Archive for October 2025
Edition #17 The Sleep Deficit at the Top
Sleep is not a wellness luxury. It is a leadership capability. When you run on empty, so does your team. It turns out an overlooked leadership skill is not strategy, influence, or agility. It is sleep. Fatigue kills more than focus. It strips leaders of clarity, calm, and connection, the very foundations of effective leadership.…
Read MoreEdition #16 : Breaking the Drama Loop — From Reactivity to Responsibility
WHY Every leader says they want to empower their people. But what happens when they are trapped in a pattern that does the exact opposite? The Drama Triangle, created by Dr. Stephen Karpman, explains how people at work fall into repeating, disempowering roles. The Victim: “This isn’t fair.” “No one listens to me.” The Villain:…
Read MoreEdition #15: Organisational Readiness Amid Uncertainty
If there is one thing leadership teaches us, it is that “business as usual” does not really exist. Markets shift overnight. Technology rewrites the rules. Teams are spread across time zones. Regulations change with little warning. And global crises appear when no one expects them. Yet organisations are expected to be ready. Not just for…
Read MoreEdition #14 – The Power of Asking: What Am I Known For?
Every leader leaves a trace. Sometimes it’s bold and intentional. Sometimes it’s accidental — a trail of assumptions, impressions, and half-finished conversations that quietly define us more than we realise. So pause for a second and ask yourself the deceptively simple question: What am I known for? Not what’s in your bio. Not what you…
Read MoreEdition #13 – The Other Side of Leadership
The Challenge We love to talk about the shiny side of leadership. The wins. The influence. The impact. Its all good, or so it seems. The reality is, as we all know, there is another side. The side where you are running so fast it feels like a sprint that never ends. The side where…
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