Discover Insight

High IQ isn’t enough—leaders need EQ too. Without empathy and awareness, smart leaders still fail.

Leaders often avoid tough talks, overthinking the discomfort. But leading means facing them head-on.

“Management” and “leadership” aren’t the same—being senior doesn’t make you a leader, and title alone doesn’t define impact.

“Jackie Weaver, no authority at all!”—the Handforth Parish Council is a prime example of team dysfunction.

The biggest challenge for UK scale-ups? Leadership—promoting unready staff or hiring externally risks cultural costs.

A team member’s constant lateness is causing tension—but you keep avoiding the conversation. It’s time to speak up.

You’re a founder of a start-up that’s beginning to scale up. You’ve achieved product market fit and raised significant capital.

Drowning in the daily grind and no time to think big? You’re not alone—many CEOs face the same struggle.

Appraisal season hits, memory fails, boxes get ticked—and nothing really changes. The system’s still broken.

Do we need a CFO? It depends on your financial complexity, growth goals, and team capability.

You can’t create motivation, but you can kill it. Step one: don’t demotivate—then focus on inspiring your team.

By the time a company hits 70 people, most founder-CEO meetings have devolved into status-update theatre. A Level 10 meeting