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I almost didn't post this article. Too controversial. Too likely to offend brilliant executives. If you feel uncomfortable reading it, it's probably the article you most need right now. I am not here to make you wrong for your brilliance. I am here to say there is a way out of your current situation. It requires some deep inner work, and the results are astounding. Before we jump into the article the image above is the closest I could find to Teddy Swims. I am going Teddy cra

We are living in troubled times with multiple world crises: environmental collapse, geo-political instability, economic fragility, technological disruption, global health threats, social fragmentation, food and water scarcity, refugee displacement, governance deficit, education and skills deficits, and aging populations. And worse still, we're facing what systems theorists call a "polycrisis": these multiple crises interact to create emergent risks greater than the sum of the

The corner office has never been lonelier, or more dangerous to mental health. While organisations invest billions in leadership development, executive mental health has reached crisis levels. This isn't anecdotal. The data from global research institutions and consultancies paints a concerning picture of the psychological toll of senior leadership. The Scale of the Problem Deloitte's Executive Wellbeing Survey, conducted in partnership with Workplace Intelligence (2022), sur

One executive's journey home: from final warning to peaceful presence. Picture this: A senior executive, Marcus, receives a final written warning. Multiple complaints. Zero specifics. "Fear of reprisal," they said. Meanwhile, his father's dead. His marriage recently ended. A close friend lost to suicide. And he's supposed to perform flawlessly in high-stakes meetings without missing a beat. This is what conscious leadership actually looks like. The messy before. The breakdown

There is a particular kind of person I was born to work with. I call them brilliant exceeders. You know who they are. They're the ones leading 40,000 staff. The twenty-year veterans who built empires through sheer force of intelligence, discipline, and an almost supernatural ability to outperform everyone around them. The CPOs. The CEOs. The senior executives whose names sit on succession plans for the very top roles in Fortune 500 companies. They are extraordinary. And they

When I asked one of my clients what his number one goal was for the year ahead, his answer surprised me. Not a bigger budget. Not a promotion. Not a flashy new initiative. "I want to be invisible," he said. He didn't mean he wanted to disappear. He continued, "If I do my job right, I shouldn't be needed, at least not for the day-to-day. My team should have the skills, the confidence, and the clarity to say, "This is the way we're going to move forward," without looking to me