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5 August 2026
Purpose-Sector Leadership: Why “Run It Like a Business” Falls Short
“You need to run this organisation more like a commercial business.” That was a Board Chair of a purpose-sector organisation speaking to their CEO. The conversation was relayed back to... Read more...
20 July 2026
There’s Not Much Between the Trophy and the Quiet Flight Home
What the World Cup Exposes About Your Talent System | Part Four (read Part Three: You picked stars, you needed a team) The gap between winning and losing is a... Read more...
13 July 2026
You Picked Stars. You Needed a Team
What the World Cup Exposes About Your Talent System | Part Three (read Part Two: The Nine-Box Grid Has No Away Fixtures) Here is a pattern this World Cup will... Read more...
9 July 2026
The Nine-Box Grid Has No Away Fixtures
What the World Cup Exposes About Your Talent System | Part Two (read Part One: Messi and Ronaldo Were HiPo Once, Too) Is Your Top Talent World Class, or Just... Read more...
3 July 2026
Messi and Ronaldo were HiPo Once, Too
What the World Cup Exposes About Your Talent System | Part One Somewhere in your organisation there’s a list. On it are the names marked “high potential” (HiPo). It gets... Read more...
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...
18 June 2026
The Best TA Leaders Don’t Buy a Dog and Bark Themselves
They know the difference between a strategic partner and a vendor. If you have built a strong internal Talent Acquisition function, the last thing you want is an external recruiter... Read more...
27 May 2026
What Real Strategy Looks Like Inside a Functional Plan
A Business Strategy Guide If last week’s post landed uncomfortably, good. Discomfort is usually a sign we have touched something true. The question I hear most often after making the... Read more...
18 May 2026
Your Strategy Deck Is a Budget With Nice Fonts
Here is a challenge for you. Pull out your latest strategy deck, the one that took three months to prepare, involved six workshops, and was presented to the Board with... Read more...
7 May 2026
Your Org Chart Called. It Has No Idea What Anyone Does Either.
I spent two days recently with a client trying to understand their organisation. They handed me a thick stack of org charts. Boxes, lines, arrows, dotted reporting lines going sideways... Read more...
