Why Employee Engagement Surveys Miss the Point
Employee engagement has become a metric to manage, but engagement itself cannot be outsourced or surveyed into existence. It is created, daily, by managers at work.
Rob Lambert
What John Wooden Taught Me About Leadership
John Wooden’s legacy wasn’t built on winning alone. It was built on behaviour, teaching, and an unwavering belief that how you show up each day matters more than the scoreboard.
The Commonplace Book: Building a Personal Library for Thinking
For years I’ve kept a commonplace book — a personal library of ideas, observations, and fragments. This essay explores how it became a quiet system for thinking, learning, and creativity.
Why Journaling Became My Quiet Advantage at Work and in Life
Journaling became a quiet discipline that changed how I think, lead, and live. This essay explores why reflection, not speed, is the foundation of a good working life.
What Good Strategy Quietly Gets Right
Good strategy is less about grand statements and more about clarity, focus, and realism. This essay explores the quiet disciplines that turn ambition into action.
Fourteen Principles of Leadership
Leadership is not a title but a daily practice. These fourteen principles form the quiet rules I try to live by — about influence, behaviour, discipline, and care.
Hire Slowly, Fire Fast
“Hire fast, fire fast” sounds efficient, but it’s often a shortcut to fear, churn, and reputational damage. A better standard is slower hiring, clearer expectations, and faster, fairer decisions when it’s not working