Issue Seven - Conversations on Technology, Business and Society

PC TECH: Should the leader’s
‘MOJO’(positive spirit) seek to influence
the company culture?
MG: MOJO is ‘that positive spirit – toward
what you are doing – now – that starts from
the inside – and radiates to the outside’.
Leaders who are high in MOJO consistently
communicate that they are happy to be doing
what they are doing – and that they find their
work to be meaningful. What kind of message
do leaders who have no MOJO send? I am
miserable and this work is meaningless. The
positive communication of happiness and
meaning can build a culture. The negative
message can destroy a culture.
PC TECH: How can an organization
effectively grow its people?
MG: I am very excited about peer coaching.
Several studies that have been conducted
show how it can help create better leaders at a
very low cost to the company.
PC TECH: How can a leader breed greater
trust?
MG: Lead by example – not by ‘preaching’.
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About Vera Ng’oma
Vera Ng’oma is a communications specialist,
Leadership facilitator and Mentoring coach
passionately dedicated to seeding inspiration
and motivation to help people honour their
potential and live their strongest lives. She
leads Livexcellence Limited, a Leadership, personal
and professional development company
offering top notch programmes essential to
achieving organizational and personal growth
objectives.
Vera collaborates with PC Tech International
and PearlRichards Foundation through our
women’s project, www.ewuraba.com.
Vera is committed to working with organizations
to build greater trust and democracy
in the workplace where employees have room
to lead and to make their best contribution.
As an independent consultant, she provides
expertise in Living Leadership, personal branding
and employee engagement.
She is founder of Shedistinction an organization
that seeks to empower professional
and businesswomen to move beyond real,
artificial and self imposed obstacles onto a
new purposeful, productive and legacy building
path.
Her work experience spans front row roles
in several industries including education and
training, cultural relations, air travel, news
media, international development and at NGO
board level.
Vera writes on leadership and career development
for Malawi’s Nation Newspapers, and
for several on line publications and at her blog
www.excelliquette.blogspot.com.
Vera maybe contacted via verangoma@
gmail.com
Introducing the African Institute for
Development Informatics and Policy
The African Institute for Development Informatics and Policy (AIDIP) is a research institute which focuses on the
conduct and dissemination of research and the advocacy and establishment of projects and policies concerning the
adoption and usage of development informatics in Africa. Development informatics refers to appropriate design,
localization, development, implementation and usage of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to
achieve development goals. The primary goal of AIDIP is to extend the reach of the use of ICTs to the underserved
and unreached.
To achieve this, the institute would establish research and development projects of relevance to the developmental
needs of the country and to the millennium development goals. Since the research centre would be primarily
located in Ghana, it would also become an official data source for statistics and research in Ghana and thereafter
other African countries. This would be done through the coordinating research activities and projects related to
development informatics in both private and public sector agencies in Ghana. The institute would also support the
research faculty and staff in Ghanaian universities and link them to other research institutes in other universities.
AIDIP seeks to become the foremost African forum for practitioners, managers, researchers and policy makers
to share their knowledge and experience on the technology, adoption, localization, management and policy of
development informatics in Africa.
For more information on how to volunteer and join AIDIP visit - www.aidipinstitute.org
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