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...
by Keith Coats | Feb 23, 2018 | Archive, Leadership
“…they are just words, a Victorian poem but, they helped me to stand when all I wanted to do was lie down.” These were reportedly the words spoken by the newly elected President of South Africa Nelson Mandela to Springbok captain Francois Pienaar when talking about...
by Keith Coats | Jan 25, 2018 | Archive, Diversity, Leadership, Organisational Development
There is an inescapable and increasingly frenetic cacophony around the issue of diversity or ‘difference’. Issues around race, gender, age, sexuality, class and many other ‘categories’ dominate the news and media. The ‘issues’ are surfacing everywhere, from politics...
