by Keith Coats | Aug 12, 2014 | Archive, Leadership
John Chen, the CEO brought in to arrest Blackberry slide into oblivion believes that Blackberry has turned the corner and can be saved. In an article by Nic Fildes in THE TIMES Business (6 August) Chen was quoted as telling staff that the worse was over although there...
by Keith Coats | Aug 11, 2014 | Archive, Future Trends, Leadership
Before the 2014 FIFA World Cup, analysts within Deutsche Bank developed a computer model to forecast the results. The winners? Why, England of course. It should be pointed out that they were after all ‘foreign exchange analysts’ which might just be submitted as...
by Keith Coats | Aug 7, 2014 | Archive, Leadership
In the July 2014 edition of Leadership, South Africa’s premier leadership magazine (it also happened to be their 350 publication – congratulations!) there appeared an article by Dr Rene Uys, titled ‘Connecting the Dots: the Connection Economy demands a paradigm shift...
by TomorrowToday Global | Jul 23, 2014 | Leadership
So, what kind of leader do you want to be – and what are you doing to ‘get there’? * Watch the first video of the series below if you want to jump in right away. These are important questions for any leader to have a bearing on, as they will bring intentionality to...
by Keith Coats | Jul 23, 2014 | Archive, Leadership
Having breakfast with a CEO recently and talking about organisational change, he came out with the memorable line, “change is hard – I’ll be ready tomorrow”. It wasn’t a personal reference but rather the unspoken response he seems to encounter from his senior leaders...
by Dawna MacLean | Jul 21, 2014 | Archive, Change, Future Trends, Leadership
Conceptually understanding the Cycle of Self is key to maximizing our potential. It explains our “why”. Why we believe what we believe, why we think what we think, and why we do what we do. We can leverage Simon Sinek’s Golden Circle to help illustrate the “why”,...
