What We Do Not Understand About Ourselves Shows Up Everywhere
Most of us know what it feels like to leave an important meeting and replay it in our head on the way home. You wonder what landed. What didn’t. How…
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Clarity is Kindness. But Is It Still Possible to Be Truly Clear in Today’s World?
“Clarity is kindness” is a simple phrase, but it carries a challenge most people would rather avoid. Because clarity asks something of us. It asks us to be honest when…
Beyond Biology: Why Your “Leadership DNA” is Actually a Choice
We’ve all heard the phrase “They’re a natural born leader.” It’s a compliment, but it’s also a dangerous myth. It suggests that leadership is a closed club, determined at birth by a lucky roll of…
What Great Leaders Seem to Have in Common
What Great Leaders Seem to Have in Common Leadership can easily become overcomplicated. There is no shortage of frameworks, theories and advice on what makes a strong leader. When I…
What NCP’s Collapse Can Teach MDs About Leadership
What the NCP Collapse Reveals About Leadership Under Pressure On March 16th, National Car Parks entered administration. 682 jobs were put at risk. A business most of us have used…
Clarity in Hiring: Separating Risk From Bias
Why this question keeps coming up In 2024/5, research reported in The Times suggested that almost half of recruiters believed 57 was ‘too old’ to be considered for a job.…
The Assessment Gap: Why Development Often Fails Before It Starts
In my 30 years of assessing leaders, I’ve noticed a recurring pattern in organisations that struggle to grow: they invest heavily in training without first auditing their “bench strength.” They…
Personal branding for UK leaders: credibility, visibility and trust
In the UK right now, most senior leaders are operating in a world of mixed signals: cautious markets, persistent skills gaps, rising expectations of transparency, and accelerating AI adoption. In…