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What CEOs Lose when they automate roles of their most faithful ‘inner office’ colleagues

Behind every effective leader is someone holding the threads together - the executive assistant, the chief of staff, general counsel, and the company secretary. They aren’t just organisers, governance…

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Why being a Beautiful Leader matters

Beautiful Leaders provide clarity, give purpose to collaboration, are the real deal, they inspire, clear obstacles by serving others, listen deeply, execute fully, empower, lead with empathy, practise…

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Why the ‘Accidental Manager’ Keeps Failing Us

Across industries, people are often promoted for what or who they know and what they have achieved - not how they lead. Nor are they supported in leadership discipline when they get there. Experts be…

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Conscious Unbossing

Dawn has worked in hierarchical and collaborative leadership structures for close to 30 years, where long-term tenure and elevation through the ranks was a measure of loyalty and success, and served a…

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05
The Founder’s Challenge - Passing the Baton On

Founder's Syndrome, the phenomenon where a founder's disproportionate power and influence in a company hinders its growth and leads to operational problems.  Left unnoticed and unchecked, it repels t…

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“To AI or not, is that the question?”

Automation promises efficiency, but it also amplifies the culture that builds it. As companies rush to adopt AI, many are missing the ethical question at the centre: not “Can we replace people,” but “…

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Empathy in Professionalism – is it in focus?

Professionals are set apart from those they serve and advise. They are subject to standards and rigour beyond the client’s business ethics policy or company values – governing bodies and regulators en…

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