My mission is simple: to make culture clear, actionable, and impactful for leaders.
I partner with executives, CEOs, and leadership teams to shape, shift, strengthen, and lead cultures that drive results and create real connection.
With over 15 years of experience leading culture at the Executive ...
Disruption. Uncertainty. Plans and strategies in flux. Many leaders and teams are feeling a bit adrift right now, unsure how to navigate the challenges ahead.
Recently, I’ve been working with some incredible teams on building cohesion, alignment, and leaning into their strengths. It’s taken various...
Belonging vs. Fitting In: What Does Your Culture Invite?
Does your culture invite belonging? Or is it still about fitting in—just with a new set of norms?
As Brené Brown wisely says, “True belonging doesn’t require us to change who we are; it invites us to be who we are.”
Belonging is about being...
In a McKinsey survey of over 1,000 US company participants, 82% agreed on the importance of purpose. Yet, only 42% felt their company’s stated “purpose” had much impact.
Honestly? That’s not surprising.
Having read my share of purpose statements, I’ve noticed a common trend: they’re often so gener...
Culture Isn’t Someone Else’s Job
Culture isn’t a task for “HR” or “leadership.” It’s not someone else’s responsibility—it’s everyone’s.
How you show up every day matters. Your energy, your attitude, and your actions ripple out, shaping the culture around you.
We’ve all been on teams where one per...
Etiquette lessons from my teenage years didn’t leave much of a mark—except for one. While I rarely need to navigate a formal place setting these days, I vividly remember when a tutor challenged my language during a lesson on answering the phone correctly.
She asked why I said I was “speaking to” so...
When you lead people, culture isn’t an add-on or a nice-to-have—it’s your day job.
Culture isn’t something you think about once a year before the engagement survey lands. It’s not extra work layered on top of your “real” job. And it’s definitely not somebody else’s responsibility.
Culture is how y...
According to McKinsey, successful digital transformations rely on cultural and behavioural shifts, like calculated risk-taking, increased collaboration, and customer centricity.
But here’s the thing: cultural change is behaviour change.
In fact, all change—whether it’s digital, strategic, or opera...
Your culture is not a monoculture. It never was, and it never will be.
And that’s a good thing.
Rather than trying to fight or homogenise subcultures, embrace and nurture them. Think of your culture like a thriving garden—full of diverse plants that flourish together, sharing common ground.
Subcu...
