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Category Archives: Chris Harrison Africa
The whole football
Last week I listened to a very seasoned regional business leader as he spoke to our CEO programme www.amalgamleadership.com He came to talk to us about governance. Very soon that led to a discussion about organisational culture. About how a … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, African Business, African marketing, Behaviour change, Brand Marketing, Brand Reputation, Chris Harrison Africa, Culture change, Internal brand, Market Research, The Brand Inside
Tagged Africa, Business leader, employee, Enterprises, luxury tourism, Onboarding programm, Organisational culture, Organogram
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Culture becomes central
After decades of being a ‘nice to have’, the idea of a deliberately created corporate culture is finally moving closer to the top of Board agendas. Around the world, an ever-lengthening series of corporate scandals and audit and governance bloopers … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, African Business, African ingenuity, Behaviour change, Brand Marketing, Brand Reputation, Branded behaviours, Chris Harrison Africa, Culture change, ICT, Internal brand, The Brand Inside
Tagged Bank, Board agendas, Corporate, Corporate culture, Culture, Customers, Institute of Business Ethics, Partners, Suppliers Stakeholders
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Truth, essential in business
It matters not how many procedures or policies you put in place, or how many dashboards you set up. If your company culture does not prize truthfulness, you will experience commercial disappointment. And there’s plenty of disappointment about in business … Continue reading
Posted in African Business, African Leadership, African marketing, Behaviour change, Brand Marketing, Brand Reputation, Branded behaviours, Chris Harrison Africa, Culture change, Internal brand, Local Brands, The Brand Inside
Tagged Africa, brand, Business today, Commercial, Company culture, Management meetings, Organisation
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Marketers as CEOs
It’s been a while since I last looked into the likelihood of Marketers in East Africa reaching the C Suite, or even holding the top job in our biggest companies. My methodology tends to be qualitative, picking up data from … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, African marketing, Behaviour change, Brand Marketing, Brand Reputation, Branded behaviours, Chris Harrison Africa, Culture change, Internal brand, Internal Communication, The Brand Inside
Tagged Academic colleagues, America, CEO candidates, CEO's, Companies, Corporate sector, east africa, enterprise, Entrepreneurs, finance, LinkedIn, marketers, Operations, Procurement, Senior business
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Workspace woes
The world of work still needs an effective solution to the shaping of productive office space. Here in Africa, relatively few of us have the privilege of working in offices. Far more people work in small retail outlets, factories and … Continue reading
Posted in Behaviour change, Brand Marketing, Brand Reputation, Branded behaviours, Chris Harrison Africa, Culture change, The Brand Inside
Tagged Academia, Africa, Business, Colleagues, Company, Employees, Environments, Europe, Factories, Harvard University, Managers, Open plan office, Researchers Ethan Bernstein, Retail outlets, Sociometric badges, Stephen Turban, work, World
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Incivility is counterproductive
One of the many differences between people on either side of the Millennial divide is their approach to email. Those of us who began to work before the dubious blessing of email tend to aspire to ‘zero email’ – the … Continue reading
Posted in Behaviour change, Brand Marketing, Brand Reputation, Branded behaviours, Chris Harrison Africa, Culture change, Internal Communication, Social Media, The Brand Inside
Tagged Business, Calvinist zeal, Civil people, Colleagues, Constituencies, Customers, Email, Leaders, Millennial, work
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Controlled growth
When you start a Company, you begin with a small group of colleagues. Initially hired for the technical abilities the business needs. But soon, through departures and hirings, you find yourself surrounded by a group of like-minded people. The non-aligned … Continue reading
Looking for leadership
Looking ahead to 2019 there are plenty of reports circulating about economic growth in East Africa. Perhaps some of them haven’t been updated recently, because I’m not so sure. I speak to many business leaders and very few of them … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, African Business, African Leadership, African marketing, Behaviour change, Brand Marketing, Brand Reputation, Branded behaviours, Chris Harrison Africa, Culture change, Direct marketing, Local Brands, Social marketing, Talent Development, The Brand Inside
Tagged African economy, brand, Business, CEO's, Company culture, Corporate, Customers, east africa, Economic growth, Election, Emotional temperature, Employees, Kenya, Leadership, Market, Marketing, President, Product, Tanzania, uganda
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A little help
December offers leaders a good opportunity to pause and reflect on the well-being of their people. The context is perfect. Whatever their faith, almost everyone regards the Christmas period as a time for reconnecting with what really matters in life. … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, African marketing, Behaviour change, Brand Marketing, Branded behaviours, Chris Harrison Africa, Culture change, Direct marketing, The Brand Inside
Tagged Amalgam Leadership programme, Business, Christmas party, Company, Dream Team, entrepreneurial CEO, Motivation, New Year, Organisational leader, Recruiters
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Last impressions
Anyone who does business in our region understands how important Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport is as a travel hub. Friends in Kampala and Dar talk ruefully about ‘having to go through Nairobi’ to make connections East and West. But … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, African Business, African travels, Behaviour change, Billboards, Brand Marketing, Brand Reputation, Branded behaviours, Chris Harrison Africa, Culture change, Internal brand, The Brand Inside
Tagged Addis Airport, brand, Business, Business travellers, Cultures, Dar, Ethiopian Airways, Ghanaian, Gulf State airlines, immigration, Impressions, Kampala, Kenyans, London, management, Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, National Youth Service, Passport holders, Rwandair, Staff, Terminal, Tourists
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