A case for more females up the corporate ladder (part 2))

By Patrick Mayoh Following from last week, this will be the second part of my entreaty to have more women up the corporate ladder Why women matter There are three reasons why women do matter in our society. Integrating more women not only into corporate quarters but also within the workforce is likely to deliver the following benefits: 1) Averting the scarcity in the workforce in Europe especially 2) Generating a better understanding...

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A case for more females up the corporate ladder (part 1)

By Patrick Mayoh This will be a three articles about "why we need more women at the top". It is a case for female empowerment within the business world and especially how this can concretely take place within the business world today. A research paper by MC Kinsey in 2007 indicates a correlation between financial performance and the presence of more women on corporate boards. In other words, those organizations that champion gender diversity,...

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Online shopping spree

By Patrick Mayoh I needed a new pair of trainers a couple of weeks ago and my natural instinct was to log on to Amazon to find the best deal for my product. I do the same when I need a book or another electronic gadget. I do not mean to say Amazon is the only website I research when I need to buy items online, there are a host of other online shopping services like E-bay to name just an example. I cannot just wait for the time where I will be...

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Why Multinationals Companies should be optimistic about Africa's economic growth

By Patrick Mayoh Most people rightly associate Africa with poverty, political coups, famine, displaced families and economic stagnation to name just a few. I wonder who has not heard of Ethiopia, Dar four or Rwanda. Yet this state of things seems to be about to change. And I would not be surprised just as my title suggests, if Africa becomes the next economic success story of the next decade Now to the fact; I have been reading a couple of...

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Customer service banking! HSBC the best!

By Patrick Mayoh I am so proud to say I made up this title (well I hope I am right). Alright most people have heard of investment banking, retail banking or consumer banking. But then looking at the UK banking industry coming up with such a term as customer service banking is not so strange. On the contrary I would say it is trendy. Hitherto it was common practice and it might be still the case to offer the best products or services to customers....

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Brainstorming like De Bono

 By Patrick Mayoh  Brainstorming is very much part of the Franca lingua of many organizations. Simply put it is a process where a group as a team gets to explore all available ideas, possibilities and alternatives just to name a few; pertaining to a specific issue. Brainstorming is actually quite handy when a team does not have a clear perspective of a problem and has to conceptualize and think from scratch. Also the fact that...

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I do not believe Business is all about money!

By Patrick Mayoh I was privileged last week to be a guest speaker at a local school of my area. The school administration had organized a careers’ week to familiarize pupils with the professional job. And having just completed my MBA I was asked to talk about my understanding of business and why this is important in the society we find ourselves in. I think the talk went very well. The questions especially from 8 to 10 year olds were really relevant...

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Swot: asking the right questions

By Patrick Mayoh The term SWOT (strenghts, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) is probably one of the most used acronym in management circles. This framework was introduced between the late 1960s and the early 1970s by a management consultancy from the Stanford Research Institute ;Albert S Humpfrey. When properly used and implemented by managers Swot has the potential of providing focus and a clear sense of purpose about the strategy an...

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Time for conflict resolution in British Airways! Time to Collaborate

By Patrick Mayoh Just this morning on ABC news online, it was reported that the name of the most wanted terrorist on the planet--Ben Laden--featured on the picture of a boarding pass from British Airways (BA) for a flight in destination to Washington. The LHR magazine is an employee's newsletter targeting staff working for BA in the Heath throw international airport, UK's and one of the the world's busiest airport for passenger traffic according to a report by the Airport council International (2008). This incident on its own could be in...

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