Blog & articles

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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.

11 min read

Business acumen is the foundation for being genuinely strategic. Learn the eight interconnected areas that shift how you're perceived: from someone who executes well to someone who thinks strategically.

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.

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The skills that earned you the promotion are not the ones the job now runs on. A four-stage guide to what a newly promoted manager needs to build in themselves, from the identity shift to the presence that gets them trusted with more.

13 min read

Almost nobody builds their own team. Taking over an existing one is the default condition of management. Five fair-first moves for the first 90 days, what changes with a struggling team or a harsh predecessor, and the two clocks deciding when the team becomes yours.

14 min read

Leadership team misalignment rarely looks like conflict. It looks like agreement, while three leaders quietly run three different plans. A clear look at what misalignment really is, what it costs, and how real alignment gets built.