Embrace changes in organisational culture
Mr Mali Lincoln, motivational speaker and leadership coach.
What you need to know:
- The US Bureau of Labour Statistics predicts that by 2020, Millennials will make up 50 per cent of the US workforce and 75 per cent of the global work force by 2030.
Kampala. Human capital management leaders have been challenged to embrace changes in organisational culture if they are to remain relevant in technological times.
“There is a big generation gap dominating many companies. Millennials today are coming into the workforce in big numbers with different perspectives on how to execute tasks. They are confident, curious, value diversity, have high expectations and are thirsty for knowledge; human capital leaders have to create an enabling environment and embrace them as a reality,” said Mr Mali Lincoln, a renowned motivational speaker and leadership coach.
He added that technological disruption has changed the way organisations operate, and communicate with the public.
“Today we are one text, tweet away from a scandal, one small issue can affect an organisation drastically,” he said.
He was speaking to the Human Resource Managers Association of Uganda during a leadership dinner hosted by the association at Kampala Serena Hotel last week.
Mr Patrick Ngolobe, the president of the association, advised fellow professionals to put their theories into action.
He said: “Human Resource leaders and captains of the industry must rise up to the challenge of organisational culture, we must model and reinforce culture that we desire through our behavior, character, systems and models and have less talk and slides; leaders who do not catch-up to this reality will be out of business and jobs sooner rather than later.”
He continued: “As an association, we believe constant exposure to global best practices is important for the personal and professional development of our members which directly links to the quality of our labour market both at the side of the employees but also within the work environments we continue to enhance. This is the reason as to why we continually bring high profile presenters such as Lincoln to share their experiences and encourage members of our profession to improve their skills.”
Mr Lincoln, a professional banker with over 18 years of experience currently works as Standard Bank Group head of card and emerging payments across Africa in personal and business banking.
The US Bureau of Labour Statistics predicts that by 2020, Millennials will make up 50 per cent of the US workforce and 75 per cent of the global work force by 2030.
