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  • The Aga Khan Foundation Women in Leadership (WiL) programme.

    As REAL Leadership Founder Steve is part of the EthicalCoach programme (a bridge between world-class coaches and non-profit organisations), he connected with the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) last year, and was fascinated to hear [...]

  • Celebrating International Women’s Day

    Today, to celebrate International Women's Day, we asked women in the REAL Leadership community what this annual event means to them. International Women's Day has been celebrated every year since 1911. Its two-fold message [...]

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    Recently we heard from Maria Bettencourt Tavares, CEO and Founder of LOONAWELL, the first and only pet food brand in the world to be certified by the Swiss Vitamin Institute. In 2020, coinciding [...]

  • What does your child think you do?

    I remember a colleague telling me that his young daughter thought he was a train driver, because that’s all she ever saw him do, catch a train for his commute. The fact he was [...]

  • Leading through uncertainty

    “You cannot overtake 15 cars in sunny weather, but you can when it’s raining”. A quote from the late Ayrton Senna that was mentioned in a fascinating McKinsey article How ambidextrous leaders manage through [...]

  • The REAL Leadership Consultancy named Top Leadership Development Training/Coaching Company UK 2022.

    We are proud to announce that the REAL Leadership Consultancy has been named the top leadership development training/coaching company in the UK in 2022 by Manage HR Magazine. The objective of these awards [...]