Business

“Leaders are responsible for expanding the Circle of Safety — the space where people feel secure, supported, and able to do their best work.” That line from Leaders Eat Last sits at the heart of this week’s Insight, because a Circle of Safety cannot exist without trust in leadership structure. When leaders operate from separate […]

When recognition becomes competition The penultimate week in this series turns to leadership serotonin conflict, a different chemical that doesn’t shout, but shapes everything. Serotonin is neither the chemical of adrenaline or survival as explored in the previous weeks. This is the chemical of leadership identity. It’s the stabiliser that rewards us when others see

When the drive for results starts rewriting your rules Dopamine in business doesn’t know the difference between progress and pressure. Most founders don’t realise how easily success becomes addictive. Every sale, every milestone, every ticked-off task releases dopamine, the satisfying chemical rush that confirms that a business founder is doing it right. At first, it

The leadership chemistry behind clarity Leadership isn’t just strategic; it’s biological, influencing the business chemistry. Founders are human beings with human wiring, yet many run their businesses as though they’re machines. When decisions are made under pressure, the chemicals within us are already deciding how we’ll react long before logic catches up. Endorphins. Dopamine. Serotonin.

From Motion to Momentum We began this month untangling fear from clarity and then examined what happens when leadership confidence wavers. This week, the MET realignment puts measurement behind intention. Through the HUM framework and its MET gauge, we look at how Money, Energy and Time reveal whether your business is truly aligned or struggling

When Leadership Distrust Leaves Scars Danny joined with solid references, glowing feedback and the sort of track record that made the founder feel quietly triumphant. Yet within weeks, the rhythm faltered. He double-checked every instruction, hesitated before offering ideas and carried himself like someone waiting for proof that mistakes would be punished.To those who’ve seen

The Federation of Small Businesses’ recent survey on the Employment Rights Bill has unsettled many SME founders. 92% are worried about the Employment Rights Bill. 67% plan to recruit fewer staff. Over half are scaling back investment. Those numbers are the squawking of panic with no strategic insight. Panic is the noise that drowns out

Money. Energy. Time. Three simple words. The MET framework for business founders carries the weight of founder wellbeing and the ecosystem nurtured for team engagement and alignment.  Are you getting the returns you hoped for in each? Often, small business policies and procedures fail to detect the unseen gaps slowly tipping the balance, leaving the