Journal
Essays on executive leadership, strategic clarity, and the discipline of senior decision-making.
July 23, 2026
Why the most indispensable leaders often get passed over for promotion, and the succession test that reveals whether you have built a team or a dependency.
July 22, 2026
Why strong leaders often build cultures where honest feedback is impossible, and the six signs your team is performing honesty rather than practising it.
July 9, 2026
Leading 600 people across Canada at Sotheby's taught me the three human skills no tool can replicate: creative taste, lived experience, and authentic storytelling.
Why productive anxiety-the specific discomfort of knowing what you've chosen not to do-is one of the most reliable signals that your focus is actually working.
July 2, 2026
Most executive burnout is not from overwork. It is from being promoted away from work that once gave you energy.
June 25, 2026
Leading 600 independent contractors at Sotheby's taught me what hostage negotiators have known for decades: persuasion beats authority every time.
June 16, 2026
Why balance is the wrong frame, and the integration model that actually works for executives.
June 13, 2026
Three years chasing rock stardom, a taxi to pay the rent, and the lived experience no MBA or AI tool can replicate.
June 9, 2026
Why high performance alone won't get you promoted-and the 10 executive readiness competencies decision-makers actually evaluate when filling senior roles.
June 4, 2026
The behaviours AI is exposing-low trust, weak collaboration, reluctance to admit what you don't know-were always quietly limiting teams. The machine just made them impossible to ignore.
June 2, 2026
The five genuinely human leadership capabilities AI cannot replicate-and the development framework for redesigning your role around what will actually matter.
May 19, 2026
Why high-performing leaders become bottlenecks through 'Answer Addiction'-and the 4-level Question Architecture that multiplies your team's collective intelligence.
May 5, 2026
Why 84% of leaders show no improvement after coaching-and the discovery-driven approach that builds leadership operating systems that actually create change.
April 28, 2026
AI isn't replacing strategic thinking; it's eliminating the energy drains that prevent leaders from accessing their highest-value contributions.
April 21, 2026
Letting opportunities drive strategy kills businesses. Here's the Strategy-First Framework that helps leaders filter opportunities through strategic clarity.
April 14, 2026
The answer isn't willpower. It's a diagnostic error. Here's the COM-B framework for systematic behavior change.
April 7, 2026
Talented professionals fear that saying no is career suicide while leaders unconsciously reward 24/7 availability. Here's the Strategic No Framework.
March 10, 2026
How strategic questions-not better arguments-create real consensus in leadership teams.
October 28, 2025
When endless coaching becomes an excuse for avoiding hard conversations, your high performers are the ones who pay—and leave.
October 21, 2025
No nation sends a team to the Olympics hoping to place somewhere in the middle. Why do leaders settle for participation-level performance?
October 7, 2025
Twelve lies that quietly trap high-performing leaders, and the truths that set them free.
September 4, 2025
Break free from the someday syndrome that keeps leaders postponing life for milestones that always move just out of reach.
July 15, 2025
The Consistency Effect just hit #1 on Amazon. The lessons inside could transform how you think about building lasting success.
July 10, 2025
Surprise terminations are leadership failures. A framework for posting the warning signs employees deserve to see.
