Dec 15, 2025
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7 min read
The Emotionally Intelligent Leader Series Episode 1/5: Self Awareness. It isn’t reflection after the meeting. It’s noticing the moment that decides it.
Leadership
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Dec 8, 2025
8 min read
How to lead your teams better by facing the inner battles, blind spots, and emotional patterns every leader encounters daily.
Dec 1, 2025
6 min read
A story about grief, stillness, and the quiet lessons that make us better leaders.
Nov 24, 2025
11 min read
Teams rarely break loudly. They drift quietly. Here’s the model (and the mindset) that keeps them healthy.
In the age of AI, your people management & soft skills that will lift your career. Learn the models, theories & frameworks in a weekly 5min read
Oct 6, 2025
Diagnose and fix the 5 common dysfunctions and get to high performance
Why even superheroes fall apart without vulnerability-based trust.
Broken team series part 2/5. Fear of conflict feels safe, but it quietly destroys teams. Learn how to turn tension into trust and disagreement into performance.
Broken team series part 3/5. The third dysfunction that breaks teams, and how clarity, not consensus, brings momentum back.
Broken team series part 4/5. The fourth dysfunction that breaks teams, and how ownership, not comfort, brings excellence back.
Broken team series part 5/5. The fifth dysfunction in Patrick Lencioni’s model, explained through Thor’s journey from ego to purpose.
3 Ways to fix this
Trust
A powerful lesson for managers, from Warren G’s classic track.
Emotional Intelligence
New Leadership Role? Nail it with these 3 Big Ideas.
New job. New city. New toast, slightly less burnt. Here’s how I rebalanced my life with "help" from Homer Simpson.
Wheel of Life
Moving to Cape Town forced me to swap nights for dawns. And I'm loving it.
A mindset for dealing with one of life's most stressful situations - relocating.
The secret to happiness and success?
Maxwell's 5 Levels - what level leader are you?