It feels like the other day Martin Oduor-Otieno was running KCB . He has not changed much in the eight years after his exit; still officious and thoughtful in demeanor, still erudite. After KCB, he started the Leadership Group.

“I think good leadership can transform society. And bad leadership can destroy everything else,” he says. Martin is spending the rest of his life in the space of leadership; developing and growing leaders. He spoke to JACKSON BIKO recently in his office in Nairobi’s Westlands.

Biko: Knowing what you know now as a leading executive coach, what would you do differently in your seven and a half years at KCB?

Martin: That’s an interesting question. But also previously in my working career which has been quite long now, one area that coaching brought to me as an eye-opener was just the area of stakeholder management. This is how you relate with your bosses, how you relate with your peers, how you relate with the Click here to read more!