by Keith Coats | Jul 10, 2019 | Archive, Leadership
A book that our colleague Keith Coats has recently read (and recommends) is Prisoners of Geography: Ten maps that tell you everything you need to know about global politics by Tim Marshall. The title instantly attracted his attention and as one of the maps concerns...
by Keith Coats | Jun 26, 2019 | Archive, Diversity, Tuesday Tips
In spite of what we may think, the group of people we turn to when we have need to bounce an idea off, get advice or have a conversation, is usually surprisingly small. In other words, under scrutiny, our ‘inner circle’ is often far less diverse than we believe it to...
by Keith Coats | May 31, 2019 | Leadership
Every now and then life gives us opportunity to say, “thank goodness that wasn’t me!” – understanding that but for some quirk of fate, it could so easily have been ‘me’. What is regarded as the most epic of all shoelace tumbles happened to one Nick Flynn in...
by Keith Coats | May 7, 2019 | Archive, Leadership, Tuesday Tips
Moving from Tactical Adaptability to Strategic Adaptability – and why it matters: 6 tips to consider as you make the move. Indra Nooyi, the former CEO of PepsiCo, once said that “Every morning you have got to wake up with a healthy fear that the world is...
by Keith Coats | Apr 9, 2019 | Leadership, Tuesday Tips
The Problem: My team aren’t reading…which means we might not be learning! “My team aren’t reading and I fear that will impact on our ability and need to learn” said a CEO to me recently. It is a legitimate concern when one understands the fundamental importance of...