by Cedric de Beer | Sep 11, 2019 | Articles
Amongst sports lovers there will always be disagreement about GOATs (greatest of all time), except perhaps Mohammed Ali and Donald Bradman. Sidestepping that debate, regarding men’s tennis, there are facts about Roger Federer that cannot be disputed. He was...
by Cedric de Beer | Jul 31, 2019 | Articles
There is an interesting gap between the ambitious definitions of coaching in the literature and what happens in many coaching practices from day to day. On the one hand coaching theory promotes an ambitious, even transcendent view of the discipline –...
by Cedric de Beer | Aug 15, 2018 | Articles
The right CEO, for this company now. There is probably no more important job for a company’s Board than selecting the right CEO. And if the company has a succession plan aiming to groom internal candidates for the job, then it is critically important to select...
by Cedric de Beer | May 16, 2018 | Articles
Pessimism about the ability of people to make profound changes in their ways of being at work and at home is embedded in our discourse, not only about others, but about ourselves. “I am too old to change” is something we start to say about ourselves from about age 30...
by Cedric de Beer | Apr 18, 2018 | Articles
At the very bottom line, company performance is determined by who is doing each job, how well they are doing it, how well they are working with their colleagues at all levels, and how well each team coheres and plays its part in a well-defined company strategy. ...