Employee engagement and retention remain critical challenges for organizations striving to thrive in today’s rapidly evolving work environment. Senior leaders play a crucial role in creating a culture where their teams feel valued, recognized, and motivated to excel. One of the most effective yet often overlooked strategies to achieve this...

As a CEO, you’re no stranger to the pressure to maintain a high-performance environment. However, emotional resilience is a crucial component of leadership that often gets overlooked when pursuing success. In today’s fast-paced, high-stakes corporate world, ensuring your team is emotionally resilient is just as important as meeting financial targets. It’s...

Not all big-bet decisions can make or break your organisation, but they are, by definition, significant. They are not for the faint of heart, but they're essential for driving growth and staying ahead in today's competitive landscape. So, what separates the visionaries from the also-rans? The answer lies in three...

If we learn to hold better ‘normal’ conversations then we’re less likely to have to hold the ‘difficult’ ones.  The First Officer came up to me, coffee in hand, and one for me. Unexpected. Very generous. That’s him. We were about to depart on our 9 hour international flight, 300...

The two experienced Airline Captains, both senior managers, retired at around the same time. 40 years is a long time in any career, let alone one like this that involves so much critical interaction with others, and therefore with lots of opportunity to cement one’s status and reputation. And lock...

Self-awareness is often referred to as the cornerstone of personal growth and fulfillment, but the journey to understanding oneself can feel like traversing a labyrinth with no clear path forward. It becomes even more challenging because most of us genuinely believe we are self-aware, when in reality, we are far...

You’ve probably heard that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single footstep. At a&o Hostels, our journey of scaling our operation to become of the first net-zero hospitality brands in Europe began a decade ago with an examination of our carbon footprint. As founder and CEO of...

"Everyone is tested by life, but only a few extract strength and wisdom from their most trying experiences. They're the ones we call leaders." — Warren G. Bennis & Robert J. Thomas. Under extreme heat and pressure, carbon atoms form diamonds in the rough deep within the Earth's mantle. The...

In both our personal and professional lives, we're constantly striving towards goals. We fixate on outcomes - the sales figures, the profit margins, even our own weight. These tangible results are what keep us up at night, the metrics by which we measure success. But what if I told you...