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  • Making tough decisions with empathy and authenticity.

    In the midst of some particularly tough times for many of our clients this has been a frequent challenge for leaders. Perhaps you’re having to make some tough decisions to stay in business and [...]

  • What makes a workplace diversity program successful?

    Ben Sullivan is the CEO and Co-Founder of The Reverse Mentoring Practice, with a vision to eliminate discrimination in the workplace, so that people and businesses thrive because of their differences. Here Ben explains [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • REAL Inspiring leaders

    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 [...]