Many hardworking managers reach a point in their careers where they know exactly what behaviours would move them into a bigger leadership role—but still find themselves stuck. You might recognise…
Ronald Heifetz, renowned leadership expert from Harvard’s Kennedy School, often speaks about the importance of stepping back to gain perspective. He uses the powerful analogy of “getting off the dance…
What Makes You Distinctive? This is a critical question that every person in your organisation should be able to answer for themselves. The clarity and conviction of the answers to…
As 2023 draws to a close, we would like to take a moment to personally thank you for your steadfast belief in people’s potential, including your own to achieve great…
I first came across this framework by Gary Hamel in his book What Matters Now- and fell in love with it instantly. For me, it immediately captured the breadth…
When it comes to doing visionary work really well there is still a lot we have to learn to make this leadership skill the superpower it can be. The good…
“Resignations are at an all-time high, and companies desperate to fill vacancies are trying everything from pay rises to trendy perks. But these interventions are falling short – because the…
Vertical leadership development is the idea that we progress to higher and higher stages of vantage point, maturity and mastery of complexity, and that this pace and progress can be…
This was the question James (not real name) first put to me when we started our work together. Just two weeks out of a long and intense promotion interviewing process, for which he was not successful, he was tired, bruised and feeling deflated after the whole process.