Before the meeting had even started, the Board Chairperson leaned back, looked around the room and sighed. “Why do we keep discussing problems that should have been solved two years ago? Every board paper explains yesterday. Who is helping us prepare for tomorrow?”

The office coffee machine had earned an unofficial name among staff: The Monday Morning Queue. Every Monday, the same ritual unfolded.

Everyone wanted coffee before the weekly executive meeting. Nobody wanted to refill the water tank when it ran empty, each person assumed someone else would do it. The queue grew longer. Frustration spread. Meetings started late. Eventually, the office administrator quietly arrived, refilled the machine, cleaned the spill and disappeared without recognition.

As part of high performance culture transformation, I request to observe the staff go about their business. I arrive early at the company, and just take note of the day to day behaviours.

One such morning, I stood there watching the scene unfold, so many people staff rushing to the coffee machine.. READ MORE

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“Can I ask you a question before we begin? If someone removed the board pack from your next meeting and left you with only the organisation’s purpose, strategy, risks and customers, would the quality of your decisions improve or deteriorate?”

If you are not yet a member of the Institute of Corporate Governance of Uganda, I recommend you apply and become one. You get the opportunity to interact with many accomplished professionals.

Five years ago, I walked confidently into a board retreat convinced that I had already diagnosed the organisation’s governance problem before anyone had spoken. After nearly two hours of listening, taking notes and admiring what looked like a very disciplined board discussion, I quietly realised something embarrassing. The directors were exceptionally intelligent, the discussions were energetic, the presentations were polished, yet everyone had spent two hours debating symptoms instead of the disease.

The meeting was efficient, but governance was absent. I still smile whenever I remember that day because it reminded me that even Mr Strategy can mistake movement for progress. Since then, every boardroom has become a fresh lesson in humility. READ MORE

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This course, led by a team of distinguished governance experts, empowers you to bring lasting value to the boards you serve. Don’t just adapt, thrive. Be the director your board needs for the future. Read more >>

This thought-provoking book offers an incisive examination of corporate governance from both a historical and contemporary point of view…I highly recommend it for your useful and sustainable leadership benefit” – Michael Mugabi, Former President, Institute of Corporate Governance of Uganda.