John Neill has led Unipart for 35 years and used high trust relationships to fuel massive growth and expansion. His principles are applied daily and mean customers, colleagues and partners want to work with him and his company. Hear more on this podcast.

If you lead a professional firm it's worth considering how to sharpen your focus in a tightening market. Here's some thinking which sets out how to do this.

If you are a leader, what can you learn from Ancient Rome - and in particular, the magnificent buildings at the centre of the Empire? I think the key is to reflect on how you use symbols to tell the story of yourself and your organisation - and here is a short reflection on this subject filmed at the Colosseum.

If you’re interested in a Strategic Narrative workshop with your leadership or as part of an event, here are some of the key ideas captured in a 3 1/2 minute video. It was shot in 2018 at a Leadership Institute event in Lithuania - the core concepts remain as relevant today as ever.

How do you stand out in a noisy and crowded marketplace? The secret isn't just what you do, it's how and why you do it. In this video in my series on transformational leadership, I set out the 4 questions that will help you write the story that will sharpen your points of difference and get everyone pointing in the same direction.

Leading change effectively requires a clear and well understood change narrative. In this 4 minute video I set out some thoughts on how to develop this.

Clarity is perhaps the hardest of all leadership skills. Yet it is critical to get a team all pointing in the same direction.

The challenge is that the leader knows too much, the strategy is complicated and there are too many choices. So what to do?

Here’s a short video setting out some thinking on this issue.

What do you want to be the story of your 2023? Write it now so that you simply have the challenge of making it true…

Strategic client partnership should replace key account management as an approach, and this video sets out how to develop a narrative with your most important customers, not for them.

What is your North Star as a leader? The direction and. sion you expect your team to aim towards? The Strategic Narrative defines that, and here’s my approach to ensuring it’s the right one.

What’s your Statue of Liberty? The way you bring to life your values and ideas that underpin your organisation or leadership?

In this 4 minute video I share some reflections about how important this is and what to do about it.