As we move into the final quarter of the year, the pressure is building for many organisations. There are targets to meet, projects to deliver, budgets to finalise and plans for the year ahead to put in place. For leaders and their teams, it can be one of the most demanding periods of the year.
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I’m preparing for a keynote at the CXO Summit, and with just 25 minutes on stage, I’ve been thinking carefully about which part of the Cadence Approach will be most valuable to the C-suite leaders in the room. I’ve decided to focus on Prepare. As we head into the final quarter of the year, many
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I’ve had a big week. There have been some brilliant presentations, a global broadcast, the Business Book Awards, where Sustain came close, but no cigar, and plenty of conversations with people along the way. And one idea has come up repeatedly. When I’ve spoken to delegates after keynotes, or explained a little more about the
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This week I am exploring what I think is the missing piece in workplace wellbeing. Inspired by a number of conversations I have had recently with organisations, and the same topic has come up time and again. That is Agency. On briefing calls, leaders are telling me they want their people to feel more ownership
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For many people, the summer provides an opportunity to slow down a bit. You may have a holiday planned or simply a few quieter days. Whatever time you have available, try not to underappreciate its value. It can be tempting to fill our breaks with activity, remain loosely connected to work or spend the first
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The third phase of the Cadence Approach is ‘Perform’, which is all about respecting the red flags of stress and burnout. Cadence is a simple, four-step approach to managing energy that works. Predict is all about identifying the big events or ‘Wimbledon’s ‘, as I call them, coming up for you – both professionally and
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It is World Wellbeing Week 2026, which is a useful opportunity to reflect on what workplace wellbeing really looks like in practice. This year I’m giving you a different take on things: Are we giving people permission to look after their wellbeing? It’s all about how we show up, what we role model, and the
It’s Loneliness Awareness Week, a global initiative by the Marmalade Trust, and this year marks its 10th anniversary. For 2026, the theme is all about helping to give loneliness a voice. When we think about loneliness, we often think about it as something that happens outside work. But I think this is a conversation we
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I had a really interesting conversation recently about resilience, stress and responsibility. More specifically, we were talking about the role of the employer and the role of the employee when it comes to sustaining resilience at work. It raised a useful question: Whose responsibility is workplace resilience? Is it the employer’s responsibility to create the
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Mental Health Awareness Week is a good opportunity to talk about some of the warning signs that can show up when our mental health needs a little more care and attention. Anhedonia is a mental health red flag worth paying attention to, and it is one that really resonates with me. It may not be
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