Let me save you the suspense: the Manchester Inc. study found that executive coaching delivers an average return of 529% on investment. The ICF Global Coaching Study and MetrixGlobal Associates report similar figures. If those numbers alone were enough to convince...
When power remains, but consent dissolves I recently read an article on Time that described a situation both disturbing and increasingly familiar. It outlined a presidency that generates global tension on an almost daily basis. A leader who, in the eyes of roughly...
And why that is exactly where its strength lies There is a recurring impulse to frame leadership as something spiritual. The greater the responsibility, the stronger the urge to surround it with concepts such as awareness, purpose, calling, or even enlightenment. In...
Why Management-Level “Leadership” Breaks Down Across Europe and beyond, a new form of local boldness is widely applauded. Media outlets highlight mayors who challenge extremism, reshape cities, and forge international partnerships to address housing shortages or...
Why Collectives Endure Falsehood and Dysfunction I found myself once again genuinely unsettled by Donald J. Trump’s appearance in Davos. Years ago, Walter Isaacson famously described what he called a Reality Distortion Field surrounding Steve Jobs: an ability to bend...
When Care for the Other Becomes Destructive I have written often about leadership and have consistently stressed the importance of reciprocity. Functional leadership depends on mutuality: the capacity to connect without self-erasure, to influence without merging, to...
