Business Clarity with Lilian Ngirichi

13/07/2026

# WE ARE HIRING!

# # Head of Operations

**Location:** Nairobi, Kenya

CoreBeyond Business Consulting is recruiting on behalf of one of our clients, a fast-growing and ambitious commercial interior design firm, for the position of **Head of Operations**.

This is an exciting opportunity for a strategic and results-driven operations leader who is passionate about building high-performing organizations, driving operational excellence, strengthening accountability, and ensuring sustainable business performance.

The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in aligning people, processes, and systems to support the company's growth strategy. The role will lead organizational performance management, financial planning and reporting, governance, risk management, budget control, and operational ex*****on while ensuring the business remains profitable, efficient, and scalable.

# # # We are looking for someone who has:

✔ Proven experience leading operations, business management, or organizational performance in a growing organization

✔ Strong financial management skills, including budgeting, reporting, cash flow monitoring, and business performance analysis

✔ Demonstrated experience implementing performance management systems, governance frameworks, and operational controls

✔ Excellent leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills

✔ A track record of driving accountability, continuous improvement, and organizational transformation

If you are a strategic leader who thrives on building systems, improving performance, and creating operational excellence, we would love to hear from you.

📧 **How to Apply**

Send your CV and a brief cover letter to:

**[[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])**

**Subject:** Application – Head of Operations

📅 **Application Deadline:** **27 July 2026**

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**CoreBeyond Business Consulting**

*Building Strong Businesses. Developing Exceptional Leaders.*

13/07/2026

# WE ARE HIRING!

# # Head of Commercial Interior Design & Business Development

**Location:** Nairobi, Kenya

CoreBeyond Business Consulting is recruiting on behalf of one of our clients, a fast-growing and ambitious commercial interior design firm, for the position of **Head of Commercial Interior Design & Business Development**.

This is an exciting opportunity for a commercially driven leader who is passionate about business growth, client relationship management, strategic partnerships, and delivering exceptional commercial interior solutions.

The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in driving revenue growth, leading business development initiatives, managing key client relationships, overseeing tender and proposal management, and positioning the organization as a market leader in workplace transformation and commercial interior design.

# # # We are looking for someone who has:

✔ Proven experience in business development, commercial leadership, or sales management

✔ Strong understanding of commercial interiors, architecture, construction, or professional services

✔ Demonstrated success in winning projects, managing strategic client relationships, and achieving revenue targets

✔ Exceptional leadership, negotiation, presentation, and stakeholder management skills

✔ A passion for building high-performing teams and delivering sustainable business growth

If you are an ambitious leader looking to make a significant impact in a growing organization, we would love to hear from you.

📧 **How to Apply**

Send your CV and a brief cover letter to:

**[[email protected]]**

**Subject:** Application – Head of Commercial Interior Design & Business Development

📅 **Application Deadline:** 27 July 2026

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**CoreBeyond Business Consulting**

*Building Strong Businesses. Developing Exceptional Leaders.*

17/06/2026

Rest Well, Muragz: A Tribute to a Maverick, Mentor, and a Friend.

Today, as I attended your memorial, the heavy reality finally hit me—you are really gone.

Elizaphan Muraguri (fondly known to many of us as Muragz) was not just a businessman; he was a powerhouse of wisdom, an architect of professional networks, and a man who poured into the lives of so many in his own unique, unforgettable way.

When you look at the business landscape in Kenya, you cannot speak about strategic networking without honoring his resilience.

He was the visionary who brought BNI (Business Network International) to Kenya. It wasn’t an easy journey, but Muragz possessed the rare kind of resilience that kept him standing. He taught us that as long as you believe in yourself and your vision, you stay the course, no matter how long it takes for others to see the light.

He was a man who spoke in with wisdom and if you were keen enough you would realize this are words that came from years of experience .

Some of the profound pieces of wisdom he shared, which will forever stick with me, include:

1. On Opportunity & Protection: "Open your eyes for opportunities. Make your money. Protect yourself, sign contracts and know when to walk away." He knew the value of enterprise, but he valued self-worth and legal protection even more.

2. On Mastering Your Craft: "If I do a job in 30 minutes, it’s because I spent 10 years learning how to do it in 30 minutes. You owe me for the years, not the minutes." A powerful reminder to every professional to never undervalue their expertise.

Our very last conversation perfectly captured his fighting spirit. He was beaming with happiness, celebrating having just won a complex legal case that had dragged on for years. He fought hard, and he won.

But beyond the boardroom and the big titles, Muragz was beautifully grounded and full of humor. I remembered a time we chauffeured a mutual friend's wedding. The guests and friends teasingly called us "the drivers." Instead of taking offense, we graciously accepted the title, smiled, and playfully reminded them that their turn would come, and they would be the ones chauffeuring us one day! That was him zero arrogance, pure grace, and always ready for a good laugh.

Muragz, you contributed so much to our lives, and especially our businesses through the plat form you built in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. You lived intentionally, you fought bravely, and you loved generously.

You are deeply honored. You will be fiercely remembered.

Rest well, my friend. 🕊️✨

28/05/2026

Ever feel like money in business has legs? 😭🔥

One minute you’re celebrating a massive sales milestone.
The next minute, it’s gone.

Raw materials, custom labels, rent, fuel, packaging, and logistics have all walked out the door with your revenue.

Episode 3 of Business Clarity captures one of the rawest lessons I am currently navigating as a founder:

Sales are not profits. And every single shilling in business must have an explicit assignment.

This journey constantly reminds me that building a company isn’t just about top-line revenue. It’s about:

Managing intense cash flow pressure.

Making the hard, unglamorous decisions.

Maintaining radical discipline when capital flows in.

Mastering the art of growing sustainably without losing your North Star.

From the outside, people look at founders and think we are sitting on a mountain of cash. On the inside? We are out here balancing suppliers, hunting down labels, and actively managing cash flow dynamics just to stay ahead of the curve. 😭🔥

Welcome to the real, unvarnished side of entrepreneurship.

🎬 BUSINESS CLARITY WITH LILIAN NGIRICHI
Episode 3: CHASING MONEY

27/05/2026

Episode 2: Entrepreneurship is organized confusion 😭🔥

Let’s talk about the business stage no one actually puts on their highlight reel: the absolute chaos.

One minute, you’re completely inspired, staring at your vision board and feeling like a visionary. The next minute? The labels are printed upside down, inventory is mysteriously vanishing into thin air, and the packaging machine has suddenly decided to develop its own attitude.

It’s messy. It’s confusing. The pressure builds up, and everything seems to break at the exact same time. And honestly? Somewhere in the middle of that storm, you start questioning everything—including yourself.

But filming this episode reminded me of something deeply important: Entrepreneurship isn't about looking perfect or having it all figured out from day one.

It’s about showing up when things are a complete mess. It’s the constant loop of learning, adjusting, failing, correcting, and dusting yourself off to do it all over again the next morning.

Sometimes, the real growth of a business isn't measured in profits first. It’s measured in the character, discipline, and raw resilience that the journey forces you to build inside yourself.

This is the side of building a business that most people don’t post about. But maybe… just maybe, that very chaos is exactly where real entrepreneurs are made.

🎬 BUSINESS CLARITY WITH LILIAN NGIRICHI
Episode 2: THE CHAOS AFTER THE DREAM

26/05/2026

This year, I decided to do something incredibly bold. I went back to my first love: the raw, unglamorous world of processing and value addition.

I’m talking about building from the ground up again. Not the curated, aesthetic version of entrepreneurship we see scrolling through our feeds, but the real, gritty side. The endless search for the right packaging, the late-night labeling sessions, the hustle for new customers, the long days, and the silent prayers that keep you going.

Somewhere between the processing table and the final product, a powerful truth hit me: business clarity isn't just forged in corporate boardrooms. Sometimes, it’s built right there on the production floor.

I will be documenting this journey and other entreprenuers journies and collecting lessons along the way. I'm not doing this as a "perfect entrepreneur" who has it all figured out, but as a real Kenyan founder navigating the beautiful, chaotic intersection of leadership, strategy, growth, pressure, and sacrifice. It’s about the reality of building something meaningful from scratch.

Welcome to Business Clarity with Lilian Ngirichi.

This is a series dedicated to the unfiltered lessons of entrepreneurship in Kenya.

Episode 1: “The Dream & The Return to Processing”

Because long before you command the boardroom, you have to be willing to start at the table.

25/05/2026

One of the most interesting strategy sessions I’ve had recently came from working with my client George Ngumbu Njoroge who is the brain behind a document automation and digital signing platform called PapeloDocs by Enfinite Solutions LTD

As we were unpacking market positioning, operational inefficiencies, and adoption barriers around digital signature.

The conversation slowly turned into comedy because every office worker has experienced the madness of paper workflows

📄 Print document
📄 Walk upstairs
📄 “Boss ako meeting”
📄 Wait for signature
📄 Scan document
📄 Wrong version signed
📄 Reprint
📄 Missing stamp
📄 Repeat process again

At some point during the discussion, someone joked:

“Hii signature inazunguka kuliko fare ya Rongai.”🔥

And honestly that single line perfectly summarized the operational reality inside many organizations.

The funny thing is: It only feels funny until you calculate the actual business cost behind it. Because what many organizations still call “process” is often:

❌ delayed approvals
❌ operational fatigue
❌ slow decision-making
❌ hidden printing & courier costs
❌ unnecessary movement of paper and people
❌ compliance risks
❌ workflow bottlenecks

And the larger the organization become the more expensive the “mzunguko wa signature” becomes. The challenge becomes even heavier in cross-border transactions.

1. A client is in Nairobi.
2. A director is in Dubai.
3. Legal is in South Africa.
4. A partner is in Europe.

But the agreement is still waiting for:

“Please print, sign, scan, and resend.” 😭

That delay affects:
• contracts,
• onboarding,
• procurement,
• approvals,
• partnerships,
• and ultimately revenue movement itself.

One thing that stood out for me during those strategy conversations was that
Digital Signatures are no longer just a technology feature., they are becoming an operational necessity, because businesses are no longer simply delaying document, they are delaying decisions.

The image below captures office comedy rooted in real operational pain and the reality perfectly:
😭 the running stamp
😭 the exhausted office messenger
😭 the angry printer
😭 the endless stairs
😭 the disappearing approvals

Get in touch with George Ngumbu (AKA George Wa Signatures as the office calls him)
PapeloDocs - Sign Anywhere. Bound Everywhere. 🔥

www.papelodocs.com

19/05/2026

The fuel situation has been tough. And honestly, no one is coming to rescue your business. 💪

That's not pessimism. That's just the reality that every entrepreneur and hustler in Kenya needs to sit with right now.

Prices go up. Costs rise. Customers tighten their belts. And we're left figuring out how to keep things moving with less runway than before.

So instead of waiting for relief, here's what I think this moment is actually teaching us:

🛡️ Know your real costs.
Many businesses don't track fuel and transport as a proper cost line. Now you have no choice and that visibility is actually a good thing.

🗺️ Rethink delivery and logistics.
Can you batch deliveries? Share transport with other businesses? Go digital where physical wasn't necessary?

👥 Get closer to your customers.
When movement is expensive, relationships and loyalty matter more. Who will stick with you when prices are uncomfortable?

💰 Review your pricing honestly.
Absorbing every cost increase is not sustainable. Loyal customers will understand a transparent conversation about pricing.

💡 Find the opportunity in the disruption.
Every tough season creates gaps in delivery, in service, in products — that someone will fill. Why not you?

The businesses that survive this won't be the ones that got lucky. They'll be the ones that got lean, got creative, and got closer to what actually matters.

Disruption has always been part of doing business in Kenya. We've navigated droughts, elections, COVID, and more. This is another chapter not the last one.

Your resilience is a competitive advantage. Use it. 🔥

👇 What's one thing you've done or plan to do to adapt your business right now? Let's share ideas in the comments.

17/05/2026

What does it take to get your brand known.

My answer - Creativity and consistency.

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15/05/2026

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