"Stop!" If a stranger approached you on the street shouting it, would you?

A few years ago I was coaching an executive who was leading her team through the rollout of a new strategic plan.

Just because it's not the way you would have arrived there doesn't mean others are wrong.

I don't need to remind you that the last 18 months has transformed the way we work.

When you feel out of control personally, you're more likely to project that chaos onto everybody around you.

I have a confession. For a while I tried to justify it. Some of the ways might sound familiar.

When we take on the responsibility of leadership we waive our right to excuses. We can't just lean on 'I didn't know'. Now it's our job to know.

Leadership is painful. If you've been around leadership long enough I don't need to remind you of that.

If there was just one behaviour you could adopt as a leader that would be most helpful and beneficial in your role, what would you choose?

I've learned the hard way what I'm sure you're already well aware of... You can't do everything (at least not well).

The key to making better decisions is making less decisions. To clarify, that doesn’t necessarily mean making fewer decisions.

In leadership, it's easy get caught up in all the things we need to do more of. We don't spend nearly enough time thinking about what we need to get rid of.