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 Graeme Codrington | Sep 13, 2016 | Archive, Leadership
How to reinforce the message of your recent conference to help change those mindsets and actions within your teams, and enable on-going learning. The problem: Your investment into your conferences or leadership away days are not producing a return. You take your team...
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...
by Keith Coats | Aug 31, 2016 | Archive, Change, Leadership
I have just watched a documentary titled, ‘Sir Alex Ferguson: Secrets of Success’ – on the leadership lessons to be learnt from Sir Alex Ferguson, the legendary former Manchester United manager. Now, as one should always declare one’s biases, it needs to be said...
by Graeme Codrington | Aug 22, 2016 | Archive, Leadership
Our team spends a lot of our time facilitating leadership development programmes. Companies around the world send their top people on training courses to help them step up, be more productive and become better leaders. One of the biggest complaints that delegates on...
