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Have you ever thought how much of business is horizontal? We carefully set up teams: The Executive Leadership Team, the Levels -1, -2, -3 (levels belo...
We believe that 2024 is going to be a tough and unpredictable year – just look at the fact that over half the world goes to the polls to elect governm...
We talk a lot about the skills needed in leadership today and emphasise the fact that it is your responsibility to look after your own future. That me...
 It’s not uncommon for an incumbent CFO to be appointed CEO. From a Board perspective it makes sense – they know the company, they understand the numb...
Are we pivoting or just going round in circles?Â
“We’re pivoting to a new strategy” is something that I hear quite a lot. It sounds controlled and ...
As companies change their strategies at increasing speed, they are finding that they have to change their leadership teams. We are increasingly worki...
I’ve given a lot of speeches about the evolution of technology in a lot of countries over the years. Almost always, the audience was 90% men.  At the ...
Well the picture may be a bit of a play on words but coaching is something that needs thinking about if you are going to get value.
- Coaching can un...
This blog was sparked by articles by Victoria Tomlinson and Steve Herbert on ageism.
Ageism is a problem, like every other form of discrimination. They...
Once again something that “could never happen” has happened, and has unleashed a series of terrible events that have shattered lives and the plans peo...
Margaret Heffernan’s excellent provocation in her Financial Times article on leadership asks whether our obsession with leadership is obscuring the fa...
Among the fears and expectations around AI the big one is that it might destroy humanity.  Unlikely in my view although who knows where the bends in t...
