A Year Since Love My Face – What It Taught Me About Leadership
A year ago I let the world see my face - not just the Bell's Palsy, but everything behind it. Here's what the year since has taught me about leadership, identity, and why the mask we wear at work costs more than we realise.
Boundaries at Work: Improve Performance and Wellbeing
Most people don’t struggle at work because they lack capability. They struggle because the way we work makes it hard to think clearly. This article explores how boundaries improve performance, reduce overload, and help leaders and teams thrive under pressure.
Why Leaders Need Better Decision-Making, And How to Fix It
Most leaders don’t struggle with ideas, they struggle with decisions. In a world of constant pressure, poor decision-making quietly becomes the biggest bottleneck to growth. This article explores why decision quality is declining and how leaders can regain clarity, control, and direction.
Self-Sabotage in Leadership – 5 Ways to Overcome It
Leadership pressure creates conditions where even high performers undermine their own progress. This article explores five patterns of self-sabotage and how leaders can break the cycle.
Fire Horse Leadership: Performance Under Pressure
As the Year of the Fire Horse begins, many leaders will resonate with its energy - speed, ambition and relentless performance. But what happens when that fire is left unchecked? Exploring Chinese zodiac traits alongside research on leadership under pressure, this article examines why sustainable success requires more than intensity - it demands regulation, recovery and strategic selfishness.
Leadership in the Age of AI, Breaking Faster Than We’re Admitting
AI hasn’t reduced leadership pressure, it has intensified it. Backed by emerging research, this article explores why AI is reshaping leadership wellbeing and what sustainable performance really looks like in an accelerated world.
The Rise of Alternative ERGs in Leadership
Leadership ERGs are quietly emerging as organisations recognise that leaders also need space for honesty, support, and sustainable wellbeing.
Presenteeism and the Hidden Cost of Showing Up Unwell
Presenteeism often looks like commitment, but it quietly damages performance, wellbeing, and leadership effectiveness. This piece explores why rest matters and how Selfish Leadership reframes responsibility.
10 Practical Ideas for Time to Talk Day 2026 & Your SMT/SLT
Time to Talk Day works best when leaders lead the conversation. This article shares practical Time to Talk Day 2026 ideas for Senior Leadership Teams, helping HR teams build trust, role model healthy leadership behaviours and strengthen culture from the top down.
Why 2026 Doesn’t Need New Year’s Resolutions – Just Intention!
Leading with intention helps leaders step off autopilot, move beyond New Year’s resolutions, and design 2026 with clarity and sustainability.
Leadership Development in 2026, Trends & Predictions
Leaders are entering 2026 under more pressure than ever. From threat fatigue to decision overload, the demands are growing faster than their capacity. Support leaders need next, combining new insight from me and wider industry predictions.
The Hidden Cost of Leadership Presenteeism
Leadership absence rates look impressively low, yet the real cost hides in presenteeism. When leaders show up exhausted or unwell, performance drops, decisions slow, and businesses pay the price.