Keith Coats

Keith is a founding partner of TomorrowToday. His skills lie in his ability to find appropriate frameworks, insights and processes for individuals and companies in the area of strategic leadership.

Keith works with leadership teams and senior leaders to explore and evaluate their concept of the New World of Work.

In doing so Keith is able to draw on his extensive international experience in contextualizing the potential or anticipated global changes for the business world today.

Keith is a highly regarded and experienced consultant, author and presenter who has presented at several international leadership programs and conferences. He lectures in Executive Leadership and MBA programs both locally and internationally.

Keith is on the International Advisory Board of the Global Leaders Conference; for the past ten years has been involved in the highly regarded Asia Pacific Leadership Program at the East West Center, Hawaii and is a member of the Salzburg Seminars, having attended two sessions on leadership.

He has lectured at Tuskuba University, Japan in the MBA program, as well as having lectured at London Business School and at the Global Leadership School of Business Administration, University of San Diego.

At the request of HM The King of Sweden, Keith presented at the Values Based Leadership Forum at the Royal Palace, Stockholm in 2008 and in 2009 was a key note presenter at the Sweden Economic Forum in Marstrand, Sweden where he spoke on global trends impacting business and in particular, leadership. Keith is frequently requested to appear as a subject expert on radio and TV programmes, having been on  South Africa’s Carte Blanche programme on four occassions.  His articles have been published in a varity of international and local publications and journals and he is the author of the book, ‘Everything I know about leadership I learnt for the kids’ (Penguin). Keith has formally researched leading teams through organisational change and has experience in facilitating both strategic processes and corporate mergers

The scope of Keith’s work experience includes:

  • Formal presentations and keynote addresses at numerous National and
    International conferences on subjects including leadership, global trends, talent management, organizational design, diversity, personal development and the future world of work.
  • The design and delivery of both Leadership & Talent development programmes for specific organizations and corporations.
  • Consulting on strategic leadership issues at Board, Executive and Middle Management levels in a variety of organizations and corporations.
  • The training of both consultants and trainers locally and internationally.
  • Select Executive coaching and mentoring.
  • Formal lecturing at numerous tertiary educational institutions on topics including, strategy, leadership, global trends, talent management, generational theory and diversity.
  • Keith’s international experience includes having presented, lectured or consulted in several countries  including Russia, Sweden, China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, the UK, the USA, Brazil, Argentina, Dominican Republic and Japan,

Keith is passionate about the international role and voice South Africa can play in leading diversity and has frequently been invited to share the ‘South African Story’ internationally. He has come to be regarded as one of South Africa’s more significant contributing voices on human development and leadership.

Away from his leadership vocation Keith is an avid Liverpool fan, general armchair sports expert and very bad (but tragically enthusiastic) golfer. He is married to Vicky and they have three children: Keegan (25), Tamryn (23) and Sipho (20).

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Client Comments

  • Don’t expect the ordinary business school approach. Expect dynamic, world class, out of the box frameworks and service delivery that will truly bring about authentic change and Leadership growth in your organization as it has done for SPAR / us. TomorrowToday has become a business partner that is helping us build capacity for the future.

                     - Mike Nel, Spar Group

  • I met Keith, who I contacted following a recommendation, and spent a morning with him to discuss the needs of the event. I was concerned that I was not explaining the “feel” that I desired adequately, but Keith took time to ensure that he thoroughly understood our requirements. Within a short time, he delivered a set of proposals that included a detailed agenda and included effective ideas on linking the recreational activities that were planned for the evenings to the business content

- Brett Garrod, Director Supply Chaing EMEA, Ethicon – Brussels

  • Keith was highly effective in de-mystifying strategic planning / thinking. He had an extremely extensive knowledge of the topic and invaluable insights into the future of strategic thinking / planning

- GIBS Executive Developmenet Programmes: Standard Group

  • This was the first time someone got me thinking about the way I do things. Keith also has a phenomenal way of facilitating, he is well read, travelled and really passionate about his work. He really takes prdie in what he does. He is excellent

- GIBS Nedbank Senior Management Programme.

  • The discussion on strategy was very valuable and insightful. Lecturer style of presentation was excellent

- GIBS Executive Developmenet Programmes: Standard Group