Hong Kong Yachting Matters: A Blueprint for an Integrated Maritime Ecosystem
A first-hand account of the Kgotla intervention at Rio Tinto's Palabora mine in South Africa — the same story behind your Rio Tinto impact case study — documenting how dialogue-based leadership helped resolve safety concerns and rebuild trust across a 4,000-person workforce.
NOTE At the moment this book is available only in a digital format (PDF document), sent to you on request.
Book Details
- Book Title
- The Yachting Matters: A Roadmap for Hong Kong’s Maritime Leisure Economy
- Author
- Martijn de Liefde, et al.
- Edition Language
- English
- Book Format
- Available in digital PDF format, 198 pages
- Date Published
- 2026
- Publisher
- Self-published
About the authors
WILLEM DE LIEFDE
Willem H.J. de Liefde was born in 1941 in Coevorden. He began his career as a navigator in the Merchant Navy with the Royal Rotterdam Lloyd and concluded his nautical career as an officer in the Royal Navy.
Willem then studied economics and held various management and executive positions in Europe, the United States, and Africa for multinationals such as Ericsson, Xerox, Rockwool, and Draeger. His expertise lies in change management, employee inspiration, and team building.
MARTIJN DE LIEFDE
Martijn de Liefde founded The Kgotla® Company after discovering the transformative power of dialogue-led leadership in Botswana. His international career spans branding, corporate real estate and retail banking design before he turned to facilitating large-scale organisational dialogue.
He has traveled extensively around the world and accumulated a great understanding of cultures and diversity.
