Entrepreneurs Must Overcome Personal/Organizational Challenges to Create Legacies
By The COAST Reporter
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Business leaders and executives have been challenged to improve themselves and their organizations if they want to build successful entrepreneurial legacies.
Speaking during the stories of significance conference, SAV skills director Vincent Otumbo said that there was need for entrepreneurs to add value to themselves if they want to create value to their organisations.
Through empowering executives and business leaders to embody resilient excellence in their decision-making, actions, and results, he said would likely drive individuals, organizational or community successes.
“Empowered leaders have the capacity to inspire their followers and provide valuable educational insights that can be applied in various leadership and business contexts.”
He was speaking during the Stories of Significance 2024 conference in which aspiring business executives and emerging leaders from the Kwale, Kilifi and Mombasa got tips from experienced corporate executives and speakers.
The associate dean at the University of Nairobi’s Mombasa Campus, Prof Sarah Kinyanjui said that leaders must be ready to mentor others if they needed to make themselves relevant.
“When you mentor others, you give a chance for them to grow and create room for the sustainability of your initiatives,” she said.
She added that successful brands were sustained because their founders were visionary enough to let their followers buy into their vision.
The professor stressed that the right attitude, effectiveness and motivation were likely to create a lasting impact in the organisation that would transcend generations.
“It is also important for leaders to also look for mentors who can keep challenging them to rise to the next level in terms of corporate governance and financial earnings.”
Sheila Toya, an author and entrepreneur, and David Tanki of Lan-X Africa Limited said there was need to rediscover the self for the sake of personal and organizational posterity.
“It is only through self-awareness that businesses can maintain high product and service standards and break the barriers in financial returns,” Toya added.
A former Kenya Ports Authority managing director Catherine Mturi-Wairi underscored the need for development of personal character, improvement of competence and being committed to the course as key ingredients in the growth of the personal and organisational brand.
The stories of significance conference sought to harness the power of storytelling to inspire change, drive engagement, and communicate the transformative outcomes of individuals and organisations.
