Leaders need recognition too
My regional directors told me the forum had become too heavy. An independent coach heard something else, and one of them later said it to my face.
“You have not praised us enough.”Read the piece →
How decisions actually get made
Notes from inside the room.
The arguments, trade-offs and quiet shifts that happen before a decision becomes official.
One substantial letter a month. No sequence. No pitch.
Leading through change
In 2014 I had an answer ready for every question in a regional director interview except one. Twelve years on, it was the most useful question in that room.
“How settled you are shapes how well you lead, in a new role, a new place, a new culture.”
Read the piece ↗01 The decision as it was experienced
02 The counter-argument that nearly won
03 The question that remains open
From the desk
My regional directors told me the forum had become too heavy. An independent coach heard something else, and one of them later said it to my face.
“You have not praised us enough.”Read the piece →
Who it is for
Two to five years inA target lands. The reasoning arrives as a slide, if it arrives at all.
Running a teamYour people ask why. The honest answer is that nobody told you either.
Just took something biggerThe org chart is no longer a reliable map of how the work happens.
The monthly letter
The longer argument, the reading behind it and the working notes that do not fit anywhere else.
One email a month. Leave whenever you like.
Office hours
A decision you are stuck inside, a plan you cannot defend, or a team moving through a change nobody has explained. Two conversations most weeks.
Find a time →