To all those who seriously want to”cut the crap and seriously qet down to the business of success”
This letter is to recommend Tazim Elkington- The Indian Black Butterfly as the best “paradigm shifter” in the business that I know of. Persistent, bold, jolly and candid yet extremely insightful and perceptive, she has a unique and extremely effective approach to working with individuals, teams and businesses to help them push past the challenges or inhibitions that prevent them from achieving the success they are destined for.
We (The directors of Planning Interiors Ltd) engaged her late last year to help us deal with the challenges we were facing with our working relationship as a leadership team. We were definitely not on the same page. We were not aligned in objective or direction and thiswas adversely affecting productivity and cohesiveness in the company. To be honest, some of us were a bit sceptical at first but I am grateful to her for her persistence as we had been in discussions with her for a while about what value her unconventional talents could add to our company.
We agreed with the leadership adage that any meaningful change in a team or organization must start with its leaders as they are the ones who must set the example for the rest of their team can follow. We therefore submitted to a process orchestrated by Tazim that was intensely interactive yet incisive and results-focused that culminated in a powerful 3 day workshop in Naivasha which she facilitated. The outcome was a dramatic turnaround for us as a directors’ team as we covered much more ground than we expected. Thanks to Tazim’s bold yet strategic “cut to the chase, deal with the heart of the matter” style, we emerged from the retreat with a new, deeper understanding of each other as individuals as well as a more unified, aligned approach to the task ahead of us in our quest to revitalise our company and steer it to the next level.
There is obviously lots we still need to do to reach our company goals but thanks to Tazim we have now established a better, more cohesive and accountable foundation as a leadership team. This has also renewed our enthusiasm and commitment to doing what it takes to realise the immense potential Planning Interiors Ltd. has.
Yours sincerely
Eugene Ngugi