Book Club: Atomic Habits by James Clear

The 1:1 Isn't a Status Update

What it's actually for, and how the best leaders use it.

Book Club: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Why character beats technique every time

The Cost of Never Admitting It

What burnout does to your judgement long before anyone notices.

Book Club: Legacy by James Kerr

What the All Blacks can teach us about the business of life

The Popularity Trap

What happens when being liked becomes more important than being right.

Book Club: Multipliers by Liz Wiseman

How the best leaders make everyone around them smarter

The Leader Who Couldn't Let Go

Why micromanagement feels like control and functions like the opposite.

Letting Go of Someone You Never Wanted to Lose

The hardest conversations aren't with your worst performers. They're with your best ones.

Your Slides Won't Win the Business Case

Preparation, not presentation, is what earns executive buy-in.

Fix the behaviour, not the number

Why chasing the score never works, and what actually closes the gap

Transitioning from IC to Leader

Navigating the transition of being a IC and doing the work, to managing the ICs that do the work.

How I learnt to provide feedback that lands, not bounces.

The smartest thing you can do for your team is tell them the truth early. Here's how to do it well.

Your secret weapon for influence and impact...

Why mastering the STAR method makes you a better leader.

What if I told you, your most important relationship at work isn't with your team?

Why 90% of leaders neglect managing up, and the 3 moves that fix it.

You hired the wrong person. Here is why it happened before the interview started.

Three principles, a hiring brief template, and a one-page scorecard to hire with more precision and less regret.

Sunday Signals: one book, one visual, and one question

Why AI fluency without AI leverage is just speed, and how to build the kind that compounds

Leveraging AI tools to amplify your impact and the impact of your team on the business

Sunday Signals: one book, one visual, and one question

Prevention over Cure

Be in the business of prevention not cure.

Sunday Signals: one book, one visual, and one question

Negotiating Your Value

Benefits and salary.

Sunday Signals: one book, one visual, and one question

The hard conversation you've been avoiding

Why difficult feedback fails, and how to deliver it without losing the person

Sunday Signals: one book, one visual, and one question