Blog & articles

14 min read

Most leadership development looks brilliant on paper and changes almost nothing in practice. The content is rarely the problem. The failure is structural, in how programs are bought, delivered and supported. This piece walks through what fails, why, and the questions to ask before you fund another program. For HR leaders, L&D buyers, and anyone tired of watching workshops fade by Friday.

5 min read

AI has decoupled the work from the worker. A junior now produces what once signalled ten years of experience, and the old shortcut for reading capability no longer holds. Leading well means judging the work and the person as two separate questions.

11 min read

Reputation is built from how others experience you, not what you intend. Here is what closes the gap, and why it matters more now.

13 mins

Personality tests describe who you think you are. Known By Name describes how others experience you. One sits in a drawer. The other shapes how far you go.

6 min read

After 25 years buying L&D at SEEK, Westpac, Vodafone, News Ltd, PepsiCo and Caltex, Rob Yarham shares what separates programmes that stick from the ones that quietly fade.

18 min read

How to run the performance review you have to run in June, and how to coach across the year so the next one is easier.