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I’ve been reflecting this week on when I have personally felt the most frustrated in my career and to be honest it’s when I had a values clash, when I observed weak leadership being tolerated, not being tackled. I get I may react strongly to this based on personal experience, and I understand its potentially … Read more

I am still reflecting on the powerful ‘salon’ that was the ‘Humans at Work’ festival last week, led by Helen Beurier.  Intentionality was a key theme for me and indeed it is one of the most powerful shifts any leader can make: moving from momentum to intentionality. Momentum can be seductive: it keeps us busy, … Read more

I have been thinking about delegation a lot lately.  Some of my recent conversations with leaders have been about how uncomfortable they feel delegating.  For some, this is because they are worried about overloading their teams, for others it’s about their personal value being tied to delivery, and then those who feel like they would … Read more

There is a question mark over whether it was Albert Einstein who said, “the first sign of madness is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result”, well whoever said it, they were right. As senior leaders we are wired to solve problems. We are rewarded for removing obstacles, creating clarity, … Read more

Anyone suffer from being a perfectionist? As leaders, we are conditioned to chase excellence. We want the flawless presentation, the bulletproof strategy, and the change that lands well. But in today’s fast-paced environment, this pursuit of perfection can quickly transform into our greatest liability. Voltaire famously wrote that “the best is the enemy of the good.” You … Read more

Martin Luther King said “A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a moulder of consensus.” This made me pause, because while consensus can of course be valuable; I have also seen it be misused. One example I am sure everyone will have no doubt heard of (and sadly seen) is the classic … Read more

In a lot of my coaching conversations lately, trust seems to be coming up and perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised by this. Trust is one of the most valuable, and most fragile, assets an organisation has and a person feels.  When trust erodes, everything slows down: decisions, transformation, customer loyalty, even talent retention. For some … Read more

Summer holidays are in the rear-view mirror for many and as we enter the final term of 2026, executive leaders are navigating one of the most complex leadership environments in recent memory. Economic fragility, geopolitical tension, AI disruption, cultural resistance, and workforce burnout aren’t separate challenges, they are converging. This last stretch of the calendar … Read more

In 2026, the leaders who stand out aren’t the ones with the fastest answers, they are the ones with the sharpest questions. The pace of AI, geopolitical instability, and economic fragility has made one leadership capability disproportionately valuable: the ability to ask great questions, to be an architect of inquiry if you like. All leaders … Read more

Too many executive teams treat resistance to initiatives or change as a problem to eliminate rather than a signal to interpret. Have you fallen into the trap of pushing harder, communicating more? Pressure doesn’t dissolve resistance, it deepens it. The leaders who succeed take a different approach: they treat resistance as data. When people resist, … Read more