
Power - the enemy of leadership?
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...

“I don’t have the answer.” The aura of leadership.
Given the importance of self-awareness in the context of leadership at all levels, I recently spent some time reflecting on exactly what...

Leaking the truth? Don’t ignore the leak.
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...

SMCR is not a four letter word
The UK Senior Managers Regime didn’t enter the world in a blaze of glory, with concerns around ‘presumption of responsibility’ driving...

Followership, empowerment and acquiescence
The other side of the leadership coin is followership – one cannot exist without the other, but the latter is perhaps not so well...

Trump, change and our leadership responsibility
I have been fortunate this week to be not exactly present as history is made, but co-located with it at the very least. Working with a...

What leadership is not
At times, leadership can be a curious thing to pin down – and often it is the absence of leadership, or what it is not which is easier to...

Strategic and cultural alignment
All organisations have a clear goal that everyone can rally behind – surely. Hopefully that is the case but not always. Our people need...