When an employee hands in their notice they enter an interim state that sits between ‘has resigned’ and ‘has left’. Sometimes that involves a lengthy notice period that allows time for planning and carefully thought-out handovers. Sometimes it involves an immediate exit from every aspect of the organisation. Whatever the circumstances and the notice period, that liminal space is full of opportunities, many of which are often missed, to strengthen, or weaken, your leadership, your teams and your organisation. What […]

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As they say, ladies are from Venus, gentlemen are from Mars, but as it goes in the famous song “Deep in Love” by Tom Boxer & Morena (featuring J. Warner), when we are together we create stars. And indeed, females have a different type of intelligence as compared with their male counterparts. The reason for this lies in the structure and […]

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Arbor users report saving up to $600 annually on electricity by switching suppliers, not utilities, in deregulated energy markets. Their utility company still delivers power, responds to outages, and sends monthly bills. Only the supply rate changes. Arbor, an energy-switching platform operating in 12 deregulated states, identifies lower-cost electricity suppliers and handles the switch automatically. Collective savings across the […]

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At a certain level of leadership, decision-making changes its character. The issues are no longer technical. The data is no longer complete. And the responsibility can no longer be delegated. This is the point at which many senior leaders quietly struggle—not because they lack intelligence or experience, but because the nature of leadership itself has […]

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Personal branding is not self-promotion. It is a promise.  When leaders articulate and consistently keep their brand promise, they build trust. And trust, not charisma or visibility, is what sustains leadership over time. This distinction sits at the heart of our forthcoming Routledge book,  Leadership by Design: Winning Hearts, Building Your Brand, and Achieving Success, coauthored […]

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Shyryn Bekbol, founder and CEO of Altek, built and personally led an operating model that scaled a small field team into a multi-state telecom contractor trusted by major providers.  Most people only think about their internet connection when it suddenly stops working. But behind every stable line or quick installation is a long chain of […]

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Your approach to risk management and regulatory compliance is probably broken. Not because you don’t have capable people working on these issues. Rather, you have been trying to manage cybersecurity, operational resilience, financial controls, supply chain risk, and ESG factors as separate initiatives while the underlying requirements shift faster than you can build systems to manage them. The […]

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For CEOs, media interviews have always carried weight. They shape how investors assess risk, how customers judge credibility, how employees interpret leadership, and how regulators and policymakers infer intent. A strong interview can reinforce strategy and confidence; a weak one can introduce doubt that lingers well beyond the moment it was delivered. Even before the […]

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We live in an economic world that is now inextricably interconnected; as recently as 2022, imports and exports accounted for as much as 63% of global GDP. And when organizations must think globally simply to remain competitive, they require leaders who can operate from a global perspective. This means that mere technical skill is no longer enough to lead successfully; […]

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Type a single prompt into ChatGPT asking for the best solution in your category, and you will see the new marketing contest play out in real time on the screen. In seconds an AI assistant ranks brands, compares offers, and points a ready-to-buy customer straight at the winners, while everyone else is invisible. Research already shows how quickly customers […]

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