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by Sunny Bindra

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    Sunny Bindra is a management consultant, writer and teacher based in Nairobi, Kenya. He specialises in corporate strategy and governance, and works as an advisor to leading corporations. He writes the popular and irreverent column ‘A Sunny Day’ in the Sunday Nation, the region’s highest-circulation newspaper

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Mar 2010
Posted in Sunny's random musings by Sunny Bindra 48 Comments »
Welcome to Sunwords.com. Feel at home, look around, browse, sit down and read, leave a comment. Best wishes, Sunny
“Any leader needs frank advice, and the biggest obstacle to receiving it is often the leader himself. Even a polite and level-headed boss will be tempted to cut naysayers out ...click here to read the full article.
The other day I reached for a box of tissues. As I pulled a tissue out, another five came out of the box. I had not encountered this ...click here to read the full article.
“”It is very true that we do not have the high-end ‘mind share’ product, as we speak, but of course we are working to get there,” said Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, Nokia ...click here to read the full article.
There’s nothing like a quiet drive to aid the reflection process. Or so I thought. I embarked on a family trip to the great mountain in the heart ...click here to read the full article.
“Companies have always cut back on workers during economic downturns, but over the last two decades layoffs have become an increasingly common part of corporate life – in good times ...click here to read the full article.
Here we go again. The headlines say it all: the coalition government is crumbling, the principals have fallen out, the shilling is sliding, investors are nervous, we are facing ...click here to read the full article.
“Because starting a business is a huge amount of hard work, requiring a great deal of time, you had better enjoy it. When I started Virgin from a basement flat ...click here to read the full article.
Amidst the carnage of Haiti, a quiet little drama is playing itself out. Baptist missionaries from the USA were arrested trying to take 33 “orphans” out of the wrecked ...click here to read the full article.
“When Toyota told the world of the recall of its cars in January, one of its first public statements was made by a Japanese executive who faced television cameras wearing ...click here to read the full article.
Picture the scene. The former leader of a global power is summoned to a commission of inquiry. He spends a full day there, in front of the world’s ...click here to read the full article.
“This Wednesday, Steven P. Jobs will step to the stage at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco and unveil a shiny new machine that may or ...click here to read the full article.
The green city in the sun. That was what our beautiful Nairobi was famously known as. Well, we’re still in the sun (and increasingly so), but the ‘green’ ...click here to read the full article.
“Look in the mirror. If you really don’t want your potential successor to get the job, don’t kid yourself. There is a very strong probability that this person will never ...click here to read the full article.