Unlocking Leadership Effectiveness

Case Study: The Leadership Tipping Point

What is one of the biggest de-railers for a senior leader’s career?

At the most senior levels, the decisions a leader makes ripple across functions, geographies, and cultures. The pressure is immense: clarity is scarce, complexity is constant, and yet thes...

In today’s fast-paced work environment, leaders often find themselves pulled in multiple directions, struggling to balance responsibilities, stakeholder expectations, and personal well-being. Without clear boundaries, burnout is inevitable, and effectiveness declines. That’s why setting strong bound...

The answer might surprise you. 
 
The leaders I work with consistently tell me their biggest challenge is not prioritising their health. The drive to achieve, get ‘stuff’ done and be available means they run out of time for what is at the core of it all. 
 
We all know that our health impacts our physic...

In the first of six forthcoming leadership lessons, I’ll be sharing a weekly tip on how you can reset, reboot and rejuvenate your brain for the week ahead.

In this week’s clip we are looking at how to approach leadership effectiveness through the lens of kindness and love and the impact that can ha...

In this week’s Leadership Lesson, we are looking at the science that talks about the impact of exercise on the brain and how we can maximise our leadership effectiveness.

Exercise

We all know how important exercise is to our physical strength, but what would you say to the science that says withou...

This week’s leadership lesson focuses on the importance of NOURISHMENT

To nourish is described as providing your body with what is necessary for life, growth and good health.

The number 1 factor is to eat well – we all know how important this is. The executive leaders I work with often find this h...

Jim Rohn (the self-made millionaire, mentor to leaders and author of many best-selling power of self-discipline books) is thought to have said that

‘YOU are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.’

When I combine this statement to one of my favourite behavioural science quotes...

When people feel stuck in their career, or in life in general, one reason I observe with the leaders I coach is they aren’t doing enough to satisfy that part of their brain that needs growth. As human beings we need to feel as if we are evolving in some way and for many leaders this means learning s...

The importance of sleep isn’t new but if rebooting your brain and boosting your performance is important to you – it starts with you and it starts with sleep.

Sleep reboots your leadership brain to ensure when you are on, YOU are at your best inside and out. YOU should be obsessed with sleep. Get t...

If you haven’t found your leadership mojo yet and come racing out of the gates energised for what you want to achieve then don’t worry, it’s not your fault. Many of the leaders I’m working with have commented on how they feel they haven’t had the downtime to relax and reassess where they are and whe...

The more senior we are in our work the greater the stakes. The greater the pressure. The greater the impact. The greater the responsibility to yourself and others. It’s in this space where leaders can get hijacked by the stressful situations they face and this can show up as a lack of emotional cont...

Understanding how your own saboteurs are impacting your choices, thoughts and leadership agility is essential when developing your career as a leader. In this episode, I interview self-sabotage expert Damian Culhane to understand more about how leaders can develop their mental fitness muscles to ide...

Leadership is a marathon, not a sprint. Yet too often, leaders push forward without pausing to reset—leading to burnout, decision fatigue, and diminishing impact. Sustainable leadership isn’t just about driving results; it’s about maintaining the energy, clarity, and resilience needed to lead effect...