The Powering Through Myth Why High Effort Doesn’t Equal Strategic Success I was parachuted into a retail business that was losing hundreds of millions. The entire team was working like machines. Endless meetings. Reams of analysis. Everyone exhausted. Everyone “powering through.” And no one could see the wood from the trees. The business had imported […]
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Why the Answer Isn’t Out There Reconnecting Leaders to the Wisdom They Already Possess I was recruited as part of a turnaround team under private equity. I was young and seduced by the money. Lots of really good people were recruited to the business. The promise was clear: fix this, make it work, get rewarded.
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The Immutable Compass Why Every Leader Needs a Personal Governance Ethos to Veto Bad Decisions You know the moment. The spreadsheet says one thing. The political pressure says another. Your gut is screaming a third option entirely. And somewhere in that chaos, you’re supposed to make a decision that won’t destroy everything you’ve built. I
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The Capacity Crisis Why Burnout Isn’t Personal, But a Failure of Executive Design I. Burnout as a Strategic Failure Every executive has been there: the 3am email. The weekend deck revision. The board meeting where you can’t remember what you just said. You’re moving fast, but you’re not thinking clearly. You tell yourself this is
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