by Keith Coats | Feb 19, 2016 | Change, Diversity, Leadership
Anthropologist Kate Fox in her wonderful book, Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour, makes the following point: The principal effect of globalization, as far as I can tell, has been an increase in nationalism and tribalism, a proliferation of...
by Keith Coats | Feb 17, 2016 | Archive, Leadership
In TomorrowToday we believe that one of leadership’s most important markers is that of authenticity. Of course most would immediately nod their heads in agreement but on deeper reflection it might be challenged, as surely there are times when leaders cannot afford to...
by Dean van Leeuwen | Feb 16, 2016 | Archive, Change, Leadership
Keith Yamashita, a consultant who has worked with greats like Steve Jobs and Starbuck’s CEO Howard Schultz, says they figured out the one key thing every “ great leader knows. “First, you must have the belief that what we are doing will make a difference in the...
by Graeme Codrington | Feb 16, 2016 | Archive, Future Trends, Leadership
Inc magazine just published a really excellent list of 30 websites to make you remarkably smarter. We often talk to our audiences about “switching on the radar” and making sure that you lift your eyes beyond the next horizon. These websites will help you...
by Jude Foulston | Feb 15, 2016 | Archive, Future Trends, Leadership
Mark Twain once said “It’s not the things you know that get you into trouble, it’s the things you think you know for sure that just ain’t so”. Those are orthodoxies. Orthodoxies are patterns of thinking and behaviour that lock you in. ‘This is the...
by Keith Coats | Feb 10, 2016 | Archive, Leadership
A lot has been written and said when it comes to leadership. It is a topic that attracts multiple perspectives yet somehow definitive clarity as to what it is and how it is best practiced, proves illusive. In their book, Leadership Matters, authors Thomas Cronin and...