#230: Daniel Pink’s To Sell is Human (Pt1)
Dear friends If you’re looking for some December reading, this is the pile I’ve built myself and these are some I have finished over the last two months. /strategyIn…
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#225: Heidegger, Strategy & Design
Dear Friends As you know this letter grows out of my coaching practice. I write it to guarantee that I am always learning and improving my ability to support my clients…
#224: How to Spot Bad Strategy
Dear Friends Today I am writing to a sonorous soundscape provided by a pod of Bryde’s Whales. They’re a few dozen metres offshore, breathing gently. They’ve been there for the…
#221: Save the World
Dear Friends In August, I paused our letter for a fortnight. I spent the time revisiting the letters I’ve written and books I’ve read in my five years of coaching life.…
#218: DO Sweat the Small Stuff
Good morning good friends /strategyStrategy conversations are often dominated by innovation, acquisition and the like. They are important. As important is operational excellence. FT Strategies August newsletter, The Path to…
#217: Leading through Dramatic Change
Dear friends On 30 June, President Ramaphosa announced South Africa’s new Cabinet. This Wednesday, I posted my Cabinet Reading List. My coaching practice birthed the idea. A central component of…
#216: Find Your X-Factor
Good morning friends Thank you for your generous comments and reflections marking the fifth anniversary of my coaching practice. Today, we’ll get straight to it. /strategyLast week, I introduced you to Verne…
#215: Scaling Up, Embracing Complexity and Five Years of Coaching
Dear friends I launched my coaching practice five years ago. This week, with a measure of curiosity, I asked ChatGPT to summarise my clients reviews of our work. I did…
#211: Engagement and Performance: Key Insights from Gallup’s Meta-Analysis
Dear friends Last week’s letter was lengthy, so today will be briefer (thank you for your comments and for sharing it with your networks). / strategyTwo weeks ago we discussed…
#209: Unlocking Engagement
Dear friends Apologies to those of you who missed my announcement that I wasn’t writing last weekend, I was flattered to know that you missed our letter. I was speaking…
208: Time and Cash: Navigating Life and Business
Dear friends Thank you for your generous comments after last week’s leadership lessons from Caster Semenya’s Race to be Myself. I appreciated them. Before we start, a quick public service…
#206: Create Conditions for Consistent Communication
Dear friends It’s been some time since I shared art, food and wine with you. Let’s go… I love LA-based ceramicist Jonathan Yamakami’s little walking vase, one of my favourite…