Leadership555 Uganda

This is a unique approach to dialogue designed to harness dormant energies around persistent community problems. Relationships are built while addressing community issues with a sincere desire to find lasting solutions to long-standing problems. Finger pointing is squashed and a spirit of synergy is elevated as burning issues surface in the process in a wonderful expression of ideas that could lead to sustainable transformation. This is a unique product of Leadership 555 designed to gather and harness dormant energies around stalemate situations in communities. The forum provides for relationship building while engaging in addressing community issues with a sincere desire and determination to find lasting solutions to long standing problems. In a spirit of heartily contributions of ideas and other respective and relevant resources, finger pointing is squashed and a spirit of synergy is elevated. Such has been the experience of Leadership 555 particularly from mid-2016 when we hel...

7 engagements in 6 months, 60  district focal persons  engaged. UNHLS is a dynamic arm of the Ministry of Health majoring in analyzing and diagnosis of diseases through laboratory services with international accreditation. It handles the prevention and control of epidemic outbreaks in the nation including Ebola and other health concerns like sickle cell anaemia and TB. With a national portfolio, UNHLS satellite centres operate mainly as hubs spread in regions of the country and the need to develop their leading and managerial capacities is ripe. L555 is privileged to contribute to this national noble cause. In the past six months we have engaged with this institution 7 different times at various levels of their administration and a clear prospect of a steadfast partnership is in sight. On invitation by the UNHLS’ Chief Administrator, L555 conducted 5 exploratory sessions. These ranged from short talks at staff events including one on  tribal culture  at the in...

Other engagements include: Barclays Bank  - Luwum Street branch (inspirational talks on leadership);  S et Free Ministries  - Rakai District (sustainability strategy);  Kira District Pastors’ Fellowship ;  USAID – Nsambya;  INT, Institute of National Transformation.

The partners featured include:  Spirit FM ,  KS Hydro  offering financial and logistic support,  Kirinya Christian Fellowship .

The National team Leader has 3 teaching shows weekly on the station. In 2013, L555 run a specialized weekly show on authentic leadership for six months. The Nation is now deemed ripe to have a full banquet of relevant leadership teachings to sensitize masses for national transformation. Much more is expected in the future because the platform majors on reformation. By divine providence, Leadership 555 Uganda has an indirect platform to reach church communities through Spirit FM 96.6. The National team Leader has 3 teaching shows weekly on the station covering a wide diameter in the country from the capital. A cross section of Christians have subsequently connected with Leadership 555 and engaged with its services like: Candid conversations, Introduction to Authentic Leadership, the Consultancy Arm, and the Idea Incubator. In 2013, Leadership 555 run a specialized weekly show on authentic leadership for six month and touched base with emerging leaders. The intent was to test wate...

It was a follow up 12 hours engagement that was addressing the wrong perception of leaderships that is the difference between leading and managing. The purpose was to shift mindset from leaders are born to leaders are made and dealing with root causes rather than symptoms. The main objective was to harness ideas for incubation process. The focus was to help the leaders to: 1.       Know they source of identity. 2.       Identify their passion 3.       Define their core values and adhere to L555 core values 4.       Know where they are going and to see clearly the way (clear vision). 5.       To know their timing and seasons 6.       Know when and how to communicate what they see. 7.       Develop sustainable leadership’s strategies according to 2 Timothy 2:2. 8.       I...

Oct-Dec 2016. The Incubator Process The last quarter of 2016 we held three (3) engagements on the introduction to authentic leadership with fifty people actively participated in the engagements. The main goals were to introduce them into catalytic style of leadership and to harness their passions, concerns, burdens and daily observations into ideas. Early 2017 we held four sessions of follow up engagements as part of incubator selection process. There were twenty participants and fourteen completed at least three sessions. The target was to help them dig deeper to the root causes of the underlying problems and develop their ideas to systemically solve those problems using collective strategies in a collaborative environment. The selection process was concluded with one on one interviews with fifteen candidates with systemic ideas. The interviews were to check on systemic nature of ideas, their values, their ability, commitment and willingness to pursue the process and to collabor...

5years of Leadership 555 Uganda (L555), 2012-2017 (featured Article) Leadership 555 Uganda has been operational in the country since 2012 though it was formally registered this year (2017) as a civil society organisation. For an organization that largely thrives on local resources, we have had a relatively low turnover where majority of the staff have been retained up to date. Even when most of them are either undergraduates or graduates, they have chosen to serve as volunteers or part-time staff for this worthwhile undertaking. It is developing to create a radical awareness of the global need for authentic leaderships in all social spheres. SUSTAINABILITY: built to last From networking to Platform thinking. WilliamMukisa (featured Article) A platform can be defined as: Openness. It’s a foundation for connections that enables people to share insights. Platform thinking is a game-changer, in that: leaders turn from commanders to co-creators, customers to contributors, employees...

Ekiwumulo talkshow. Spirit FM 96.6 Radio teaching shows (featured) Over the last 10 years, Washington Ssebina and co-host Kigula has run 3 teaching shows weekly on Spirit FM; fully sponsored and sustained by locals. Uganda is now ripe for a conversation on national transformation. The cutting edge of this platform is reformation in the body of Christ. Business Catalyst Forum suggested. This Forum has been proposed as a platform to support ongoing engagement between business leaders in our network, and as a means to expand the L555 resource base. Feb. 2017. Education Co-creation Lab The vision is to catalyse a process of thoughtful collaboration with multi-disciplinary stakeholders in order to synthesize Uganda’s resources towards innovative and systemic impact in education. This process is being led by Aaron Kirunda (Uganda Spelling Bee) and a foundational strategy has been co-created. L555 hosted an Education Catalyst engagement with six participants who explored the i...

UNHLS, Uganda National Health Laboratory Services, Winnie Namuyanja (featured) 7 exploratory engagements in 6 months, 60 district focal persons engaged. UNHLS is an arm of the Ministry of Health majoring in analyzing and diagnosis of diseases through laboratory services; handling prevention and control of epidemic outbreaks like Ebola and other health concerns like sickle cell anaemia and TB. The satellite centres needed to develop their leading and managerial capacities eg, tribal culture, ‘Family Day’. Mar 2017. USAID Uganda Mission After discussions on a systemic approach to social transformation with top officials, we presented our model, a solution to the problem of breakthrough ; highlighting the role of catalytic leaders, collaboration fuelled by a value-based community, radical innovation and resource mobilisation. The USAID team was keen to hear more about ongoing programs. Correspondence has been exchanged regarding education initiatives in the country. 5 Corp...

In the past, we used to just offer leadership empowerment services to our clients. Just like any other typical service provider, we would create attractive service-products that would suit the desires of our clients, met our overhead costs and sometimes a margin for sustainability in business.  We would also call networking meetings for the sake of networking especially for our loyal customers. Now things have changed! Experience has taught us that solving complex social problems is more dynamic than earlier assumed. We need every hand on deck in order to move small yet significant steps in the right direction. We now know that leaders will network and efficiently align themselves with like-minded people in the context of an environment where they give of themselves, that is, in form of skills, time or any other resource at their disposal. In there, they sacrifice competition at the altar of collaboration – all for the sake of transforming Uganda systemically. This strategic swi...

Art of Candid Conversations, Washington Ssebina Kaggwa (featured Article) This is a unique approach to dialogue designed to harness dormant energies around persistent community problems. Relationships are built while addressing community issues with a sincere desire to find lasting solutions to long-standing problems. Finger pointing is squashed and a spirit of synergy is elevated as burning issues surface in the process in a wonderful expression of ideas that could lead to sustainable transformation. ·       2012-2017: 150 leaders trained so far. ·       Feb 24. Robie Kakonge, Ministry of Security under Office of the President.