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  • Leadership & Resilience – Leading From the Front

    Pekka Metsaranta is a career consultant and founder of Sisua Limited that focuses on leading organisational transformations and mergers and acquisitions.  His leadership experience spans from being an officer in the Finnish Arm reserves, to [...]

  • Scaling your business with the right people.

    Do founders make great leaders? Do the passion and skills that got your business off the ground mean that you’re the best person to get your business to the next stage? HBR conducted [...]

  • Founders: Balancing Passion with Growth

    In this blog post, Simon Hudson, a commercial leader who has spent his career working alongside founder-led businesses across multiple product sectors, reflects on the unique challenges and rewards of supporting founders to realise [...]

  • Rethinking Leadership: Kindness, Courage, and Connection

    During a recent conversation with Alex Charlton, a Media graduate from the University of East Anglia, we explored what leadership means to the next generation entering the workforce. In this blog, Alexander shares his [...]

  • Everyone is a Leader: A Manifesto for the Next Generation

    We had the pleasure of speaking to Matthew Shipley, a collegiate athlete who built strong habits in teamwork, discipline, goal setting, and adaptability. Now starting his professional journey at PepsiCo, a global leader in [...]

  • From Authority to Empathy: Redefining Leadership for the Future

    It was during a recent conversation with Annabel Rothwell, a young professional at the very start of her career, that we explored what the next generation truly hopes to see from leaders in business. [...]