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When Executive Coaching Pays Back, and When It Doesn't
Article 9 May 2026 · 6 min read

When Executive Coaching Pays Back, and When It Doesn't

Coaching shows up in budgets as a development line. The buyers who ask "what's the ROI?" rarely get a defensible answer back.

Executive coaching Value creation
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How to Have the Right Board Conversation About AI
Article 11 December 2025 · 3 min read

How to Have the Right Board Conversation About AI

The CFO opens the AI agenda item with the same question the board has heard for two years. What is the ROI on this AI tool? It is the wrong question.

AI and automation Board
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The Six Numbers That Drive Profit in Professional Services
Article 1 September 2025 · 9 min read

The Six Numbers That Drive Profit in Professional Services

A professional services firm can be busy, fully staffed, and winning work while quietly destroying its own margin. Six numbers, reviewed together every week, change that.

Professional services Profit drivers
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Building the Operating Model for the Next Stage of Growth
Article 15 August 2025 · 6 min read

Building the Operating Model for the Next Stage of Growth

Most growing services firms run on a founder's instincts, not a designed operating model. The fragility only shows when scale exposes it.

Operating models Professional services Leadership teams Value creation
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The Silent Killers of Change Programmes
Article 1 May 2025 · 6 min read

The Silent Killers of Change Programmes

Change programmes rarely fail on strategy. They unravel because of the things no one names. Five silent killers, and what good leaders do about them.

Transformation Change leadership Leadership teams
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Why Charisma Doesn't Build a Business That Lasts
Article 1 April 2025 · 5 min read

Why Charisma Doesn't Build a Business That Lasts

A charismatic leader builds a following. Followings scatter when the leader leaves. What lasts is a system. The shift from rockstar to conductor.

Leadership teams Operating models Succession
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Values With Verbs
Article 15 March 2025 · 5 min read

Values With Verbs

If your team can't recite your company values, they aren't guiding decisions. The fix is to give values behaviour. A litmus test and a process.

Leadership teams Culture Transformation
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