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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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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