I had an assignment where I watched the newly promoted General Manager make a fatal error. He spent his first six months trying to be liked. Daily barbecues, endless meetings where "everyone's opinion mattered," birthday cakes for every staff member. 

But when real decisions had to be made, such as budget cuts, layoffs, and performance crackdowns, no one respected his authority. Worse, they resented him for "pretending" to be their friend. 

The board fired him within a year. I see it often, where a leader tries hard to be liked. You know those leaders who try to buy their way into people’s hearts. It rarely works. Read more >>

"One of the leadership traps is chasing "likes" instead of earning trust."

During a post-mortem session with a financial services company that had just lost 30% of its market share in two years, with an increasing problem of non-performing assets, one glaring truth emerged: the staff knew the company was doomed long before the Board did. The leadership lived in a bubble, while the culture decayed underneath them like termites hollowing out a house.

When we asked the simple question, "What would your staff say your company culture is?"  the room fell silent. That's the first signal of a bad culture: silence. Read more >>

Dear Leader,

Five years ago, I walked into a boardroom of a once-profitable company in Uganda. The CEO boasted of a “five-year transformation strategy.”

The problem?

It had been five years since they wrote it.

They were still on PowerPoint, but nowhere on the scoreboard.

Here’s the truth: most companies don't fail because they have the wrong strategy. They fail because they don’t know how to execute.

If you’re serious about winning, these four brutal lessons will change how you lead forever.Read more >>

Your workplace may be broken. It’s time to fix it.

Most organizations struggle with the same problems high turnover, low productivity, disengaged employees, and leadership that feels stuck. You think the issue is strategy, hiring, or motivation. It’s not.

The real problem is your culture.

Introducing the Culture Mastery Series by Mr Strategy, the author of “7Tools to Get to the Board and Add Value”, and “Execution is the Strategy” Newsletter series on LinkedIn.

This is not another leadership seminar. It is a culture transformation program designed for CEOs, HR leaders, managers, and employees who are ready to fix what is broken and build a workplace where results matter.

No theories. No generic advice. Only proven frameworks, practical solutions, and tools you can apply immediately. 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.