The legibility gap: why capable people are often overlooked
One of the enduring myths of professional life is that presence belongs to a fortunate few. We talk about it...
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Before Executive Presence: What the Ursulines Understood About Human Development
Long before executive presence became a leadership competency, some educational institutions were already teaching its foundations. They simply used different...
Visibility Is Not Development: A Letter from a Former High Flyer
Among the many conversations I have had this year about leadership and visibility, one stands apart. It came in the...
What Becomes Visible: Five Patterns From My Image Conversations
At the heart of every meaningful conversation lies a signal. During the first half of 2026, a series of Image...
Design the Leader First: Why Identity Is a Founder’s First Asset
If I had to offer one piece of advice to any woman standing at the threshold of entrepreneurship, irrespective of...
Is there one decision that improves diversity at the top?
When leaders are asked how to improve diversity at the top, the answers tend to cluster around development: more training,...
Rethinking co‑operation: the smartest relationship in modern leadership
As organisations grapple with the accelerating demands of AI‑enabled work, co‑operation is becoming an essential capability rather than a cultural...
When the Games End and Real Lessons Begin: A Story from the Italian Alps
The closing ceremony of the Olympics is always a kind of global exhale: a feast of light, sound and human...
When Technology Moves Faster than We Do
AI has become an almost ambient presence in our working lives. New tools arrive so frequently that the ground rarely...
The Power of Choice: Navigating Ageism with Conviction
For many, the story of midlife career change is one of necessity—a reaction to redundancy, burnout, or the slow squeeze...