Psychological Safety Isn't Soft: It's Your Strategic Advantage
There's a question every leader should ask their team, but most won't: "Do you feel safe disagreeing with me?" Not "Can you disagree?" (most people technically can). But do they feel…
Blog: Leading with Insight
How Purpose-Led Leaders Turn Teams Into Communities
You can see the difference in how people talk about their work. In a task-driven team, conversations revolve around deadlines and deliverables. In a community, people talk about why the work matters. The question is: what creates that shift? Purpose-led leaders don't manage tasks - they connect people to meaning. …
The Leadership Myth Nobody Talks About: Why Vulnerability Builds Stronger Teams
There's a leadership myth that refuses to disappear: great leaders have all the answers. But when you hide your struggles, your team hides theirs; and when you pretend uncertainty doesn't exist, people stop bringing you problems until they're unfixable. The most effective leaders aren't invulnerable...…
Three Leaders, One Crisis: A November Story
Three leaders received the same email on the same Monday morning in early November. The numbers were in. Q4 was tracking 18% behind target. Eight weeks to close the gap. What happened next…
Is having fun at work really the secret of a successful business?
When Adam Padmore left mainstream employment for a better work-life balance he unwittingly laid the foundations for an incredible success story and changed the course of his own career forever.…
Remembrance Day: Reflecting on Leadership in Times of Challenge
As we approach Remembrance Day on 11th November, we pause to remember those who served and sacrificed. The two-minute silence at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month…
The Monsters Under the Bed: Confronting Leadership's Darkest Fears
As the leaves turn golden and the nights draw in, Halloween reminds us that sometimes the most frightening things aren't ghosts or ghouls, they're the very real challenges lurking in the…
When Your Business Becomes Your Identity (And Why That's Dangerous)
Your business succeeds. You feel validated. Your business struggles. You feel like a failure. Your business plateaus. You question whether you're good enough. When did running a company…