Page 35 - Stakis Consolidated Teaching Note
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High CHANGE & LEARNING
Sir Lewis Robertson
Producing
Change
David Michels Thriving
Learning on
Change
Adapting
Sir Reo Stakis to
Andros Stakis Change
Resistance
Low to
Change
High Resistance Low
To Change
Q : Does the Chief Executive serve the shareholder, the
customer or himself?
A : Both of the chairman/chief executive partnerships - Sir
Reo/Andros and Sir Lewis/David - display autocratic
management characteristics. However, in the case of Sir
Lewis and David it is evident that they were capable of
changing their approach as circumstances changed. They
allowed the organisation to breathe and develop. They
recognised that their primary responsibility was to the
shareholders. Paradoxically the Stakis family, with its 25
