Management
Master the art of management by learning essential management skills, including project planning, team coordination, and performance evaluation. Our contributors provide practical tips and expert advice to help you navigate the challenges of management and drive your team to success. Learn how to lead with confidence, motivate your team, and achieve organizational goals.
The Expertise Penalty and Why Career Progression Shouldn’t Require People Management
Much of the conversation about AI has focused on productivity. How much time can it save? Which tasks can it automate? How many people can an organisation operate with if AI is doing some of the...
Finding Your Leadership Voice and Building Confidence That Inspires Others
I remember coaching a leader who was highly capable, well prepared, and deeply respected by her team. Every time we spoke, it was clear she understood the work inside and out. She had thoughtful...
The Ford Argentina Case: Corporate Power and Crimes Against Humanity
How far can a company’s power over the people who work within it actually go? When we talk about organizational abuse, our thoughts almost automatically turn to toxic leadership, intimidation...
The Responsibility of Legacy and What It Means to Lead Beyond the Founder
We tend to celebrate founders. They take the risk, build something from nothing, and leave behind organizations that outlast them. What we talk about far less is what happens next: the harder, quieter work...
Five Mindset Shifts Every First-Time Leader Needs to Make
You got the promotion. The title changed. The salary, hopefully, went up. So why does it feel like you have no idea what you're doing? Here's the truth nobody tells you at the celebration drinks: being good...
Why the Future of Leadership Must Be More Human
There is something extraordinary about the way nature sustains life. A tree does not grow for itself alone. Its branches provide shelter. Its roots help stabilise the earth. Its leaves return nutrients to the soil.
Five Ways to Turn ESG Into Action
Sustainability has moved firmly into the boardroom. Companies are setting Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) targets, publishing sustainability reports, making climate commitments, and introducing...
The Regulated Leader and How to Lead From Regulation, Not Reactivity
Leadership is often measured by what happens around us: results, revenue, productivity, team performance, and growth. But some of the most important leadership decisions happen before we ever speak...
Four Things Leaders Must Get Right to Make Digital Transformation Actually Work
Many organizations do not fail at purchasing technology; they fail at the subsequent digital transformation activities: how the workflow changes, whether staff have the skills to adjust and perform...
The Black Box Principle and Why Great Leaders Investigate Before They Judge
The “black box” isn't actually black, and after failure, the truth is rarely as obvious as it looks. When something goes wrong, suddenly everyone knows what should have been done. The warning signs seem obvious...
Why Fast Organisations Don't Always Act Fast
In fast-moving organisations, responsiveness is usually seen as a sign of good leadership. Leaders are expected to act quickly, respond to new information, and keep pace with change. Yet in recent conversations...
From Understanding the Self to Moving Forward
For the past several years, I have been developing a framework called the Seven Dimensions of Self (7DS). What began as an attempt to understand my own experiences gradually became something much larger: a way...
Retaining Internationally Trained Talent in the NHS and Beyond
The National Health Service (NHS) is not struggling to recruit internationally trained professionals. It is struggling to keep them. Overseas-trained clinicians now make up a significant and growing...
Why Leaders Keep Trying to Change Behaviour When Behaviour is Only the Output
For decades, organisations have invested significant amounts of time and money attempting to change human behaviour. We develop leadership competencies, introduce values and behaviours frameworks, run...
Before You Can Lead Anyone Else, You Have to Lead Yourself
Over 25 years at sea and in the boardroom, I have developed a framework that sits at the heart of everything I teach. I call it SHINE. Each letter represents a dimension of leadership that every...
