by Keith Coats | Oct 16, 2012 | Archive, Change, Leadership
Some years ago I asked a friend who was responsible for some of the most successful TV adverts in South Africa – she was the advertising agency’s account manager for a fast food brand – what made the adverts so successful. “That’s easy” she said, “the client leaves me...
by Keith Coats | Oct 16, 2012 | Leadership
Thinking about today’s brand of leadership it seems to me that the shear pace and complexity that leaders encounter on a daily basis has all but eroded one of the fundamental leadership disciplines. I am referring here to the discipline of ‘reflection’: taking...
by Keith Coats | Oct 15, 2012 | Leadership
Some years ago I asked a friend who was responsible for some of the most successful TV adverts in South Africa – she was the advertising agency’s account manager for a fast food brand – what made the adverts so successful. “That’s easy” she said, “the client leaves me...
by Keith Coats | Oct 10, 2012 | Change, Leadership
Leaders read. Learning organisations have institutionalized a reading habit – it has become an essential part of their DNA and not to read, is not to fit with the organizational culture. Executives across the board have become lazy when it comes to reading and...
by Keith Coats | Oct 9, 2012 | Archive, Leadership
Leaders read. Learning organisations have institutionalized a reading habit. It has become an essential part of their DNA and not to read, is not to fit with the organizational culture. Executives across the board have become lazy when it comes to reading and...
