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Tania Ngima

How to give constructive criticism

Kim Scott, a coach to top tech CEOs in Silicon Valley and a best-selling author hired an employee who she described as kind, funny, supportive and car
By Tania Ngima 6 years ago
How to give constructive criticism
Why you need to be friends with your boss
Why you need to be friends with your boss
By Tania Ngima 6 years ago
Are you emotionally intelligent enough for a promotion?
Are you emotionally intelligent enough for a promotion?
By Tania Ngima 6 years ago
5 minutes with the boss, how to make the most of it
5 minutes with the boss, how to make the most of it
By Tania Ngima 6 years ago
Common regrets of the mid-career professional
It wasn’t until I was in my 40s that I realised that I could go into business. I feel like I wasted more than 10 years prevaricating over whether this was the right decision – I now realise I should have just started small and learnt as I went along,” says Gina, the founder of a successful branding business.
By Tania Ngima 7 years ago
Common regrets of the mid-career professional
The fine art of salary negotiation
?Most times, we get far less than we deserve. This is mainly because we are too eager to clinch the job. TANIA NGIMA, a director at Resolution Insurance and a Mandela Washington Fellow advises on how to get your proper dues.
By Tania Ngima 7 years ago
The fine art of salary negotiation
Bullying affects mental health
In 2014, the world was shocked by the story of Emilie Olsen, a 13-year-old girl in the US who killed herself as a result of years of alleged bullying.
By Tania Ngima 7 years ago
Bullying affects mental health
Dynamics of business funding
Over the past few months, I have been keenly watching the financial services industry, specifically the investment space.
By Tania Ngima 7 years ago
Dynamics of business funding
Who does Africa hold promise for?
In May 2013, an Africa-focused article described Africa’s youth as either a ticking time bomb or an opportunity. At the time, Senegal had just come off their general elections where the incumbent was defeated by an aspirant.
By Tania Ngima 7 years ago
Who does Africa hold promise for?
We must say ‘no’ to bad governance
I do not often dwell on the same topic two weeks in a row, unless there are extenuating circumstances.
By Tania Ngima 7 years ago
We must say ‘no’ to bad governance
Let’s all stop paying taxes until
I think we should all, effective February, stop paying our taxes. I have no doubt that KRA’s ears just perked up at this statement.
By Tania Ngima 7 years ago
Let’s all stop paying taxes until
KRA must harmonise its records
There are some emails that strike terror and panic in our hearts. Complaints from clients, reprimand letters, disciplinary actions, the list goes on.
By Tania Ngima 7 years ago
KRA must harmonise its records
Electronic voting has no guarantees for success
Ingrained in this assertion is an acknowledgement of the complexities that surround the administration and independence of carrying out elections.
By Tania Ngima 7 years ago
Electronic voting has no guarantees for success
Why we can’t stop deaths on roads
The knee-jerk, reactionary responses we keep exhibiting with reference to the carnage on our roads need to stop.
By Tania Ngima 7 years ago
Why we can’t stop deaths on roads
Eject miscreants from leadership
There is something entirely discomfiting about the events happening around us and how we are choosing to react to them that makes me think of a particularly disturbing episode of ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’.
By Tania Ngima 7 years ago
Eject miscreants from leadership
Filtering reality from perception
Perception is reality and the truth, negotiable. If you can make people believe something, it becomes a fact. As human beings, we are not obtuse, but we are open to suggestion and we absorb information selectively.
By Tania Ngima 8 years ago
Filtering reality from perception
Time for Kenyans to stand up and be counted
Mediocrity is described as something that espouses qualities that are moderate, low, unremarkable or average.
By Tania Ngima 8 years ago
Time for Kenyans to stand up and be counted
Do we get the leaders we deserve?
The first time I heard this argument, it was presented in such a compelling manner that I was convinced our leaders are a reflection of our values.
By Tania Ngima 8 years ago
Do we get the leaders we deserve?
The irony in 'Africa Rising' narrative
It is said that nothing good comes without strife, my question is whether our strife will amount to surmounting the odds or if as individual countries we will be in a constant state of discord.
By Tania Ngima 8 years ago
The irony in 'Africa Rising' narrative
Greed, the spanner in the works for devolution in Kenya
Sometime last year while conducting research into the various countries in which devolution has worked, I came across a report that took an in-depth look at the successes and challenges of decentralising power.
By Tania Ngima 8 years ago
Greed, the spanner in the works for devolution in Kenya
Vote with your feet to end crashes on Kenyan roads
Unless we force a culture change by pushing the right behaviour and penalising the wrong conduct, nothing in the sector is going to change.
By Tania Ngima 8 years ago
Vote with your feet to end crashes on Kenyan roads
Gender diversity role in leadership
Launched in 2007, the Women Matter reports study the links between companies’ share of women in leadership positions and the respective financial and organisational performance.
By Tania Ngima 8 years ago
Gender diversity role in leadership
Kenya is losing out economically
A few days ago I came across an advert for home ownership. There are reasons why housing interests me to such an extent that I feel the sector is full of contrasts.
By Tania Ngima 8 years ago
Kenya is losing out economically
Africa should focus on food security
SDG number two on Zero Hunger calls on ending hunger, achieving food security, improved food nutrition and promoting sustainable agriculture by 2030.
By Tania Ngima 8 years ago
Africa should focus on food security
Beware, season of deceit with us
This past weekend reminded me of just how much I detest the circus that is the one year leading up to elections. Let the frenzy, the noise, the mudslinging begin.
By Tania Ngima 8 years ago
Beware, season of deceit with us
Police vetting exercise in Kenya just a sham
If what the police officers consider their side hustle can net them more cash in a day than they earn in a month at their regular job, then why bother to keep your day job?
By Tania Ngima 8 years ago
Police vetting exercise in Kenya just a sham
Too much ado about conferences
There is no doubt that Nairobi and indeed the country has received a significant vote of confidence contrary to the panic caused by terrorism and that tourism is set to see a boon.
By Tania Ngima 8 years ago
Too much ado about conferences
Rio and legacy of boundless greed for Kenya athletics team
Sadly, the officials responsible for this disgrace will get away with it because in this country, greed always wins over accountability.
By Tania Ngima 8 years ago
Rio and legacy of boundless greed for Kenya athletics team
Why I smell a rat in pension funds
While in most African countries savings rates are low, standing at 17 per cent of Gross domestic product, Kenya’s rates are lower at around 14 per cent of GDP with Tanzania and Uganda being cited as having crossed the 20 per cent mark with a lower per capita income.
By Tania Ngima 8 years ago
Why I smell a rat in pension funds
Tell me; why are we like this?
As a service provider, you know that you have lost public confidence when any attempts to explain a situation are met with derision and scorn from all quarters.
By Tania Ngima 8 years ago
Tell me; why are we like this?
Road safety priorities are wrong
This is the level to which our confidence in the police force has fallen; to the point that we can predict the result of any interaction with them.
By Tania Ngima 8 years ago
Road safety priorities are wrong
Corruption in Kenya has become a virtue
Seventy-three per cent of Kenyan youth are afraid to stand up for what is right due to fear of retribution. This statistic was revealed by a study on Kenyan youth conducted by the Aga Khan University’s East African Institute earlier this year.
By Tania Ngima 8 years ago
Corruption in Kenya has become a virtue
We must speak up against the evil that is extra-judicial killings
However, what causes discomfort and angst in equal proportions is the public perception that it took significant outcry by local and international institutions in order for these investigations to be taken seriously.
By Tania Ngima 8 years ago
We must speak up against the evil that is extra-judicial killings
Integrity and leadership in Kenya
I have come to the conclusion that if anyone has a penchant for turning calamity into fanfare, it is Kenyans.
By Tania Ngima 8 years ago
Integrity and leadership in Kenya
Higher taxation in Kenya and the budget
Unfortunately, unlike the private sector, a significant or increasing national budget does not portend the revenue potential of the country, and do not let anyone lie to you that it does.
By Tania Ngima 8 years ago
Higher taxation in Kenya and the budget
The pain of intra-Africa travel
A few weeks ago, I needed to travel to a location where a visa was required. As has become customary, the visa handling office was an agency. It also felt strongly like a torture chamber.
By Tania Ngima 8 years ago
The pain of intra-Africa travel
We have power to chart our course
It negates any gains we have made from the significant funds spent to get the sector back on track as violence is inevitably followed by travel advisories, severely impacting the GDP.
By Tania Ngima 8 years ago
We have power to chart our course
Ego will drive Kenyans into the gutter
Two months ago I wrote that Kenya was slowly ascending into anarchy, and if we were not careful we would find ourselves re-enacting a ‘Hotel Rwanda’ in our very own backyard after the 2017 elections.
By Tania Ngima 8 years ago
Ego will drive Kenyans into the gutter
Start-up funding critical to success
Funding ensures that the company can hire the best talent and cover overheads for as long as it takes to break even and become sustainable.
By Tania Ngima 8 years ago
Start-up funding critical to success
Here's what's wrong with you and I
The campaign period leading up to Kenya’s elections has a penchant for intrigues and comedy in equal proportions.
By Tania Ngima 8 years ago
Here's what's wrong with you and I
Data on employment misleading
However, while the youth count for 35 percent of the country’s population, they account for over 66 percent of the country’s unemployed workforce.
By Tania Ngima 8 years ago
Data on employment misleading
I'm tired of waiting for a saviour
But in the two-minute video, things went from bad to worse and you could hear the horror and desperation in the voices of the young men valiantly trying to save those in the vehicle.
By Tania Ngima 8 years ago
I'm tired of waiting for a saviour
When big projects become PR
Every five years, the countdown to the polls is marked by certain distinctive characteristics.
By Tania Ngima 8 years ago
When big projects become PR
No, gambling doesn’t create wealth
The fact that regulators and the sports ministry seemingly sanction the activity is because of the revenue earning capability it has from direct and indirect taxes, it has nothing to do with the potential to make we commoners rich overnight.
By Tania Ngima 8 years ago
No, gambling doesn’t create wealth
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