Writing
On governance, risk and the evidence.
13 pieces on the duty to assess work-related stress, what boards are actually responsible for, and how to buy coaching and advisory work well. Every factual claim carries a source, and the ones that could not be sourced have been taken out.
Latest — Wellbeing
When an Organisation Needs a Wellbeing Audit
Running wellbeing programmes without knowing whether they work is the common case. When an audit is the right answer, and what one involves.
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Wellbeing
Wellbeing Governance: Why Boards Need a Strategy
Wellbeing has left HR's remit and become a governance question with consequences for risk, performance and resilience. Why it cannot be delegated.
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Wellbeing
Mental Health Governance: Board Responsibilities
Mental health is a board matter, not an HR one: legal duties, material risk and strategic exposure. What oversight looks like in practice.
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Executive coaching
Leadership Coaching: Founders vs Corporate Executives
A founder and a corporate executive face different problems, so the coaching that serves one can fail the other. How to tell which applies.
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Executive coaching
How to Choose an Executive Coach
An executive coach costs time and candour as well as fees. What to ask before appointing one, and the signals that separate the credible.
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Board advisory
How to Become a Non-Executive Director
What a first NED appointment actually requires: the experience boards look for, how candidates position it, and where the openings are found.
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Executive coaching
Executive Presence: What It Changes, and When to Buy It
Executive presence can be developed, which makes it a training decision rather than a hiring one. What it changes, and when it is worth buying.
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Executive coaching
Executive Coaching vs Executive Mentoring
Coaching asks; mentoring tells. Two different relationships, two different uses, and the cost of commissioning one when the other was needed.
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Executive coaching
Executive Coaching vs Leadership Coaching
The two are sold interchangeably and are not the same purchase. What each one addresses, who it suits, and how to tell which a leader needs.
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Executive coaching
Executive Coaching for New CEOs: The First 100 Days
The step to CEO differs in kind from every previous promotion. Why the first hundred days decide the tenure, and where coaching changes the outcome.
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Wellbeing
The Business Case for Workplace Wellbeing
Wellbeing reaches the board as a cost line and leaves as a risk. What the absence, turnover and productivity figures actually support.
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Board advisory
Board Performance: What Makes an Effective Board
Most boards evaluate themselves without improving. What separates a high-performing board from one completing a compliance exercise.
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Board advisory
Board Advisor vs Non-Executive Director
A Non-Executive Director carries statutory duties; a board advisor does not. Which one an organisation needs, and what the choice says about its governance.