by Keith Coats | Sep 6, 2018 | Archive, Change, Leadership, Organisational Development
History is littered with personal and corporate examples of those whose failure to read the future proved costly and in some cases fatal. One example of a costly failure was the post War owners of Arsenal Football Club, the Bracewell-Smith and Hill-Wood families,...
by Keith Coats | Jun 12, 2018 | Archive, Leadership
There comes a time when letting go is necessary. The problem is that all too often ‘letting go’ is seen as capitulation, as giving-up and the lesser of the options available. We are usually encouraged to ‘hang in there’ and to persevere regardless of the situation...
by Keith Coats | May 25, 2018 | Archive, Change, Organisational Development
Cartoonist Gary Larson’s genius is to reveal life from unusual perspectives. His work turns everyday situations inside out and in doing so, gifts us with both a smile and an insight all at the same time. One of my favourite Larson depictions is that of an orchestra...
by Keith Coats | May 22, 2018 | Archive, Change, Leadership, Tuesday Tips
The first time I was asked the question was when my daughter (Tamryn) was about to turn five. It was a question that then cropped up every year with regular monotony only to be met with the stock-same answer year after year. It was a question that long after the...
by Keith Coats | Mar 9, 2018 | Archive, Leadership
Ian Herbert writing in the Daily Mail said, “The old culture is obstinately hard to remove from coaches who lack the intelligence to adapt”. The context was the stories that had surfaced concerning former professional footballer Peter Beardsley who had been accused of...
