The Uncomfortable Truth About HR Leadership
The Uncomfortable Truth About HR Leadership (And Why Courage Is the Only Way Through) HR leadership doesn’t fail in strategy. It fails in moments. The moment a leader needs to be held accountable and nobody does it. The moment toxic behaviour gets named in an exit interview and then quietly filed away. The moment everyone […]
Working for Someone Who Makes You Miserable
Working for Someone Who Makes You Miserable…A warm, practical, research-backed guide to the six most damaging boss archetypes — and how to survive, and even thrive, under each of them. Most career advice assumes you have a reasonable boss. But according to Gallup, roughly half of people who quit their jobs are actually quitting their […]
LEADERSHIP LESSONS FROM THE KPMG CRISIS
When the partners are running for the exits, leadership has already failed. Let me set the scene for you. It’s 2026. One of the most prestigious professional services firms on the planet is in freefall. The CEO is gone. The COO is gone. The head of audit is gone. Partners — people who spent decades […]
THE HIRE THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING — OR DIDN’T
THE HIRE THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING — OR DIDN’T Let me ask you something, honestly. When your last great hire walked out the door — or worse, stayed and slowly poisoned the culture — was it because they couldn’t do the job? Or was it because they didn’t fit? In 30 years of working with leaders […]
Soft (aka Human) skills in big demand as AI enters workforce
Hot take: The most valuable thing you can do right now is NOT learn another AI tool. It’s learn how to be more human. We know, we know. Every other newsletter is telling you to master your prompts, automate your workflows, and 10x your output before breakfast. And look — we’re not anti-AI. But here’s […]
Law Three: Know Thyself First — The Law That Unlocks Every Other
You can’t lead others until you understand your own strengths, weaknesses, and blind spots. It sounds ancient. It is. And the research confirms it’s still the single most neglected truth in leadership. By LeadershipHQ · 12 min read · Research-backed · Part of the 52 Laws Series Aristotle said it. Sun Tzu built a military […]
The Disappearing Middle Manager
The Lead – the leadership newsletter for people who lead — and those figuring out what that even means anymore. Half of Them Will Be Gone by the End of This Year Let’s not bury the lede. The Disappearing Middle Manager. Gartner predicts that by the end of 2026, organisations using AI to flatten their […]
Law Two: Your Brain Will Lie to Protect You. Great Leaders Challenge It.
There is a moment every leader knows — the one where a decision feels obvious, the path forward seems clear, and the internal resistance to doubt is absolute. It feels like clarity. It feels like conviction. It might be neither. It might just be your brain doing what evolution designed it to do: protect you […]
LAW ONE: LEADERSHIP ISN’T A TITLE. IT’S HOW YOU SHOW UP UNDER PRESSURE.
THE LAWS OF LEADERSHIP: 52 Laws. One year. Everything they didn’t teach you about leading. LAW ONE: LEADERSHIP ISN’T A TITLE. IT’S HOW YOU SHOW UP UNDER PRESSURE. WELCOME. I didn’t set out to write a leadership series. I set out to make sense of the moments that broke the ones that quietly rebuilt me […]
The Leadership Compass – Five Pillars That Separate Leaders Who Last From Leaders Who Just… Lasted
The Leadership Compass™: Five Pillars That Separate Leaders Who Last From Leaders Who Just… Lasted Let me start with something that might sting a little. Most leadership development is cosmetic. A two-day offsite. A personality assessment with a colour-coded report you glance at twice. A keynote from someone whose main qualification is that they once […]