by Keith Coats | May 19, 2014 | Leadership
There are two important aspects that all leaders cannot afford to ignore: meaning and measurement. Both are in dire need of being rethought given the context in which we find ourselves. Meaning is not derived from work. It can be when your job is saving lives or the...
by Keith Coats | May 15, 2014 | Archive, Leadership
Momentum is important. It is important in sport, it is important in life. We are always encouraged to keep moving and ‘moving forward’ is the marketing tagline for one of Africa’s most prominent banks. Making progress, constant motion, pushing on…the refrain however...
by Keith Coats | May 8, 2014 | Archive, Leadership, Organisational Development
The best of strategies can be thwarted and undone by the presence of an enemy within the ranks. Even worse, an enemy within can sow the seeds that result in destruction and ultimate annihilation. As a company, you may well have an enemy within. Much of our time as...
by Keith Coats | May 2, 2014 | Leadership
Our youngest, Sipho must have been about four years old at the time. He was duly strapped into the car seat in the rear of the car as was the norm and was on yet another endless ride with Mom about some or other business that couldn’t have been of much interest to a...
by Keith Coats | Apr 29, 2014 | Leadership, Organisational Development
In response to a client’s need to assist team leaders grasp and engage with some required internal change an old story was retold. The underpinning framework guiding the work that was done in Hong Kong and Singapore was that of Spencer Johnson’s ‘Who Moved My Cheese?’...
