Dr. Francis N. Mbunya - Skyrocket Your Business at Zero Cost: Make a Difference with Company Growth and Community Development

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D r. Francis Mbunya holds a doctoral degree in development studies. For over twelve years he has committed his time to support the community development goals in his local community and beyond. His career journey can be traced to 2006, when he started volunteering in the nonprofit sector, where he helped local community members develop their potential on the use of forest resources.

Dr. Mbunyas love of promoting community development motivated the choice of study for his masters and doctoral degrees. At the master degree level, he studied human ecology, which focuses on understanding the complex relationship between humans and the environment and how they can benefit from each other. At the doctoral degree level, he studied development studies, which focuses on how individuals and institutions can leverage the social connection they situate themselves in to grow their purpose.

Professionally, Dr. Mbunya has worked with several for-profit and nonprofit organisations. In most parts of his career journey, he has acted as a consultant to both for-profit and nonprofit institutions with the goal of establishing opportunities that create mutual benefits between both parties. In addition, he has contributed to the training and establishment of more than two hundred small business owners in the last five years. His ultimate goal is to create more impact in community development by establishing more opportunities that bring added value to entrepreneurs and community members.

Dr. Mbunya is also a passionate public speaker, a career development coach, and a life coach. He spends most of his time grooming young professionals by sharing his career journey and lessons learned with them. He seizes every bit of opportunity he has to add value to peoples lives. He is fulfilled when he leaves people happier than he found them.

D espite the increase in development as a result of increased employment opportunities and advancements in technology, quality of life continues to be a big problem. Unemployment, poor housing, and quality education still remain among the top challenges of community development. This has continually riled up many businesses executives who are interested in doing business beyond the usual level. They are worked up because they clearly understand the role a sustainable community can play in their life and in their business. This also explains the reason why top executives are investing a lot of money through donations to contribute to solving community development challenges.

In a conversation with Tricia, a top executive of a successful construction company, on how she is confronted by these challenges, I learned great insight. She explained to me that she is worried daily about the alarming rate of individuals who are unable to afford basic accommodation and better education because of poverty. She also explained her interest and willingness to be a part of the solution to this problem; however, her busy schedule and demanding job as the president and executive officer of her company might be keeping her from doing a lot. In a long conservation with her, I was able to pick out her value and to suggest a solution, which was a dream come true for her because of several reasons I will share as you read along. Right now, I would like to share with you some of her values, which made her an outstanding executive and her company successful.

She focused daily on helping her business leaders create and execute the visions of her company. In addition to working with the leaders of her company to develop smart strategies, she was passionate about working with early-stage entrepreneurs. She expressed that it was incredibly satisfying to invest in people who love what they are doing. She also enjoyed sharing best practices through storytelling, mentoring, and recommending best-in-class advisers. That was why she spent most of her time providing one-on-one coaching to her business leaders, creating value throughout organisations, far beyond the top line. This helped her understand disruptive forces in the leadership chain of her business and how she could get ready for what was next.

Despite her busy schedule trying to pave a successful path for her company, she was interested in giving back to her community, especially in the area of urban education. Like many executives, she was most excited about working in areas where she could have the biggest impact. She was also concerned about how quick her contribution can actually cause the change she desired in community development. But most importantly, whether she was doing volunteer work or building companies, she had learned that creating lasting change is a lot like running a marathon. Pacing mattered a lot to her. In addition, she was very critical in looking for milestones and her focus was on how to measure progress along the way.

Away from work, she chaired the board of directors of a nonprofit that was committed to contributing to community development. She loved co-creating in this space to lend a hand to the neighbourhood. Her companys dedication to community development ran deep; it was instituted with an initiative to encourage associates to take active roles on the board of a local nonprofit. Many of her company leaders serve on nonprofit boards. She was heavily involved with serving nonprofit and loved to tell her visitors about the work she and her company were supporting. She was concerned about unemployment, poverty, and housing.

She was energetic about community-building opportunities. Every day she would ask herself the question How can we all achieve greater social impact? She knew that the answer required putting together a strategy that would improve her community and the individuals living in it. Despite all that she was already doing, she also expressed interest in exploring new opportunities to improve her impact. I knew that there was a lot of information out there and many people were also doing great jobs to make an impact. But Tricia was particularly concerned about how her donation could better impact community development while also adding value to her company.