by Keith Coats | Oct 12, 2016 | Archive, Leadership
Having the wrong metrics in place is a little like the person who fell off a 10 story building only to be heard to say as he passed each floor on the way down, “so far so good”. The old cliché, ‘if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it’ is not entirely true. It...
by Keith Coats | Sep 20, 2016 | Archive, Change, Diversity, Leadership
The Problem I think my team might be sexist …what can I do? You may have been made aware of the presence of a subtle (or maybe not so subtle) sexism within your team / organisation, and now need to find ways to address it. It is a sensitive and tricky area and you are...
by Keith Coats | Sep 14, 2016 | Archive, Change, Leadership
I recently came across a wonderfully insightful Calvin and Hobbes comic strip. The two protagonists were excitedly trying on some snorkelling goggles proclaiming that this newly acquired equipment would now enable them to stay underwater indefinitely, see all kinds of...
by Keith Coats | Sep 7, 2016 | Archive, Change, Leadership
In a hard hitting and sobering Rolling Stone article titled, ‘The Point of No Return: Climate Change Nightmares Are Already Here’ there was a quote that stood out as being highly relevant for leaders. The context was the plight of the Pacific Northwest salmon (changes...
by Keith Coats | Sep 1, 2016 | Archive, Change, Leadership
For a moment I thought he was going to hit me such was his anger and frustration. It was an interesting experience and one I’m not sure I could have coped with had it occurred when I first embarked on this teaching methodology. Nonetheless, reassured by what I was...
