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Developing Leaders
30 June 2026
Busy Leaders, Broken Teams: Why Busyness Destroys Development
If you think being busy is a sign of success, think again. Busyness kills the very thing that drives performance: developing your people. What Gets Sacrificed for Your Busyness? When... Read more...
24 April 2026
Often the Smartest People in the Organisation Can’t Agree. Here’s What High-Performing Teams Do Differently.
Most executive teams are made up of smart, capable, well‑intentioned people. Individually, they are experienced leaders with deep functional expertise. And yet, many of those same teams struggle to operate... Read more...
21 April 2026
When Social Contract Meets Social Licence
A Framework for Organisations That Want to Earn Trust, Not Just Claim It There is a concept most leaders know instinctively but rarely articulate precisely: the idea that an organisation’s... Read more...
23 October 2025
Stop Counting HiPos by Square Root.
Start Designing Your Pipeline Ever heard this rule of thumb? Your number of High Potentials should be roughly the square root of the target employee pool. So, if you’ve got... Read more...
16 September 2025
Building Psychological Safety in Your Team
No Matter Your Starting Point In our last post, we explored the tandem drivers of psychological safety; a willingness to challenge and the ability to be vulnerable. We presented these... Read more...
9 September 2025
The Tandem Drivers of Psychological Safety
Psychological safety is often hailed as the cornerstone of high-performing teams. It’s the idea that people feel safe to speak up, admit mistakes, and challenge the status quo without fear... Read more...
10 June 2025
Making Room for Talent – Turning Strategy into Action
Leaders often hesitate when faced with difficult talent decisions, not because they disagree with the strategy, but because execution is hard. The challenge isn’t understanding the need to make space... Read more...
2 April 2025
The HR Performance Health Check
Our work in HR Performance is about creating an intense focus on the few things that matter most for the organisation to achieve and maintain competitive advantage. In our experience... Read more...
18 July 2023
The Four As of Personal Reflection
“I will keep constant watch over myself and, most usefully, will put each day up for review.” Epictetus Humans have long known the benefits of self-reflection. It empowers you to... Read more...
2 June 2023
Did we learn anything about Succession Management by watching Succession?
Warning: this article contains spoilers for those people watching the TV show Succession, and for those organisations that aren’t practicing effective Succession Management. IMHO the TV show Succession is fabulous... Read more...
