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    Shamim K. Matovu

    Dr Shamim K Matovu, a corporate culture and behavioural insights specialist, and Fauzia Namutebi, Human Resource Business Partner at People Brand Uganda, are leadership and workplace performance experts who advise organisations on accountability, culture transformation, and sustainable people management practices across evolving corporate environments in East Africa.

    The Culture of Excuses: How Performance Slips One Conversation at a Time

    CEO East Africa MagazineLeadership & GovernanceThe Big StoryFebruary 12, 2026February 12, 2026

    At a multimedia organisation where I once worked, we were assigned a group project. Three of us. A comfortable deadline. Enough time to do it well. We met early, mapped…

    D!scover Shamim K. Matovu one of Uganda’s very few workplace anthropologists and her 5 tips on how to thrive in a dynamic work world

    David KangyeNews & AnalysisWomen In LeadershipMarch 28, 2022March 28, 2022

    The idea of workplace culture is not one we can clearly write home about. Sometimes it’s claimed to be known but that is where it stops. When Shamim K. Matovu…

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