Leadership: Explorations of effective leadership styles, strategies, and practices for inspiring teams, driving results, and navigating organisational challenges.
5 October 2026
When the numbers are good, a blind spot can look an awful lot like determination. I want to know whether we’re genuinely leading well or just being rewarded for habits that could eventually bite us....
28 September 2026
I can see what the top biller brings in. What I can’t see so easily is what the rest of the team stops contributing because of their behaviour. That’s the calculation I want before deciding...
21 September 2026
More revenue doesn’t automatically mean you’ve built a more valuable business. I want to know what you’re keeping, whether it runs without you and whether you’ve done anything more than make yourself a job. Steve...
3 August 2026
One of the biggest mistakes founders make is believing their business will be valued for what it means to them. It won’t. Buyers pay for predictable cash flow and reduced risk, not emotional attachment. That’s...
20 July 2026
Everyone talks about scaling. Far fewer people actually do it. In this conversation with Doug Levy, we unpack what real operational scale looks like. Not adding people because revenue is growing, but building a business...
29 June 2026
Most strategies don’t fail because the idea was wrong. They fail because nobody properly translated the idea into execution. In this conversation with Crispin Thompson, we got into the uncomfortable gap between strategy and results....
22 June 2026
The more senior you become, the more dangerous certainty gets. That’s the idea at the heart of this conversation with Dr Debra Clary. Most leaders are rewarded for having answers. The problem is that eventually...
8 June 2026
Most leaders assume transformation fails because the strategy was wrong. I don’t buy that. In this conversation with Sridhar Ravilla, we unpacked why good strategies routinely fail after approval and why the real problem is...
25 May 2026
Most commercial leaders think they’ve got a pipeline problem when they’ve actually got a systems diagnosis problem. This conversation with Michael Manzi gets into the difference between copying tactics and actually understanding what drives performance....
20 April 2026
Most people wait for permission to lead. That’s the mistake. This conversation with David Graddy is a reminder that leadership isn’t a promotion. It’s a pattern of behaviour. And if you’re not already doing it,...
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