20 Sep
Why We Built WorkSparks — And Why I’m Looking For Someone to Build It With Me
I’ve spent 35 years in leadership. Coaching CEOs. Working with HR executives. Developing frontline leaders and emerging talent across industries, organisations, and countries. And in all of that time, across thousands of conversations, I’ve noticed something that nobody really talks
18 Sep
Ten Leaders, One Budget: How to Make Leadership Development Actually Stick
Here is a scene I have watched play out for close to twenty years. An organisation books a two-day leadership workshop. The room is good. The catering is fine. People laugh, they do the exercises, and they fill in the
11 Sep
How to Spot a Great Leader — and Why the Best Ones Aren’t at the Top
Courage over charisma. Character over confidence. Evidence over ego. Most people go looking for great leaders in the wrong place — upwards. If you want to know how to spot a great leader, stop scanning the executive floor and start
25 Aug
The ninety seconds nobody trains you for
Why I built Worksparks, and why it’s on Indiegogo right now. There’s a moment that happens at work that no training program has ever really covered. You’re standing outside a room. In ninety seconds you have to tell someone something
03 Aug
Stop Promoting Half-Humans Into Whole-Human Jobs
We keep doing it. Someone is brilliant at the technical work. The best engineer. The sharpest accountant. The lawyer who never loses. The salesperson who smashes every target. So we promote them. Into a job that isn’t technical at all.
25 Jul
Dear Sonia: I’m a Single Mum and a Career Woman—and I’m Drowning.
THE EMAIL THAT LANDED IN MY INBOX Dear Sonia, I’m a single mum with two kids and a career I’ve worked really hard for. On paper, I’m doing fine — good job, kids fed, bills (mostly) paid. But honestly? I’m