Motto
Remain Relevant
Mission
To effectively contribute to seasoned enterprise leadership and human capital development for sustainable growth in the country, Region and Beyond, through training and consulting solutions.
Vision
To be the Enterprise Development and Training Consultants of choice in the region and beyond
Our Guiding Principle
Continually provide effective training that takes every business to the next level and stay relevant in the changing times
OBJECTIVES
Mediation and Peace Building Initiatives
To promote and support Professional mediation and peacebuilding initiatives that foster a peaceful and harmonious environment for coexistence and economic growth
Human Capital
To provide training on corporte governance & leadership and holistic human capital development through performance and productivity management
Performance
To identify and implement training needs meant to help people achieve their performance potential
Our Core values
Customer First
We work out customized business solutions based on esteemed individual customer’s needs and do follow ups to determine their level of satisfaction.
Professionalism
We uphold and strive to serve our customers guided by high standards of professionalism at all levels, mainly to gather for their excellence.
Corporate Governance
We embrace the ideals of good corporate governance as this provides very important concepts in modern business practices.
Innovation
Based on the premise that no situation is ever perfect, we endeavour to continue improving our services in recognition of changing customer needs to manage the ever changing business environments because change is the only constant.
Integrity
We are a no-compromise team; a team that embraces the highest level of integrity not only to ourselves but also to our clients.
Our Strategy
To build long-term partnerships with our clients,
and support them in optimizing the potential of their business enterprises by assisting them to implement better management processes and techniques.
Further, we continually develop easy to understand and implement solutions that blend well with the constantly changing theories and practice of organizational management.
Of Essence
Building effective leadership and human capital team and leadership takes more than training and consultancy. It takes commitment from every level of an organization and individual’s effort in pursuit of excellence and continuous improvement for business growth
Successful organizations realize that developing effective communication skills through management training and seminars can play a key role in creating good organizational culture.
Employee engagement, continuous improvement and change management are all vital parts of effective leadership skills development and should be included in every organization's strategic plans.
Effective Leadership, inspires results oriented and competencies across the entire organization.
ABOUT CONSULTANTS
Our organizational
strength stems from two areas:
1
Our flexibility
Customer First; we, at LeadStar Africa Consultants ,tailor make our programs to suite our clients.
2
Consultants / Training Team
Our team comprises of seasoned individuals who have several years of managerial experience in various fields and they have passion and drive to deliver our commitment and excellence without reproach.
Founding Director
Dr. Wilson Soy
The Director
Dr. Wilson Soy PhD,MKIM, IoD-K, has vast experience in business management, having worked for more than 32 years in managerial capacity, with Finlays, a multi-national company incorporated in Great Britain, dealing in tea growing and production and he is a re-known consultant in matters tea husbandry, tea production including CTC black and green tea, Orthodox, brown and green Instant tea, and value addition.He has consulted wildly on mechanical tea harvesting and impact of climate change on tea production. He has fast experience in Change Management, Field and Factory Operations in Tea, General Agriculture and Performance Management programs.
Dr. Soy is also a scholar and has a Doctor of Philosophy – Ph.D in Business Administration, Bircham International University, Spain. He holds a Masters of Science in Business Administration (MBA) from Bircham International University, Spain. He has a Bachelors of arts( Corporate Leadership and Governance) degree from San Juan de la Cruz University, Costa Rica. and three Diplomas from Cambridge College, Britain.
He has published the following journals:
1.0 Thesis on Factors affecting Profitability of small scale Tea Growers, a case study of Konoin and Belgut Divisions in Kericho District Kenya. – Journal – Japast.scriptmania.co; Archive 4. ISSN 2073-8749(2010)
2.0 The Role of Production Control Using Linear Decision Rules in Production and Operations Management. Ageng’o Jim Robert*, Tibbs Charles, Cheruiyot Joseph and Soy Wilson Kiptanui – Journal – Japast.scriptmania.co; Archive 4. ISSN 2073-8749(2010)
3.0 Impact of Deforestation of the Mau Forest Complex on the Economic Performance of The Tea Industry: A case study of James Finlay (K) Ltd Kericho, Kenya. Soy Wilson Kiptanui*, Agengo Jim Roberts and Tibbs Charles – Journal – Japast.scriptmania.co; Archive 4. ISSN 2073-8749(2010)
4.0 Impact of Micro Credit Services on Women Owned Businesses in Bureti District, Kenya .Soy Wilson Kiptanui*, Agengo Jim Roberts, Tibbs Charles and Cheruiyot Joseph – Journal – Japast.scriptmania.co; Archive 4. ISSN 2073-8749(2010)
He is the founding Director of LeadStar Africa Consultants Ltd, an initiative for empowering people in matters of education, business leadership and management with good corporate governance as a vehicle for sustainability.
Dr Soy worked as a part time Lecturer of Entrepreneurship and Strategic management for students pursuing MBA at Kenyatta University and post graduate diploma on Corporate Governance at KCA University. He was the lead consultant at university of Kabianga on feasibility study on hydroelectric generation.
He is a Full Member of Kenya Institute of Management (MKIM) and was also Kenya Institute of Management council member (KIM). He was a council member of Association of professional Societies of East Africa (APSEA)
Dr. Soy is a widely travelled Scholar in pursuit of business management and leadership knowledge. He attended trainings both locally and internationally organized by various world renown trainers including Tack International, Kenya Institute of Management and also attended Advanced Management Training at INSEAD, Singapore.
While in employment at Finalys, he visited a number of countries on tea business matters and management exchange programs, giving him the much needed international exposure.
Dr. Soy has also attended Training in Corporate Governance hosted by Centre for Corporate Governance - (CCG Kenya) and trained on mwongozo aspects of management of government corporations and parastatals while serving as a director of Nyayo Tea Zone Corporation.
He is also a renowned environmental conservationist, having joint a pressure group, Friends of Mau Watershed – FOMAWA, to conserve and restore the Mau Water Towers. Since 1992, he has developed keen interest on the health of Mau forest complex and its impact on the farming sector in South Rift region.
In 2008, he was appointed by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kenya as a Member of the Task Force to look at Mau Forest Complex issues.
Dr Soy is the lead Consultant, Chief Trainer on Business management, Corporate governance and Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management among others.
Dr. Soy is a motivational speaker. He has delivered his talks in universities, colleges, schools and other public forums.
Leadstar Africa Consultants were awarded by the county government of Kericho to train the beneficiaries of Kericho County Enterprise Fund in all the 30 wards of the county.
Dr. Soy is certified and accredited in Mediation and Peace Building and has been actively involved in matters of conflict resolution in a multi- ethnic community and in various initiatives touching on social, educational and economic welfare of the society. He has worked very closely with various NGOs in SOCIO-ECONOMIC matters and peace building initiatives.
LeadStar Africa Consultants, were awarded in 2012 a grant for Peace Building Initiative by USAID/KTI to undertake Peace Building in all the Tea Estates in Kericho, Bomet and Nyamira Counties under Conflict Resolution and Mitigation initiative. This also extended to the areas along the boundaries of Bomet and Kisii, Kericho and Nyamira, Kericho and Kisumu sugar belt
The key achievements were;
1)Each of the participants pledged to preach peace and peaceful coexistence with othermembers of different ethnic communities and maintain unity of purpose as Kenyans of diverse cultures and practices
2) Peace and tranquillity prevailed in the tea estates and along the boundaries of the said counties inspite of the political environment of 2012/2013
Our Services
We are Business Leaders and Management Consultants on the following areasTea Management and Production
Tea Planting, Husbandry and Management
Black and Green CTC Tea Production
Orthodox Tea Production
Brown and green instant tea
Value addition and marketing strategies
Corporate Governance and Leadership
Corporate Core Values
Corporate Image
Code of Conduct
Board Of Directors
Board Meetings
Risk assessment And Management
Separation of powers: Chairman and CEO
Human Capital Management
Human Resources Concepts
Trends in Human Resources, Internship, Placement,
Sourcing, Recruitments and Selection
Payroll systems and computerized environment
Hospitality and Customer Care.
Trainings on Various aspects
Motivation and Disciplinary actions
Terminations
Management and Supervisory Skills Development
Value addition in management
Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
Time Management
Effective Manager and Supervisor
Workplace Management
Pursuit Of Excellence
Empowerment through training
Exchange of knowledge
Mediation and Peace Building
Professional Mediation of Disputes
Peace Building Initiatives
Legislative law
Legislative advocacy projects with civil society, lobbying projects and government relations work for the private sector and interest groups
Managing Parliamentary Workflow.
Parliamentary affairs and Legislative Progress
County Assemblies
Devolution and County Governments