Ronnie Maina is the Director of TBM, a family owned ICT business based out of Nairobi-Kenya; he's a next gen who has made it his mission to help steer the family business through the current succession phase.-Ronnie Maina sets the scene in the year 1967 when his father, the founder of the family business, left his agriculture village setting to move to the cosmopolitan city of Nairobi, Kenya. As Kenya has over fifty (50) tribes, Ronnie’s father had to assimilate with the city landscape as well as the newfound corporate lifestyle as an IBM executive. Ronnie states “Fear can bring out that real commitment and drive in a person in their seeking out the real challenges!” His father studied electrical engineering and was influenced by his travels as a “Big Blue” IBM Managing Director. Yet while he kept close relationships at the company, the day of business politics arrived and he was pushed out. Fortunately, he had learnt much and in 1991, Ronnie’s father commenced their family business. While in his father was in the first year of building the family enterprise, Ronnie was in his gap year after high school. He soon found himself working in the family business and negotiating his first salary figure. As his career and ndustry knowledge grew, Ronnie left to Johannesburg, South Africa. During his own IBM journey as a Managing Partner, he shares some of the internal and external conversations. The longer he stayed in the corporate setting, the more Ronnie knew he had to return home. He realized what “the family had put together for him” to grow with resources. In 2010, Ronnie was in the capital city of the DRC (Democratic Republic Of The Congo), running an ISP with 40 employees. After receiving a call from his father, Ronnie returned home to Nairobi to help run the family business. Today, he hopes to connect with other like-minded founders and next gen’s to better manage the succession process. Beyond the best structure(s), Ronnie and his family also looked at what keeps a family business in tact for 200-300 years in staying power. As Mr. Maine explores the full rolodex of his relationships, he is creating new synergies and strategic alliances in the role his family enterprise can play. He is also continuing his education with an MBA at “African Leadership University” in discussing the challenges Africans face in leadership https://www.alueducation.com/campuses/alu-rwanda/. How will Ronnie and his siblings grow their business in today’s landscape, after his parents built the business from ground zero? Will the growth metrics stay the same? Will the customer needs stay the same? Both opportunity and crisis face next gen’s, as they can only rely so much on historic family successes. When there are different generational ways of thinking, distinctions matter. Ronnie hopes the next gen’s will keep close communications with the founders and “try to connect”. He hopes his legacy will be the transfer of principles, practices and values from the founding generation to the future successors. He also wants to bring all aspects of the cultural norms forward in his family tree. In his words, Ronnie “will be a happy man if his historic culture can be conserved”.Ronnie can be reached at rnmaina@tbm.co.ke. If you enjoy this content, “like” and “subscribe”.For the video version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pal0yxBtms-Legacy Planning is a boutique advisory firm based in Beverly Hills, California that specializes in the coaching and advisory work around personal legacies. Most people have no idea how much better their life could be until they finally receive the support and guidance they need. To book your session, visit www.DesignUrLegacy.com. The reason I interview each guest is because I believe they have something to offer to the conversation around legacy. Each guest shares their vision, ideas and experiences of how they are completing their legacy.
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