Communication is how leaders share purpose, give and receive feedback, and make sure they are understood. Discover practical approaches for clear, respectful conversations, including how to give feedback that others can hear.

Beyond Listening: Mastering Empathy for Impactful Leadership

By |2026-09-15T23:35:40+01:00October 24, 2025|Categories: Emotional Intelligence|Tags: , , , , , , |

Empathy is the foundation of trust and understanding. This guide explores how to strengthen your capacity to recognise and respond to others’ emotions with care and accuracy. Includes six practical exercises to cultivate empathy in daily interactions.

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Leading Beyond Self: Social Responsibility as a Leadership Core

By |2026-09-15T23:35:04+01:00October 24, 2025|Categories: Emotional Intelligence|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Social responsibility sits at the heart of emotionally intelligent leadership. This guide explores how to act with awareness of others, contribute meaningfully to teams and communities, and balance personal goals with collective good. Includes six practical exercises to strengthen empathy, fairness, and shared purpose.

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Interpersonal Relationships: The Key to High-Performance Teams

By |2026-11-07T12:58:44+00:00October 19, 2025|Categories: Emotional Intelligence|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Interpersonal relationships are the foundation of emotional intelligence. This EQ-i guide shows how to build trust, connection, and collaboration that endure. Through six evidence-based practices, learn how to strengthen relationships and create a culture of mutual respect and belonging.

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How can I get better as a leader at receiving feedback? (RADAR process)

By |2026-11-06T18:40:24+00:00October 19, 2025|Categories: Leadership questions|Tags: , , , , |

Receiving feedback is one of the hardest skills for any leader to master. As an executive coach, I’ve seen how defensiveness can block growth and trust. The RADAR process: Repeat, Ask, Discuss, Align, Reflect, offers a practical way to stay open, calm, and constructive. This article explores how each step transforms feedback from criticism into connection, helping leaders build stronger relationships, deepen self-awareness, and turn difficult conversations into opportunities for real progress.

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How do I lead when people lack confidence?

By |2026-09-16T08:17:21+01:00October 16, 2025|Categories: Leadership questions|Tags: , , , , |

Confidence does not appear on command; it grows from evidence, belonging, and rhythm. When people doubt their capability, leaders can help them rebuild belief through intentional design. This piece explores six practices grounded in behavioural science and everyday leadership experience. A practical, human answer to the question: How do I lead when people lack confidence?

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How can I tell what kind of problem I’m really facing, and lead accordingly? (Cynefin framework)

By |2026-11-06T18:40:20+00:00October 12, 2025|Categories: Leadership questions|Tags: , , , , |

How can you tell what kind of problem you’re really facing and lead accordingly? Using the Cynefin Framework, this article explores how leaders make sense of complexity, adapt their approach across five domains, and find clarity amid uncertainty. A practical guide to leading with awareness, experimentation, and collective sensemaking.

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Sharpening the Axe: How leader and teams build their SHARP EDGE

By |2026-09-16T08:18:26+01:00October 11, 2025|Categories: Leadership|Tags: , , , |

Like the woodcutter who paused to sharpen his axe, effective leaders know progress requires renewal. The SHARP EDGE framework helps teams reflect, refocus, and stay sharp over time.

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How can I create real clarity in my team? (Clarity Canvas)

By |2026-09-16T08:20:25+01:00October 4, 2025|Categories: Leadership questions|Tags: , , , |

Most teams don’t fail for lack of effort but for lack of clarity. The Clarity Canvas helps you move from vague expectations to shared commitments, turning accountability into partnership. Learn how to create clarity without control and build a team that knows what “good” looks like.

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Beyond People-Pleasing: Mastering Independence in Leadership

By |2026-09-15T23:32:39+01:00October 3, 2025|Categories: Emotional Intelligence|Tags: , , , , |

We live in cultures that prize collaboration and connection. In workplaces, “team player” is often the highest compliment, while in families and communities, loyalty and togetherness are praised as the ultimate virtues. Yet beneath this emphasis on belonging lies a quieter challenge: the ability to act independently, to make decisions without leaning too heavily on approval, advice, or reassurance. In [...]

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Assertiveness: How to voice needs with respect and clarity

By |2026-11-07T13:01:13+00:00October 3, 2025|Categories: Emotional Intelligence|Tags: , , , , , , |

Assertiveness sits between silence and aggression. It is the practice of voicing your needs with clarity while respecting others. This article explores why assertiveness matters for resilience, decisions, and relationships and introduces eight practices to help you build confidence, set boundaries, and engage in honest dialogue

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How can I set boundaries with my team that create clarity and improve performance?

By |2026-09-16T08:20:46+01:00October 1, 2025|Categories: Leadership questions|Tags: , , , |

Setting boundaries is not about control but clarity. Learn how to use boundary mapping to create shared agreements that build trust and improve performance.

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Emotional Expression: Leading with Authenticity and Control

By |2026-09-15T23:35:51+01:00October 1, 2025|Categories: Emotional Intelligence|Tags: , , , , , |

Emotional expression helps us connect, decide, and lead with clarity, yet many find it difficult. Discover why it matters and how to voice feelings with confidence and authenticity.

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How do I answer tough questions under pressure without losing composure?

By |2026-09-16T08:21:31+01:00September 30, 2025|Categories: Leadership questions|Tags: , , , |

Learn how to answer tough questions under pressure with clarity and confidence. A simple five-step approach to stay calm, connect, and lead.

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The Blind Spot of Leadership: Mastering Emotional Self-Awareness

By |2026-09-15T23:32:34+01:00September 27, 2025|Categories: Emotional Intelligence|Tags: , , , |

Emotional self-awareness is the starting point for emotional intelligence. This article explores what it is, why it matters for leadership and life, and offers eight practical exercises, from daily reflection to emotional mapping, that build deeper understanding of your inner world and its impact on others.

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How can I leave work at work without feeling guilty?

By |2026-11-07T00:46:32+00:00September 26, 2025|Categories: Leadership questions|Tags: , , , , , |

Leaders often ask, “How do I leave work at work?” This article explores boundaries, recovery, role transitions, autonomy, and resource management. Grounded in research and written with a reflective tone, it offers practical ways to switch off and reclaim balance without guilt.

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How can I say no at work without damaging relationships?

By |2026-08-20T18:40:00+01:00September 24, 2025|Categories: Leadership questions|Tags: , , , , , |

Saying no at work is not easy. Many of us keep saying yes out of habit or fear, but it leads to stress, burnout, and strained relationships. This post explores how to say no at work without damaging trust or respect, using a simple rhythm: acknowledge • pause • respond.

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How can I build trust at work? (Three Dimensions of Trust)

By |2026-11-06T18:40:17+00:00September 20, 2025|Categories: Leadership questions|Tags: , , , , |

Explore the three dimensions of trust; character, communication, and capability, with simple practices to strengthen collaboration and confidence at work.

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How can I stay resilient every day and keep my emotions in check as a leader?

By |2026-09-15T13:34:55+01:00September 14, 2025|Categories: Leadership questions|Tags: , , , , |

Resilient leaders are not born, they are built through daily practices that strengthen emotional self-regulation. From mindfulness and reflection to protecting boundaries and practising gratitude, leaders can create stability for themselves and their teams. This guide explores five proven strategies backed by research to help leaders stay composed, focused, and effective in the face of pressure.

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What should I do when an employee hates their job but won’t quit?

By |2026-09-15T13:38:18+01:00September 8, 2025|Categories: Leadership questions|Tags: , , , , , |

A team member dislikes their role but refuses to resign. As a leader, how do you respond? This article explores five research-based frameworks that explain why people stay unhappy in jobs and what you can do to re-engage them with meaning, trust, and choice.

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How can I lead people who are older and more experienced than me?

By |2026-11-06T18:40:06+00:00September 6, 2025|Categories: Leadership questions|Tags: , , , , |

Being promoted early can feel daunting when you are asked to lead older, more experienced colleagues. This article explores four proven psychological theories, impression management, social identity, leader–member exchange, and self-determination, that help young leaders show up with steadiness, build belonging, earn trust, and empower ownership.

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How can I lead when I disagree with decisions from above?

By |2026-08-19T16:06:00+01:00September 6, 2025|Categories: Leadership questions|Tags: , , , , , |

When senior leaders choose a path you would not, how do you respond without losing integrity or influence? This post explores evidence-based practices for regulating your reactions, acknowledging loss, practising self-compassion, reframing the situation, and grounding in values so you can lead with steadiness through disagreement.

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How can I lead with authority when I don’t have all the answers?

By |2026-08-19T16:05:00+01:00September 5, 2025|Categories: Leadership questions|Tags: , , , , , , |

How can you lead with authority when you don’t have all the answers? Drawing on behavioural science and self-stewardship, this article explores impostor phenomenon, self-compassion, growth mindset, tolerance of ambiguity, and narrative identity to help leaders stay steady and trusted in uncertainty.

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Why do my town halls (and webinars) fall flat?

By |2026-09-15T13:41:35+01:00September 1, 2025|Categories: Leadership questions|Tags: , , , , , , |

Town halls and webinars are efficient at spreading information but rarely build ownership. This article explores why big formats fall flat, using insights from behavioural science and group psychology. It also shows how to redesign gatherings, physical or virtual, so people co-create meaning, commit to action, and leave with a sense of shared ownership rather than passive compliance.

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What should I do in the first 60 days of leading leaders?

By |2026-09-15T13:42:49+01:00August 31, 2025|Categories: Leadership questions|Tags: , , , , , |

Stepping into a role leading leaders is one of the toughest transitions in management. This 60-day plan offers research-backed guidance on how to listen, build trust, create alignment, and empower your leadership team, setting a foundation for performance and culture that lasts well beyond the early weeks.

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I have just been made a team leader — where do I start? A 60-day plan for new leaders

By |2026-09-15T13:46:05+01:00August 31, 2025|Categories: Leadership questions|Tags: , , , , |

Just promoted to team leader? Your first 60 days set the tone for trust and performance. This guide offers a practical roadmap in four 15-day phases, balancing early wins with building a culture of belonging and accountability.

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How can I handle a toxic but talented employee at work?

By |2026-09-15T13:46:41+01:00August 30, 2025|Categories: Leadership questions|Tags: , , , , , |

What do you do when one of your top performers is also the most toxic presence on your team? This article explores five leadership lenses that reveal the hidden costs, relational fractures, and cultural risks of tolerating toxicity, and offers practical moves to protect trust, balance results, and safeguard the future of your team

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How do I respond when a team member goes to peers first instead of me?

By |2026-11-06T18:40:00+00:00August 29, 2025|Categories: Leadership questions|Tags: , , , |

What should you do when a team member goes to peers first instead of you? It can feel like being bypassed, but it is also a signal worth listening to. This article explores what it really means, why people turn sideways before up, and how leaders can respond with trust rather than defensiveness.

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How can I create a positive climate for organisational change?

By |2026-09-15T13:49:05+01:00August 29, 2025|Categories: Leadership questions|Tags: , , , , , , |

Organisational climate is the “everyday weather” of work that shapes whether change efforts succeed or fail. Unlike culture, climate can shift quickly and leaders play a decisive role in creating clarity, trust, fairness, and psychological safety. This article explores six facets and five levers leaders can use to build a true climate for change.

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How can I deal with a team member who is always complaining?

By |2026-09-16T21:26:37+01:00August 27, 2025|Categories: Leadership questions|Tags: , , , |

Complaints are part of every workplace, but when one person constantly complains, it can drain energy, damage trust and undermine performance. This guide explores why people complain and how leaders can respond in ways that build ownership, accountability and engagement rather than defensiveness.

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How can I help a team member receive feedback without getting defensive?

By |2026-11-06T18:39:58+00:00August 25, 2025|Categories: Leadership questions|Tags: , , , , |

Defensiveness can derail feedback conversations. This article explores why people react defensively, what behavioural science reveals, and how leaders can respond. From practical models to self-awareness practices, discover strategies to turn defensiveness into growth, build psychological safety, and create a culture where feedback strengthens rather than divides.

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How do I support mental wellbeing while maintaining performance?

By |2026-09-15T13:53:31+01:00August 23, 2025|Categories: Leadership questions|Tags: , , , , , , |

Discover how workplace wellbeing drives sustainable organisational performance. Explore behavioural, systemic, and relational strategies to prevent burnout, boost engagement, and build resilient, human-centred workplaces.

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How do I lead people from different cultures?

By |2026-11-06T18:39:52+00:00August 20, 2025|Categories: Leadership questions|Tags: , , , |

Leading across cultures means adapting to very different expectations about communication, feedback, leadership, and time. Drawing on Erin Meyer’s Culture Map, this article explains the eight dimensions of cultural difference and offers practical tips and reflective questions for managers of global teams. By developing cultural intelligence, leaders can turn diversity into a strength and build more effective, collaborative teams.

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How can leaders say no without damaging relationships?

By |2026-09-15T13:57:41+01:00August 19, 2025|Categories: Leadership questions|Tags: , , |

Many leaders struggle to say no without upsetting others. This article explores why saying no feels so hard, how culture shapes our responses, and practical strategies to set boundaries while preserving trust and respect.

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How to run an Appreciative Inquiry Summit: A guide to whole-system, strengths-based change

By |2026-09-15T14:01:00+01:00August 11, 2025|Categories: Large group methods|Tags: , , , , , |

An Appreciative Inquiry Summit brings the whole system together to imagine its best future and design strengths-based change. This guide explains how to run an AI Summit and turn large gatherings into spaces of shared vision and committed action.

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How to run an Open Space: A guide to hosting self-organising meetings

By |2026-01-11T19:23:25+00:00August 11, 2025|Categories: Large group methods|Tags: , , , , , , |

Discover how to run an Open Space: a dynamic large-group facilitation method that hands the agenda to participants and sparks self-organising action. This practical guide explains the process, principles, hosting tips, and real-world examples so you can create events where energy, ownership, and collaboration thrive.

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Visual Hub

By |2026-11-07T11:59:50+00:00April 13, 2020|Categories: Sketchnotes, Web Resource|Tags: , , , |

This web page has been designed to hold all of the links and resources from earlier posts around graphic facilitation. If you have any resources you think I should add, please do reach out via a post below or a message via twitter / facebook or LinkedIn. You can also email me! The resources on this page are in no [...]

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Twitter for facilitators

By |2026-01-11T19:22:44+00:00April 12, 2020|Categories: Facilitation|Tags: |

As International Facilitation Week ramps up, I wanted to contribute by trying to connect more facilitators globally together through Twitter. In order to do this, I thought I would share my experience of Twitter by creating this short Frequently Asked Questions guide.  Its aim is to help facilitators understand what twitter is and how you they can leverage its use:  1) [...]

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AID feedback model: a simple way to give clear, confident feedback

By |2026-10-17T12:18:53+01:00March 21, 2020|Categories: Executive Coaching, Feedback|Tags: , , |

Feedback is one of the most powerful tools a leader has, yet it is also one of the most misused. The AID feedback model offers a simple, practical framework for giving clear, respectful and effective feedback that builds ownership, reflection and real performance improvement.

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Online facilitation – Tips for participants

By |2026-01-11T19:22:44+00:00March 20, 2020|Categories: Facilitation|Tags: , , , |

I am currently involved in helping a range of clients shift their facilitated meetings and training courses to online. Online facilitation can be more effective and productive if everyone is focused and making the best use of technology. Here are 10 tips I have prepared for those being a participant on a live virtual delivery session. 1. Maximise bandwidth - switch [...]

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