A Simple Way to Make Leadership Development More Effective For the past 25 years, leadership development has increasingly focused on soft skills. Over the same period, project and change initiative failure rates have barely moved. That may explain why 75% of organisations say their leadership development is not effective. Continuing to double down on vulnerability, authenticity, and “leading […]

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It’s not that we’re training the wrong things — it’s that we’re not showing how the pieces fit together. I’ve spent 30 years leading teams, delivering programmes, and training thousands of leaders. And I’ve come to a conclusion about leadership training that might ruffle a few feathers. The content isn’t the problem. Goleman’s six leadership […]

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For 35 years, I have led major transformations across four continents: turnarounds, performance leaps, and billion-dollar programmes delivered in record time. After hundreds of teams and thousands of people, one truth kept repeating itself: People do not fail because they lack capability. They fail because they cannot see their capability. Teams freeze not because they’re incompetent — […]

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“We know that approach works,” the coach said, reviewing his team’s season. “But we’re always going to come up against teams that are better, stronger, faster, and more brutal.” He wasn’t talking about technique. His boys had the fundamentals. What they lacked was something else entirely. “I think next season we need to put a […]

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When I walked into that room, I was the fourth program director on a project that had already missed every milestone. The team was frustrated, progress had stalled, and belief was running on empty. It was one of the largest Azure migrations in Europe. A twelve-month project. Nine months gone, zero servers moved. So I […]

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Over the last 25 years, organisations have invested more than $3.7 trillion in leadership development. With an investment of that magnitude, we should be seeing dramatic improvements in performance, engagement, and project success. But we haven’t. 70% of projects still fail 66% of employees remain disengaged Leadership capability, at scale, has not meaningfully improved If leadership development […]

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People often ask me where my leadership philosophy comes from. They expect me to point to my 30 years turning around Fortune 100 programmes, delivering complex digital transformations, or leading one of the largest Azure migrations in Europe. But the truth is: the foundations of how I lead were formed when I was ten years […]

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In today’s hyper-competitive world, most leaders already know the value of speed and execution. They’ve been told that moving faster is the key to staying ahead. Yet many still find themselves frustrated — their organizations don’t accelerate when needed, momentum stalls, and high performance feels inconsistent. The reason is simple: speed alone isn’t enough. If you […]

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“The attacks on DEI aren’t about fairness — they’re about protecting privilege.” There’s a growing backlash against DEI. Critics call it unfair, divisive, or irrelevant. But let’s be honest: if DEI weren’t working, no one would bother attacking it. The real reason critics push so hard against DEI is because it works. It’s changing leadership demographics. […]

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You say you want results, but are you willing to do what it takes? Leaders love to talk about vision, purpose, and inspiration—but at the end of the day, there’s one thing that separates winners from dreamers: execution. If you’re wondering why things never seem to change—why your team is still struggling, why your projects stall, why you’re not getting the […]

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