Archive for November 2025

Succession planning is common, but its effectiveness depends on how well it strengthens capability for the next level of leadership. When senior roles shift, organisations feel it immediately. Decisions bottleneck. Teams lose clarity. Projects stall. The impact is not about the person who left. It is about the gap they leave behind. A strong succession…

When it comes to increasing capability, many organisations take this familiar route: Identify the missing skills → Train the skills → Expect behaviour to follow. It feels logical. It looks concise on a slide. It even sounds strategic when you say it out loud. But it is built on one assumption: that knowledge naturally becomes…

Self-Awareness: Leading Yourself Before You Lead Others If there’s one skill that sits beneath every great leader, it’s self-awareness. It’s not about overthinking or forced reflection. It’s the difference between being on autopilot and being intentional, between leading with purpose or under pressure. When you understand what drives you, your strengths, blind spots, values, and…

Building Trust That Sticks Trust is the real performance metric. It decides whether people tell you the truth, take a risk, or quietly disengage while nodding politely on Teams. And the good news? It’s not some mysterious quality you either have or you don’t. It’s measurable. The Trust Equation, developed by David Maister and colleagues,…