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.
Leadership and Work in Practice
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.
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
Why Most Culture Change Fails
Most culture change efforts fail because they focus on slogans and strategies instead of daily behaviour. This essay explores why culture really changes — and how leaders can shape it.
Hiring Well at a Distance
Hiring is one of the most important decisions organisations make. This essay explores how to design remote interviews that combine rigour with humanity — and judgement with care.