Reflections on leadership, team dynamics, creative inquiry, and the realities of organisational life. Slow thinking for complex times.
I help leaders and teams navigate complexity with clarity, confidence, and compassion. My work blends somatic practice, creative inquiry, and evidence‑based leadership development to support meaningful, sustainable change.
I partner with organisations committed to equity, psychological safety, and progressive leadership cultures creating space for people to think deeply, feel fully, and lead with intention.
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Is Your Leadership Style Too Nice? A Better Question for Leaders
The debate about whether leaders are “too nice” misses the point. What matters is whether leadership builds trust, clarity, accountability, and genuine human connection.
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The Apprentice E5: Are bad managers preferred over good leaders?
Originally written in 2011. I’m bringing this piece back because it links closely to today’s reflections on leadership clarity and team dynamics — themes that continue to shape my work …“That’s bad management”… said Lord Sugar somewhat accusingly to Ricky Martin. But he wasnt ticking off the scintillating Latino singer in the picture below. Instead the…
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The Apprentice Ep 8: Artful Dodging replaces Artful Pitching
Episode 8 of The Apprentice in 2011 offered a sharp illustration of how performance, ego, and misplaced confidence can derail even the simplest business task. Team Logic’s attempt at a theatrical biscuit pitch revealed more about their leadership blind spots, group dynamics, and decision‑making under pressure than about the product itself. What unfolded was a…
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