A senior leader I work with said something that rings true for most leaders: “Everyone expects clarity from me. But I’m figuring things out just like everyone else.” That sentence captures a quiet truth of leadership today. The world keeps shifting, technology, geopolitics, even what people want from work, and what work expects from its …
When I first read Patrick Lencioni’s The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, one phrase jumped off the page: fear of conflict. It triggered a memory from my early career, sitting in a leadership meeting where a young manager disagreed openly with the CEO. The room went still. You could almost hear people silently begging, please …
I recently came across Canva’s Be a Good Human policy. At first glance, it felt almost too simple; something you’d expect on a school poster, not in the culture code of a multi-billion-dollar company. But the more I read, the clearer it became: this isn’t sentiment. It’s strategy. Empathy, when embedded in culture, isn’t just …
A few months ago, a close friend of mine walked out of a face-to-face meeting feeling pretty good. The meeting had gone well, tight agenda, decisions made, and a sense that everyone was on the same page. For someone who thrives on clarity and structure, it felt like a professional win. Naturally, right after the …
The financial year reset is upon us, and with it comes the sacred ritual of budget planning. Across boardrooms, spreadsheets glow with freshly projected figures, and leaders make the annual pilgrimage to debate costs, investments, and—somewhere in the mix—employee wellbeing. Traditionally, this conversation culminates in a well-intentioned yet predictable line item: the grand annual offsite. …
For very long, leadership has been defined in a certain way. A charismatic yet distant presence that wields authority and power. However, in today’s world, leaders like Jacinda Ardern for example, point to the fact that a new model of leadership is emerging. One that is based on a very different set of principles.
