
What You Bring With You Into the Year Matters
As the year begins to stir again, many leaders are returning to full inboxes, full calendars, and the familiar pull to “get back into it.”

Light After Dark
As I write my final insight for the year, I do so with a heavy and tender heart. As a proud Australian, the past few

A Year in Review:
What 2025 Taught Us About Leadership
As the year comes to a close, I’ve been reflecting on the themes that kept surfacing in the insights we explored together – energy, relationships,

The Productivity Squeeze:
How Leaders Can Lift Performance When Resources Won’t
The latest King & Wood Mallesons Directions report for 2025: Stepping Up to the Productivity Challenge, makes one thing clear: 2026 is shaping up to be a year

The 2026 Leadership Landscape Is Changing –
Here’s What You Need to Know
If you’ve looked ahead to what leaders and organisations will face in 2026, one thing is unmistakably clear: the complexity isn’t slowing down. Technology is

How Self-Awareness Strengthens Your Leadership Impact
We talk a lot about emotional intelligence in leadership, but at the core of it sits something deceptively simple: self-awareness. Not the theoretical kind. The

The Messy Middle of Leadership
If you’ve ever been the middle child – or raised one – you’ll know it’s not an easy spot. You’re not the trailblazer setting the

Formal Development Planning: Why Structure Still Matters (and When It Doesn’t)
As a Board Director and Executive, I’ve always been fascinated by one KPI that rarely gets airtime – development planning and goal setting. It’s one

Results Focused –
Staying on the Bigger Picture
I once worked with a team who described themselves as “busy every day.” Yet when I asked how their work connected to their organisation’s bigger