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Think vertically – it may make all the difference. Feb 23, 2024

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...

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Welcome to 2024 #leadership #riskmanagement Jan 24, 2024

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...

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Plotting your own future #careerdevelopment #f futureproofing Dec 19, 2023

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...

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The CFO got the top job! I Defy Expectations Dec 07, 2023

 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...

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Are we pivoting or just going round in circles? #leadership #operating model #riskmanagement Nov 30, 2023

Are we pivoting or just going round in circles? 

“We’re pivoting to a new strategy” is something that I hear quite a lot.  It sounds controlled and ...

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We’ve got a brand-new leadership team! Nov 21, 2023

As companies change their strategies at increasing speed, they are finding that they have to change their leadership teams.  We are increasingly worki...

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Diversity in business – are we looking at it through the wrong lens? Nov 07, 2023

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 ...

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Getting the best value from senior leadership coaching Nov 01, 2023

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.

  1. Coaching can un...
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Isn’t it time we stopped worrying about “isms” and just got on with business? #behaviours #leadership #skills Oct 24, 2023

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...

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The things that can never happen (and it's the leader's job to find them) Oct 12, 2023

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...

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We don’t need another hero  Sep 28, 2023

Margaret Heffernan’s excellent provocation in her Financial Times article on leadership asks whether our obsession with leadership is obscuring the fa...

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Could AI really destroy humanity? Sep 12, 2023

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...

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