Entrepreneurship: It is all about the mindset

For a long time in our country we have been lamenting on the high rate of unemployment among the thousands of graduates that Kenyan university’s and colleges churn out every year. Yet these graduates are highly skilled and knowledgeable in various fields like information communication and technology, business and other technical areas which can provides profitable solutions to the many problems be-deviling our society.

Various suggestions have been offered in attempts to address this scenario though some have been too simplistic like

Top 10 Skills of Being an Effective Leader

1.      Ask who is in charge

2.      Think beyond yourself

What makes a Great Leader in today’s business world

1.      Great leadership is not about command and control. Great leaders attract the best and brightest people

How to build an Organization that can sustain itself as you made it.

As an entrepreneur it is important that you hire talented people and then manage them well.

To achieve the latter, create an environment where they use their intelligence and judgment  to act independently.

How?

Youth Get Tips on Career Moves

To many young people, making career choices is always a nightmare. And the intense advertising by colleges and universities for courses varying from hospitality to archeology, from communications to law, and contradicting advice from family and friends, does not help matters.

But does choosing a course or career path have to be an unpleasant experience? Patrick Juma the Business Development Manager at Inoorero University disagrees. Anyone seeking to join an institution of higher learning should first evaluate his or her interests, he says.

What Should Be Included in a Business Plan

I have heard on several occasions people ask, Do you know of someone who can write me a business plan? This question mostly comes when they want to seek outside financing and the potential investor or financier has asked for it. They thus rush to an accountant, a lawyer or anybody who can write one. What many entrepreneurs and business owners fail to understand is that by delegating this task to some else they miss out on one of the most valuable lessons they can learn about running their business.

How to Motivate Employees to be More Productive

To any entrepreneur or organization, your employees are the most valuable assets and thus understanding how to motivate them is essential for your success. In this post I will highlight 10 ways to motivate your employees to be more productive.