, and people look at their notebooks. Some smile carefully, while others glance at the CEO, as if permission is required to speak the truth. Then one staff member raises his hand and says, “Mr Strategy, our problem is not that we do not have a strategy but rather the strategy is old in behaviour, even when the document is new.

We still reward activity, not results, tolerate excuses, approve budgets without asking what must stop, protect poor performers because they are familiar, and call meetings to discuss decisions that should have been made two weeks ago.”. READ MORE

After years of serving clients from the 4th Floor, Ntinda Complex, where ideas were sharpened, strategies challenged, risks confronted, and futures redesigned, Summit Consulting Ltd is proud to announce a milestone.

We are moving to our own home. Welcome to Strategy House.

Our new address effective 1st June 2026:

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he curious thing about many executive teams is that they always find money for new projects before they find courage for better questions. On 7 July 2026, in a ninth-floor boardroom with glass walls, cold tea, and a projector that has already betrayed us twice, I am facilitating a strategy session for a company that wants growth, speed, and market respect. The CEO opens with the usual pressure:

“Our competitors are investing heavily, we must respond.” Finance presents a budget increase, HR asks for more headcount, IT wants another system, and Marketing wants a bigger campaign budget.

Then an operations manager based at an upcountry branch, the type who knows where the bodies of bad processes are buried, raises his hand and says, “Before we spend more, can someone explain why the same customer complaint passes through six desks, three approvals, two meetings, and one manager who is always ‘travelling’?” People laugh, but not freely.

The CEO removes his glasses. The real issue has arrived. They are not underfunded but under-thinking..”. READ MORE

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