- My first ever journal entry, aged 7.

“Will we make payroll for 100 people this month?”
No one prepared me for this.

At the time, it felt like a disaster.

I looked down at the sponge and thought: that used to be me.
I used to say yes to everything.

Once they get in they will corrode your culture.

Without real 360 feedback, most leaders are flying blind — and don’t even know it.

I was reminded of it in two very different ways recently…

When I coach leaders facing the early signs of burnout, we start by slowing down and getting curious.

It’s one of the hardest questions a leader can face.

That feeling around 6 or 7pm on a Sunday...

For years, I thought being a great leader meant being the fixer, being the hero.

That first entrepreneurial instinct gave me a buzz I’d never forget.

Have you ever lost a key sponsor or power base?
What did it teach you about navigating influence?

I never expected that the higher up I got, the lonelier it would feel.

And then, life threw me a curveball…