What’s it like at the top these days?

Reconnecting With The Work You Love

01/06/2026

Many of the leaders I coach are not asking how to become more successful. They are asking how to feel connected to their work again. Across sectors, I am hearing the same underlying question: How do I learn to love the job I’m in again? The answer is rarely about dramatic…

Leaders, what’s your personal purpose? (and why it matters)

07/11/2025

Stop asking, “What if I get this wrong?” and start asking, “Who needs me to get this right?”

Authentic Leadership is so 1990s!!

08/01/2025

I remember attending a leadership transformation programme in the mid 1990’s where we explored our authentic styles as leaders and how powerful authenticity could be as a driver for organisational change. As with many others on the programme, I then felt the disappointment…

Resilience: reshaping the stories we tell ourselves about our bad experiences

09/12/2024

Resilience: Leadership is tough today. Challenges are thrown at us every day at breakneck speed and many leaders go home at the end of each day thinking they’ve succeeded in some but failed in others. Resilience is key to surviving and flourishing as a leader and as a…

"Johnny is useless, he needs coaching"

05/11/2024

Is that coaching or not? What is coaching anyway? Every Olympic team and athlete has at least one coach. Every Pro Tour player has a coach. Every Premiership Team has a head coach, same for Championship teams. How come?

Six steps to inspire truly joined-up leadership in your business

15/07/2024

I run a leadership development programme called Curated Leadership Conversations. I meet with leaders, put a leadership topic, concept or tool on the table and then we talk about it in the context of their business.