John K. Coyle

John was one of our speakers during our leadership summit which laid the foundation for our transformation in Coca-Cola Latin America. What started out as an invitation for a keynote speech to share his personal story evolved into a partnership on how we embed the required personal leadership to change our organisation. His concepts on ‘knower’ vs. ‘learner’ leader struck a chord with our leaders and quickly became part of the dialogue after the meeting. Ditto with the approach of ‘designing for strengths’ as our natural tendency was to focus on fixing our gaps and weaknesses. But beyond the meaningful content, what I appreciate most about John is his active engagement - before during and after the summit - which in my mind shows personal care and consideration in making the people who work with him genuinely better. He is very generous of his ideas, his time and most importantly of himself. My experiences with John were not just moments of learning but also moments of gratitude.