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THE LEADERSHIP MAGAZINE
Leadership &
Vision Clarity By
Ernest Nyingi
Sibling Leadership By
Gracey Eunice
CEO’s Lounge On
Truphosa Hapisu
Finding
Joy in Single Parenting
By
Ann Jane Mumbi
The art of Personal Leadership
“Africa! Africa! Africa! Africa my motherland! Africa, your people cry for you! Africans must educate their citizens. Africans must reach out to it’s people and empower them to build the nation. Africans you are the only people who can liberate your citizens from poverty through education. Africans must pay the price to rebuild the continent.” ~Lailah Gifty Akita
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Design Director Wairimu Kioko Features Editor Olyvia Kimathi Contributing Writers Ernest Nyingi, Chris Mureithi, Gracey Eunice, Ann Jane, Truphosa Hapisu, Boniface Nganga, Sarah Munyi. Advertising enquiries musa@wikitabu.co.ke Editorial enquiries musa@wikitabu.co.ke
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Management
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Growth Evaluation. 20
Change Management: Process & Prioritize it. 16 In manhood ... Image is Everything.
Occupy The Place Of Your Purpose.
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38 Finding Joy in Single Parenting.
contents What Entrepreneurs need to be and to do to Lead in their Businesses? 42
The art of Personal Leadership. 50
CEO’s Lounge
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Is living and leaving a leadership legacy, possible?
rom my leadership interactions and experiences of about 30 years, l have learnt that most Leaders, Professionals and Entrepreneurs don’t LIVE because they don’t intentionally grow their leadership competence. We usually don’t think daily about the impact of our Leadership and Legacy We need to. Every person should prioritize and grow in LIVE. Leadership. Impact. Vision. Execution. Do you LIVE, despite the existing challenges in your life? 6
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As a Legacy Consultant and Leadership Trainer, I get grand fulfillment when l see people LIVE for legacy. This is my Legacy MARK. We want to share what is working in leadership spaces and hope to authentically respond to these LIVE issues and questions so you can start or sustain your growth journey. Join me bi-monthly as we explore, experience and exploit fundamental realities that will ensure you Influence your life, social and professional relationships, in leadership Legacy.
LEGACY MARK My Leadership Vision is to enable individuals and organizations to LIVE and see . . . Competence in Leadership. Commitment in Impact. Completeness in Vision and Consistency in Execution.
Ernest Nyingi
MANAGEMENT GROWTH EVALUATION: WHAT CAN MANAGERS DO TO IMPROVE THEIR WORKPLACE PERFORMANCE? BY: ERNEST NYINGI
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I have been disappointed with trainings l have attended and other l have done that went straight to principles, (disappointed with self, imagine!).
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ost of them do not factor in Context. Context means being aware of exactly what is happening before giving solutions. I began changing my training and consultancy styles, when l saw results in the companies we were journeying with, plus the great feedback we got. Without evaluating context, many organizations invest in training and empowerment that sometimes becomes negative after the fact, almost counterproductive,
On a personal level managers also forget to evaluate how their personal lives are affecting their leadership capacity and teamwork execution.
instead of positive change, that was expected. On a personal level managers also forget to evaluate how their personal lives are affecting their leadership capacity and teamwork execution. | June - July 2020 | L I V E | 11
learn, because they skip constant evaluation. Here are a few Startup Questions that can enable you to evaluate your personal and workplace growth. We will also share an elaborate Growth
One of the major things (of the 10 qualities we train management on Enabling Excellent There is certainly no Performance) is progression, success and to EVALUATE achievement without GROWTH. evaluation. Most people
This is especially in their personal growth and workplace growth.
don’t actually learn, because they skip constant evaluation.
These areas differ but also align. Without evaluation, we really don’t know if we have achieved. There is certainly no progression, success and achievement without evaluation. Most people don’t actually 12| L I V E | June - July 2020 |
evaluation to enable you to gauge where you and your staff really are. This will help you create systems that facilitate productivity, profitability, practicality and posterity.(My Leading Roles’ Mission Statement) Evaluating your
Growth 1. Is there CLARITY of vision and values in your life and your organization? What is the level of execution
of the vision and the values? 2. What are 3-5 challenges of linking PERSONAL LEGACY to your daily work and organizational vision? 3. What are 3-5 BEST PRACTICES for staff and workers so they can work well under a senior manager? 4. What are 3-5 challenges that you face in your workp l a c e, w h i ch i f resolved would make it a MEANINGFUL PLACE to be?
What would remain the same? 7. If you did things the same way as is currently happening, is there HOPE of living the Vision and Legacy of the organization?
Context Growth Evaluation is one of the 10 areas we train organizational heads and senior management on Enabling Excellent Performance.
5. What REWARDS do you give to yourself and to your workers for great performance? 6. If you were running the show as the owner of this company, what 14| L I V E | June - July 2020 |
would really CHANGE?
8. What culture and corporate LEGACY does your organization want to outlive? How well is it being seen in the policies and people in the organization?
Call to Action
Ernest Nyingi Irungu
I hope you can sit down first as a manager and write down what you think about these questions. You can then get your leadership
is the founder and lead
and visional work team to explore to exlore best answers.
individuals and organizations towards
If you can do this quarterly, you will have profound insights and opportunities for growing yourself and where you work. This will enable you to contribute also to your organizational growth since you know the exact gaps that need filling. Context Growth Evaluation is one of the 10 areas we train organizational heads and senior management on Enabling Excellent Performance.
consultant of My Leading Roles: MLR is an organization that seeks to empower purposefulness and productivity for posterity. Ernest is a Legacy consultant, Growth coach and Leadership trainer. Ernest has a background in leadership, journalism, missions and Biblical interpretation and application. He has 17 years experience in practical leadership execution empowerment, personal goal setting and growth coaching, mentorship and succession planning. He has trained over 2,000 leaders and professionals on personal and organizational legacy. He has also developed effective strategies and training resources for mitigating existing gaps within about 400 organizations.
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IN MANHOOD…IMAGE IS EVERYTHING. BY: Boniface Nganga
As a young man, I loved watching basketball. To excite me, all you needed to do was to invite me to watch a game of NBA that used to come on KBC on Saturdays at 1:30 pm. The adrenalin, the skill, the tenacity of the men who played inspired me and their muscular build up invigorated me even more.
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s the game was showing, there was one advert that kept popping up on our television screens. It was the sprite soda advert. Its tagline was “Image is nothing, thirst is everything, obey your thirst.” In as much as I loved Sprite, I disagreed with the tagline of 16| L I V E | June - July 2020 |
their advert because when it comes to manhood, Image is everything. Manhood begins when we understand as men that Image is everything. In the bible, when God was about to create the first man, He said these words “…Let us make man in our image…” The first word in authentic
I – Integrity. A real man who knows that he is the image of God values integrity. Integrity simply means living by truth and not living by tricks. A
manhood is IMAGE. A man who doesn’t understand in whose image He is to function remains a boy. A boy lives by instinct but a man lives by insight. Insight comes to a man when his aligns to the fact that He is the image of God. He is created to mirror the attitudes and attributes of God through his masculine life. Here are five helpful insights with the acronym I.M.A.G.E to evidence manhood standards.
real man is a male who anchors his convictions and commitments on the bedrock of truth. He purposes to live a life that exudes honor for God. Without truth, manhood is hollow, but with truth, manhood becomes holy and empowered. Truth is the maker of men. Be a man who loves truth, learns truth and lives by truth.
M - Maturity. Manhood starts when immaturity dies. To be the image of God, you must wake up to initiative and die to passivity. As men, we are created to be leaders with a demand for maturity and responsibility. Maturity is not increase in | June - July 2020 | L I V E | 17
years, but in wisdom and passion for responsibility. A man who refuses to live a life of irrationality, irresponsibility and immorality, mirrors the image of God. Manhood begins when we drop immaturity and pick up responsibility.
G - Goal Driven. A man who is not driven by goals will one day be driven by regrets. You are required to live with a sense of
destiny consciousness. When you have a vision A - Authenticity. for tomorrow, you will A real man is excelA real man is a man make distinguished lence conscious and who is authentic, which decisions today. A real resists mediocrity. You means being genuine man stakes his life on are either becoming and real. A real man is a the goals of tomorrow, better every day or man that is real. Do not not the emotions of becoming worse. live on a ‘prove mode’ today. Goals give you or as a ‘photocopy’ of focus, power, momenother men. Trying to tum and joy. Arrest show how much of your focus by having a man you are by drinking booze, Godly goals that stir up the blood watching porn, loving sin and hating of achievement in you. Character massacres your authenE – Excellence Conscious ticity and dignity. Manhood is not about having toys, having pleasure A real man is excellence conscious and worshiping money, it’s about and resists mediocrity. You are being Christ-like. either becoming better every day or becoming worse. 18| L I V E | June - July 2020 |
Its not be chance, but by choice. When you invest in excellence, you become worth honoring. Honor is attracted to the man who exudes excellence. You must resist, repel and rebel against mediocrity every day. Be a man who strives to be better and greater in every attribute that is Christ-like, and so mirror the image of God on the earth. Be a man who is image driven, not instinct centered.
Boniface Nyoike Ng’ang’a is a passionate Inspirational Speaker , Author and Authenticity Catalyst. He is the Director of Success Edge which is a premier Capacity building initiative whose purpose is to inspire individuals and institutions to live out their highest potential in the context of excellence and authenticity. Our unique edge is in empowering people to reconnect with their uniqueness, recapture their authenticity and re-calibrate their attitudes and soft skills for optimum excellence at work, business and life. Email: nganga.successedge@gmail.com Tel 0723 562 587
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CHANGE MANAGEMENT: PROCESS & PRIORITIZE IT
BY:My Leadership Role Team
How do you as a leader, Manage Change? Change is the only constant. Everyone is getting into one, going through one or getting out of one. Change happens so fast that no one can keep up with it. Here are a few questions that you can when dealing with or trying to manage change. For you to get best results with these questions and make more sense to you, kindly do the following. Think and write down a scenario that you are trying to manage. 20| L I V E | June - July 2020 |
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hen, ask: What is the . . .
1. Context of this change
• where is it happening?
• how does it affect our
• what does it impact - life areas
3. Challenge of this change
Things that will get better with making this change 7. Cash-flow if this change
2. Content of this change
• is it good in all life areas
• what are the benefits accrued?
livelihood? - are you willing pay the cost associated with the change?
• what does it threaten? • what is the psychological & logical impact? 4. Consistent above this change • what will remain the same? (4 levels of unchanging factors) 5. Character-build of this change • How will it make me/us better? 6. Completeness of this change
• is this worth the sacrifice financially? 8. Cost of this change? • are you willing pay the cost associated with the change?
• who else will pay the cost? • will you be willing to sacrifice and adjust till breaking even? • emotionally, relationally, socially 9. Count-ability of this change • are we in agreement about | June - July 2020 | L I V E | 21
making this change? • is each partner willing to board? • can you trust your partner(s) to . . . A. stay with you B. follow thorough C. Encourage you 10. Convictions view of this change • what principles will be violated or honored if l make/ don’t make this change? With the above questions, you will realize that you have gotten some stability to make decisions despite the change.
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OCCUPY THE PLACE OF YOUR PURPOSE. If a lion and a shark fought, the terrain would determine the outcome?
BY: CHRIS MUREITHI
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f they fought on land the shark would lose. If they fought in water, the lion would lose, despite of him being the king of the jungle. He would lose not because he is weak but because he is in the wrong terrain.
Like the lion that loses in water, there are many of us who are losing in life. We lose, not because we are weak, but because we are not occupying the places of our purpose. It is because we find ourselves in the wrong terrain. A leader becomes a | June - July 2020 | L I V E | 25
follower when he finds himself in the wrong terrain.
You can train a turkey to
There is a piece of advice I give to human resource departments in matters of hiring and placement of staff. Let me illustrate with a tur-
climb a tree but it is more
key and a squirrel. You can train a turkey to climb a tree but it is more efficient to hire a squirrel. While after lots of mentoring and overseas training, the turkey may finally learn to climb a tree, but by the time it climbs one tree, the squirrel will have wound down a forest. This is simply because the squirrel is in his place of purpose, he was created to climb trees.
the turkey may finally learn
Like the squirrel and climbing trees, God created each and every one 26| L I V E | June - July 2020 |
efficient to hire a squirrel. While after lots of mentoring and overseas training, to climb a tree, but by the time it climbs one tree, the squirrel will have wound down a forest.
of us for a particular purpose. He equipped you with gifts and talents which are the tools that will enable you fulfil that purpose. Those gifts and talents must be subjected to a certain environment for them to grow. If you get baobab seeds from the coast and plant them at the foot of
Mount Kenya, they certainly will not grow. You can water them, put fertilizer, spray them with pesticides and work hard to see them grow. Unfortunately, you will end up with a broken heart simply because they are not designed to grow in this environment. Like these seeds, our gifts are meant to flourish in certain environments. Environments that are aligned to our purpose. The greatest gift that God gave me was to align me to my purpose and to my winning terrain.
Our life pursuit therefore should be to identify the thing for which God created us to do.
When you are in your terrain, things that seem hard for others come easy for you. What others
break their backs to accomplish, you do without batting an eyelid and with excellence. You also find satisfaction, fulfilment and your existence has impact. There is providence in purpose. Our life pursuit therefore should be to identify the thing for which God created us to do. Every minute spent doing anything else draws you closer to taking to the grave, the immense potential that God has given you that can only be made manifest in the area of your purpose. Purpose is the original | June - July 2020 | L I V E | 27
intent for creation and a life that does not fulfil its purpose is a life lived fraudulently. Success is the fulfilment of the purpose and assignment for which you were created. Many of us however consider success as how well they are doing compared to what others have done. In truth you will always find someone doing better or worse than you, which makes of no effect that methodology. Sometime we are proud of what God is ashamed of. We try show Him what we have done, but He knows what we could have been and are capable of doing since He created you. Make it your goal to discover why you are here. Once you identify your ‘why,’ the ‘what’ and the ‘how’ become a walk in the park. Not knowing this will drive you down to your grave. The only way 28| L I V E | June - July 2020 |
to discover your why, is to discover the ‘who’ that created you, for He alone understands His original intent. Everything else is speculation at best and hearsay at worst. Find the ‘who’ and He will show you your ‘why’ and finally you can occupy the place of your purpose and that will be the beginning of becoming a leader.
Chris Mureithi is a Human Capacity Development Expert and thought leader, a Business Strategist, Author and Speaker and above all a servant of God and a friend to man.
UPCOMING LEADERSHIP BOOK
LEADING EFFECTIVELY & DIFFERENTLY SIGNIFICANT LEADERS KNOW HOW TO ACT.
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he gap and challenge for great leaders is still high. Everyone wants to hire or follow leaders who have credibility. Not many people know how to build towards that direction. Leading Effectively & Differently delves into what qualifies such leaders. We will discuss the ACT of Leadership as key components that make exceptional leaders. 30| L I V E | June - July 2020 |
ACT is an acronym denoting Authority, Competence and Teamwork. If these aspects are not internalised and invested in by a leader, l don’t see the how they change lives and organizations.
How is your ACT as a leader?
SIBLING LEADERSHIP. Growing up, fighting with my brother over who was firstborn was so common in our house that my mother would call us “twin firstborns” to avoid any more fights.
BY: GRACEY EUNICE
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y brother was an aggressive person, hyper and always on his feet. I on the other hand, was quite, shy and reserved. Though
and sister were born and still nothing changed, my brother started acknowledging me as the first born. He would even deny ever claiming to be the firstborn. This ended our sibling rivalry and the sole role of
younger than me, my brother being the first born rested on my would do anyshoulders. thing to prove he was the first As a first born, As a first born, you born. you are expected to are expected to be a be a leader. Being leader. According to the eldest, your him, being the Being the eldest, siblings are always first born would give your siblings are always assigned to you. him the privilege of our assigned to you. You’re parents being referred supposed to look out to as “Baba Jay /mama for them all the time, Jay”. to ensure that they do not get into trouble, get hurt or wander away. Although in many occasions In the African context, this role we would introduce ourselves as follows you even in maturity. twins, my brother couldn’t change the fact that my parents will always Leadership roles normally begins be referred to as “Baba/mama G”. at this point. Years later when our little brother
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always expected to be a role model, to learn to solve conflict amongst my siblings, to be present and protect them. My siblings would always look up to me, and many a times, end up doing the things they saw me do. This put me under the pressure of becoming a person to be emulated, especially from my parents.
obedience, honesty and every value our parents instilled in us. Patience is a value you’re likely to develop early as a firstborn. Your siblings can be annoying, sometimes too different from
I bet first born children would agree with me on the immense pressure to succeed that we’re likely to experience, especially from parents.
It also sharpened my ability to make decisions/choices. Any time I was left in the care of my siblings, I was entrusted with making decisions on their behalf. Any time my siblings got in trouble for something I let them do or did something they were likely to have copied from me, I was always the one in the most trouble. To avoid trouble, I had to demonstrate 34| L I V E | June - July 2020 |
you but you have to keep up with them. You learn to listen, understand them and learn how to handle them in the best way possible. This calls for a lot of patience and it also teaches you how to relate and manage relationships.
I bet first born children would agree with me on the immense pressure to succeed that we’re likely to experience, especially from parents. Parents will push you to perform better, behave better and live better. Although the pressure to succeed
I have learnt to be disciplined even when no one is watching, to be patient with others and be someone who can be counted on any time, all because I am a leader. may help and prepare you in handling pressures in life, if not well administered, the pressure can break you, especially if your siblings happens to perform better than you. My siblings are all grown up now, but still get calls to talk to them every time any of them gets on my parent’s nerves. I get to be a firstborn every day, to wake up knowing that as a leader, I have a role to play. It’s exhausting sometimes, but the feeling is rewarding.
Gracey Eunice is a Writer, a blogger, content creator and digital marketer. Her passion is in telling stories and experiences that impact positively on life through writing. Having a degree in special needs, Eunice loves advocating for mental health. Her works has been featured in different platforms including; Kenya Forum, Tukuka Teens Magazine and SCAD Kenya. Contacts: graceyeunice@gmail.com GraceyEunice on social media platforms.
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FINDING JOY IN SINGLE PARENTING: BY: Ann Jane Mumbi
Janet was eighteen years old when she got married. Shortly after; she was expecting her first child. Eight months after, the earth-shattering news: her baby, the child she had prayed for and carried, was dead. Some years later, by God’s grace, she was expecting again, followed twenty months later by another child her husband never wanted because of financial constraints, and that was, so to say, the beginning of the end. 38| L I V E | June - July 2020 |
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ut Janet held on, determined to accept this child as the gift it was. Their marriage was definitely on the rocks; Janet tried to do everything she could, to hold her marriage together but it got broken beyond repair. Her husband left. Within the same year, divorce followed. He remarried and three years later, he disappeared from their lives completely. This is one of the many stories that lead to single parenthood. Abandoned, you are left to raise, support and guide the children all by yourself. Things progressively get worse. You are subjected to bitter heartache, emotional and social scars of abandonment, suicidal inclinations, society bullying sets in, depression,
low self-esteem, name it. All in all, single parents need to keep their heads above water. Choose to move on! Fuel a life of joy in parenting.by resolving to look at life from a different perspective. Your circumstances do not make you. Change your attitude towards your circumstances and circumstances will change right before you. Despite parenting alone, realize that being a single parent is not the totality of who you are. You are more than what happened to you. Never stop fighting for your children, never stop praying, and never stop loving them. | June - July 2020 | L I V E | 39
Through every obstacle and hurdle life put in your path, doggedly hold on to faith and firmly trust in the promise in 1 Corinthians 10:13 that assures us: No temptation has overtaken you except such as
one day and even if they do not, Hebrews 6:10 promises that God is not unjust to forget your work and labour of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints and
it is common to man; But God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.
do minister.
Give every ounce of strength to support the children inwardly and outwardly, always encouraging them, not to be the best but to be their best. Fight daily to instill in your children the Word of God together with the right values and morals. This is ministry! Believe me, they will always remember the support you so valiantly strove to give them and the endless self-sacrifice you endured for them. They will appreciate it 40| L I V E | June - July 2020 |
Never give up on them, Never stop hoping.
Ann Jane is a parenting consultant and the author of Biblical Commands of Parenting: Towards Making a Godly Generation. She is the Founder of Destiny Arrows, a TV program on godly parenting conversations with the vision of crafting future godly generations. 0722 628384 FB & You Tube - Destiny Arrows
WHAT ENTREPRENEURS NEED TO BE AND TO DO TO LEAD IN THEIR BUSINESSES? It doesn’t make sense to hire smart people and then tell them what to do; We hire smart people so they can tell us what to do. ~Steve Jobs BY: TRUPHOSA HAPISU
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building a professional corporate, regardless of the size of one’s entity, driven by a formal business plan, that should be reviewed often to help remain on course.
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ntrepreneurs need to have passion for what they do, have strong leadership perspective, be a good steward of both people and resources. One only rises to greater leadership positions based on how much they are transformed while managing their positions of responsibility.
Entrepreneurs should be firm and have the courage to make difficult decisions during crisis like the current covid19 so as to remain afloat . One must endeavor to operate professionally and ethically, have an eye to manage costs to remain relevant and effective, be able to hire smart people either as direct employees or on consultancy
One needs to believe in themselves, develop thick skin, yet remain sober to manage the different seasons in the cycle of business, run with a clear vision of their business empire, | June - July 2020 | L I V E | 43
Investment in a good professional coach is very vital for every leader for purpose of accountability and staying focused on their existing and new goals as they grow.
basis, for purpose of delegation, so as to maintain their position of steering the company to greater heights all round, not one running with day to day activities. Towards their employees and partners, entrepreneurs must be empathetic and human, being ready to go down to their level all round, regularly and at the same time, maintaining respect and trust which is earned and not forced. Entrepreneurs should be dreamers, always aware of market trends 44| L I V E | June - July 2020 |
through worldwide interactions from various sources including social media, in this era of technology and find existing successful companies to benchmark with and at the same time be very agile to strategize and reposition themselves based on market changes. Collaborations and partnerships with others in the same or complimentary expertise help entrepreneurs remain afloat and raise more capital. Investment in a good professional coach is very vital for every leader for purpose of accountability and staying focused on their existing and new goals as they grow. Email: t.hapisu@truinternational. co.ke
CEO’S LOUNGE LEADING INFLUENCERS IN ONLINE MARKETING
TRUPHOSA HAPISU
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ruphosa fondly referred to as Truphyh is a professional & dynamic leader who is able to address leaders in a board room as well as sales agents in the grass roots. After 2 decades of leading passionate high performance sales teams in the insurance and health sector, Truphyh founded Tru International limited agency, a distribution agency that helps organizations that are working with lean workforce to take their solutions to their existing and new clients to the marketplace, using efficient, cost saving models. From a humble background, Truphyh has risen to become a 46| L I V E | June - July 2020 |
leader guided by her strong personal values, living a purposeful life after encountering the book, “purpose driven life” by Rick warren. Her love of Nurturing the many jobless in the society to train them gain an entrepreneurial mindset , forming a career, birthed out of her personal story in selling insurance, rising from a sales person to management level. Truphyh didn’t proceed to university immediately after her high school, caused by “poor” grades. This led her to take up menial jobs that didn’t require much qualification, earlier in her employment with a hidden desire to have a career one day in life. A graduate in leadership and management from Strathmore university .She is happily married for 26 years ,and mentors many singles into marriage and strong
advocate of marriage works. She is a mother of a 25 year old daughter and a 15 year old son. She holds strong Godly family values and believes in enjoying rather than enduring marriage. Email: t.hapisu@truinternational.co.ke
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THE ART OF PERSONAL LEADERSHIP Leadership is an art and the foundation of all leadership is personal leadership! This is one of the most important skills that anyone with a growth mindset needs to espouse and deliberately hone! In his book the 21 irrefutable laws of leadership, John C. Maxwell, a global leadership guru says that everything rises and falls on leadership! If you see a very successful or prosperous business entity, or organization, or nation or even a person, look at the leadership! And the vice versa is also true! Nations do not fail, organ- izations do not fail, people fail, their leadership skills fail; it is the leadership that fails the institution!
BY: Sarah Munyi
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n his first law which is called The Law of the Lid, John C. Maxwell states that leadership ability is the lid that determines a person’s level of effectiveness. The lower an individual’s ability to lead, the lower the lid on his
tial. This means that your goals, dreams, visions, talents, gifts, business, career, ministry and all your endeavors, can only rise as high as your ability to lead yourself ! We are halfway through the year and how well you have fared in accomplishing goals | June - July 2020 | L I V E | 51
to lead others!
that you had set to achieve in the year has everything to do with your ability to lead yourself. You cannot rise above your leadership!
The ability to honor your words, to do what you say you will do, to back them up with actions is the first step in leading yourself more effectively. The ability
to do the right thing, at the right time, at the Jesus Christ said that right place. How good the spirit is willing, but are you a follower to the flesh is weak. That your own instruction? is a typical example of You always give the the contention between world the best example the leader and the folPersonal leaderof how to treat you. lower in you. ship is the ability When you honor your to lead your most word, the world honors important follower; it too and when you yourself ! This makes each one of do not, the world (those around us a leader! The greatest leadership you) will do the same thing! In each challenge that you will ever have is person there is a leader who knows not leading other people, but lead- what is supposed to be done, and ing yourself ! When you successfully a follower who always has to be lead yourself and people start to pushed to do what is supposed to see some direction and focus in be done! In Matthew 26:41 Jesus your life, then you earn the right Christ said that the spirit is willing, 52| L I V E | June - July 2020 |
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but the flesh is weak. That is a typical example of the contention between the leader and the follower in you. It is until the follower submits to the leadership of the leader that there can be progress in your life. Every leadership must be led by vision. It is the direction of leadership. Vision is your life compass and it directs your purpose, your goals, talents, gifts and endeavors. Have a personal vision that directs your daily endeavors. Accountability is key in making sure that you remain on track and don’t fall behind on your personal goals and vision. It will be prudent for you to have an accountability partner, mentor, coach, as an accountability system to cheer you and make sure your goals remain your priority! You are born to lead! Lead yourself, conquer the world!
Sarah Munyi is a life coach, an international conference speaker and corporate trainer. She is a most invited speaker and trainer in the areas of leadership, change management and personal development in Africa. She is the Managing Director, Blue Diamond Consultants, a capacity building company in Kenya. Contacts: +254723557048 Email: sarahmunyi@outlook.com FB: Sarah Munyi The Life Coach
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LEADERSHIP AND VISION CLARITY Without a vision, and a clear one, it is impossible to utilize all the competencies that you have. Let me illustrate.
BY: Ernest Nyingi
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There are many definitions of vision. I like simplified things, its good for everyone.
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Myles Monroe resonates with my thinking about vision when he says that, ‘
f you sit across a
billionaire who is interested in making your vision come true, by the end of your envisioning process, would he release his/her wealth to have you fulfill that vision?
‘ True vision is a concept(idea) of a future more preferable than the past and present.’
Would he be impressed or disappointed with Clarity of your vision? (Picture yourself in a Shark/ Lions pitching opportunity)
True vision is a concept (idea) of a future more preferable than the past and present.’ Do you have a personal vision? What is a future that is preferable than your
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Write it down, without a worry of the many words you will use. This process is a vital one. Most professionals work in a organization that has a vision, and yet they don’t have their own. Most business people haven’t aligned their vision, hence don’t see how far they can go. When problems come, and they do, they give up on that idea. You need to develop a clear vision, personally, professionally and corporately. (Don’t borrow another person’s vision, a vision needs context, and it is about you.) My vision is empowering leaders and organizations to be purposeful and productive for posterity. I believe and support the course of individuals discovering and deploying their vision and legacy.
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back to this truth l hold dear. “The more clear the aim, the more clear the claim.” You cannot claim what is not clear. You cannot achieve what you don’t clarify. Let me personalize this conversation to you with a few processing questions. Is your vision clear enough that it energizes you and others towards it’s fulfilment? What are you willing to do or not do for the sake of the vision you have? You need to have clarity of your vision in order to disqualify everything else that doesn’t support that end.
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Solomon, a wise historical king said, “Without vision people throw off self discipline.”
- Proverbs 29:18 What are areas you lack self discipline because you are not clear on where you are going?
Prime Principle Three:
Do you find yourself ‘Vision competent’? It is one thing to know what you want to do and another to do it, and another thing to do it very well. Fortunately, there are resources (people, programs, books etc) around your life that can assist you do ‘get there’.
If you will clarify your vision, it helps If you will clarify your to stay within the convision, it helps to stay fines of fulfilment. It within the confines of fulis obvious you will face filment. It is obvious you distractions, but you will face distractions, but Vision clarity are better off definyou are better off defining demands getting loads ing those parameters. those parameters. of wisdom so you This is what a clear can actualize your vision does for you, dreams and not repeat assisting and assuring unnecessary mistakes you where the direction is and to others have made. avoid detours. This means the willingness to Also, if you do have and take learn becise the vision you have is detours, vision clarity acts a comclear. You know what to study and pass to bring you back on course. what not to study or invest in or to 58| L I V E | June - July 2020 |
relate with. What will you do today, and everyday to grow in competence, especially where your vision and values are concerned?
Prime Principle Four: Dont just have your eyes to look, also make sure you also see. You need a heart vision.
What do you see? What is your heart vision? Ensure you get clarity also in your heart. The vision should align with who you are. I will later talk about a personal development concept called PAGE. You should own your vision because it is part of you.
Just reminder that:
“Eyes that look are common, but eyes that see are rare.” Dr Myles Monroe
function of the heart. “Eyes that look are common, but eyes that see are rare.” Dr Myles Monroe This is the other reason why l coach individuals and consult with organizations to clarify and become ‘Vision competent”. Four simple start-up principles in clarifying your vision.
When will you start?
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