by admin | Apr 20, 2026 | Leadership
There is a feeling I have been sitting with the past few weeks that I think a lot of leaders are carrying right now but are not naming. It is not dread exactly. It is more like a low hum. A readiness to run that never quite resolves into running. The Iran war, rising...
by admin | Apr 9, 2026 | Leadership
There is a particular kind of brand equity that cannot be bought. It is built slowly, across decades, through repetition and familiarity, through the smell of something cooking, a carton on a childhood breakfast table, a flavour that tastes, inexplicably, like home....
by admin | Mar 30, 2026 | Leadership
There is a quiet problem building inside your team right now. It isn’t a performance issue. It isn’t a communication breakdown and it isn’t anything that will show up in a quarterly review. It is the AI tool they open every morning, agree with every...
by admin | Mar 16, 2026 | Leadership
Everyone is talking about psychological safety. Most of them are talking about it wrong. Since Google’s Project Aristotle identified it as the single most important factor in high-performing teams, psychological safety has become one of HR’s most-cited...
by admin | Mar 2, 2026 | Leadership
Most performance challenges at work aren’t character flaws. They’re nervous system patterns. When someone procrastinates, reacts defensively, struggles to focus, or feels constantly tired, it’s often biology at play. Understanding the brain doesn’t remove...
by admin | Feb 4, 2026 | Leadership
Reflections on the McLean & Company HR Trends Report 2026 Organisations are living through one of the most intense eras of change in decades. AI adoption is accelerating, business models are evolving, employee expectations shift faster than policies can be...
