Power and leadership go hand in hand – we look to those who have power and assume that they are also leaders. But if we take it for granted that leadership is what we do rather than a position we hold, does it become clearer that leadership and power are actually highl...

Good comedians drag you into their world using some very simple 'connection' tricks.

What they want is for you to come out of their gig thinking ‘that was hilarious because it actually happened to me too!'. Why? Because that means they’ve connected with you – you’ll lau...

How do you raise the bar?  Regulators, governments, the press and the people are expecting higher standards of those in positions of authority and power, both in government and in business.

Arguably they are demanding the same standards they always have, and it’s just t...

That ‘gregarious’ person at work you always dump pitches, presentations and/or public speaking gigs on – do they really love it? Or did you just assume so?

Many years ago, mainly because my friends and my mum said I was funny, I completed a stand-up comedy course with t...

A few years ago, I qualified as a Certified Laughter Yoga leader/instructor with United Mind. ‘What on earth is that?!’ I hear you say…

Laughter Yoga is a non-bendy, non-intrusive, all-inclusive, fun ‘workout’ that helps individuals manage and deal with stress. Originat...

Given the importance of self-awareness in the context of leadership at all levels, I recently spent some time reflecting on exactly what it is that people in senior leadership roles think of themselves. If we held a leadership ‘mirror’ up to them, what would they see?

I...

I once worked with someone I found most confusing. Until I realised it was me, not them, that confused things (light bulb!). So I thought I'd write about it.

At the time, I was young and inexperienced – fearful of very senior people and very keen to make a good impressi...

The UK Senior Managers Regime didn’t enter the world in a blaze of glory, with concerns around ‘presumption of responsibility’ driving attention and creating an assumption that the new senior management rules would herald an era of increasingly combative regulation. Si...