- An effective leader delegates effectively (2)
Last week, I started with some excerpts from my book “THE MODERN BRANCH MANAGER’S COMPANION”, and will finish with the second part, as I sign off my contributions in 2022.
The year has been with mixed feelings, the highs and the low moments, but...
Dear readers, I have decided to give a new twist to the Risk Watch by sharing sober reflections about some general life events which shows that it is indeed a small world. Far from being a preacher, it is these reflections that makes us sit up and think again...
“Banking is necessary, but Banks are not”….Bill Gates
The above quote from Bill Gates hit me hard when I came across it a couple of years ago. I asked myself “What does he mean by that?”. I got his idea when I travelled in 2019 with a group on a...
“Too many security officers live day to day. They just want to be treated with dignity” ---John Wilson
Dear Readers, please read this post carefully. It went viral on social media recently, but after reading it, I started feeling guilty about some of the issues involved because most of us...
"If you blame others for your failures, do you credit them with your success?" - Author Unknown
Dear Readers, last week, I examined the blame game in risk management and it came out clearly that risk should be owned by all staff, and not just the “Responsible Persons” in charge...
"A boss creates fear, a leader confidence. A boss fixes blame, a leader corrects mistakes. A boss knows all, a leader asks questions. A boss makes work drudgery, a leader makes it interesting." - Russell H. Ewing
I have looked at how successful persons have been noted to take calculated...
“I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers." — Ralph Nader
Over the past decade and more, I have had opportunities to orient fresh recruits as well as fresh Management Trainees. Sometimes some of the freshly recruited “Management Trainees” carry...
“Self-reflection is the school of wisdom”…..Baltasar Gracian
“Ambitious New Year’s resolutions often end in disappointment. So instead of setting unrealistic goals in 2022, business leaders should consider making smaller, simpler changes—and they just might see better results”, says Harvard Business School Professor Hirotaka Takeuchi.
Even before changes can be made, I...
At its core, banking is not simply about profit but also about personal relationships… Felix Rohatyn
A friend recently made a very profound statement….”As for you bankers, you act so aggressively when you are selling your products to us - and then suddenly go cold and unapproachable when the deal is...
The ultimate dream of every financial institution is to climb the global corporate ladder to be one of the best if not the best already. To achieve this, there is a need for the banks’ strategic plans to include a more balanced risk management approach to secure the bottom-line...