How to build vital space for recovery into your change plans

November 8, 2023

It’s vital that we have space to recover during and after significant events and project and programme milestones. This space can help us regroup, learn and stay galvanised for whatever the next steps might be.

Start your change with the end in mind and keep everyone’s frustration down

November 1, 2023

A customer and employee experience of a big change that doesn’t go quite right can have real impacts on an organisation’s bottom line. But by starting to think about change with the end in mind and before you get started, can make all the difference.

Are you communicating what people really need to do their jobs?

October 10, 2023

What do you think are the important messages that leaders need to communicate to their teams? Do they match what teams feel are important? And if there’s a gap, what can you do to close it?

Three things to consider when you need to call time on change

October 3, 2023

Sometimes, large projects or programmes have to stop before they’ve finished. There are a myriad of things to consider when this happens, not least the impact on people. Here are three things that spring to mind, prompted by the changes to the UK’s High Speed 2 (HS2) plans.

When influence matters so much more than authority

Feb 20, 2026

Change, Leadership, Communication, Resilience

When influence matters so much more than authority

When uncertainty is everywhere, it can feel easy to share messages and assume that everyone has taken the same interpretation of what you’ve said. But when you get a team together, it can often become very clear that everyone has a different view of the same thing - and that means they can’t move forward. Influence and giving people the space to make sense of things together, can make a big difference in understanding how and where different perspectives are having an impact.

It's not generations that cause problems in change – assumptions do

Feb 7, 2026

Change, Communicating Change, Leadership

It's not generations that cause problems in change – assumptions do

When we need to introduce tricky change and it doesn’t land how we’d like, we can sometimes blame generational differences. But there’s so much more to consider than age when we want to deliver successful change that supports and doesn’t alienate people.

Davos, leadership capacity and a different world order

Jan 23, 2026

Change, Leadership, Values, Resilience

Davos, leadership capacity and a different world order

The year has started with some pretty seismic events at this year’s World Economic Forum, which has clearly signalled a change in our world order. Considering what this means for leaders - and especially their capacity to navigate an increasingly unpredictable landscape - brings ideas that might feel ‘over there’ a little closer to home.

A steady start to the new year is always better than a perfect one

Jan 9, 2026

Leadership, Resilience

A steady start to the new year is always better than a perfect one

January often seems busy and noisy, full of new resolutions and big intentions. But for many leaders in this first week back at work, it’s less about momentum and more about starting steadily and making sure the right things are in place.

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