Everything below draws on thirty years leading in corporate roles and setting up and running my own businesses, alongside academic study, close to two decades lecturing in business schools, and my work as a certified coach and facilitator. There are three ways to explore it, depending on what you are looking for.
Capability libraries
Structured, competency by competency. Start here if you want to go deep on a specific leadership skill or behaviour.
Leadership library
100 leadership capabilities in depth, covering self-leadership, relationships, communication, strategy, ethics and execution, each with barriers, enablers and practical ways to develop it.
Leadership traits
31 traits mapped as behavioural spectrums across interpersonal style, drive, execution and mindset, aimed at helping you become a more rounded leader.
Learning agility
20 research-backed behaviours, from sensing signals to shedding old habits, designed to help you accelerate your professional capability and adapt faster.
Complexity leadership
25 ideas and frameworks drawn from systems thinking, sensemaking, adaptive leadership and complexity science, for leading in genuinely uncertain conditions.
Emotional intelligence
The core 15 competencies of the EQ-i model, grouped into five realms, that help you manage yourself and others better under pressure.
Complex sales capability library
18 capabilities for leading and winning complex, multi-stakeholder B2B sales, from executive presence and C-level engagement to managing long deal cycles.
IAF core competencies for facilitators
The 18 IAF core competencies for facilitators, each explored individually, useful reading for CPF preparation and for everyday facilitation practice.
Series and guides
Long form, single topic pieces. Each one stands on its own as a complete guide to a subject.
Leadership questions
Articles built around the real questions leaders ask when facing complexity, conflict, uncertainty and change.
Matrix leadership
A thirteen part series on leading effectively when accountability, expertise and authority are distributed.
Leadership myths
Common leadership beliefs worth questioning, and what to do instead.
Team dynamics framework
A framework for understanding and improving how a team works together.
The facilitation journey in 100 tips
Ten articles covering the whole arc of facilitation, from contracting through to presence and self care.
Hub pages
Curated collections of links, books, methods and recommendations on a theme. Less structured than a library, more like a well organised reading list.
Feedback resources
Models, frameworks and practical guidance for giving and receiving feedback well.
Peter Block: books, ideas and resources
An entry point into Peter Block’s work and the ideas that run through it.
Collaboration hub
Tools and thinking for working well across teams, functions and organisations.
Systems thinking hub
Resources for seeing organisations as systems rather than collections of separate parts.
Design thinking hub
An introduction to design thinking and how it applies to leadership and facilitation.
Canvas collection
Practical canvases and templates you can use directly in your own work.
Large group methods
Practical how-to guides for methods like Future Search, Open Space and World Café, for convening large groups and building community.
Days of citizenship
A personal project exploring small daily acts of citizenship and connection.
Not sure where to start? Let’s talk it through.
For You: Leadership Clinic
Bring one knotty leadership challenge and we will work it through together in a single focused session.
For You: Executive Coaching
If a particular library or theme resonates, coaching gives you space to work with it over time.
For Your Organisation: Leadership, Teams & Facilitation
Bring any of these libraries or hubs into a development programme, workshop or facilitated session for your team.
Choose the level of support that fits what you are working through.