The Compass
Reflections, strategies, and real leadership insights to help you navigate change, challenge, and growth.
Is Your Leadership Style Fit for the Future Or Just a Relic of the Past?
We’re not leading teams anymore.
We’re leading systems; through chaos, complexity, and constant change.
And here’s the uncomfortable truth: most leadership today is built for a world that no longer exists.
We still reward charisma over clarity. Certainty over curiosity. Control over connection.
We still idolise the loudest person in the room — the confident operator, the strategic genius, the one who “gets sh*t done.”
But that leadership model?
It was built for predictability.
And we’re not in that era anymore.
The Unseen Emotional Labour of Leadership (And Why It’s Burning People Out)
When we talk about leadership, we often default to the visible: strategy, board meetings, revenue goals, stakeholder reports. The outcomes. The optics. The KPIs.
But there’s a layer underneath all of that; invisible, unspoken, and heavy. The emotional labour of leadership.
The Advertising Industry's Identity Crisis
The advertising industry has always prided itself on reinvention. It’s weathered the rise of digital, the dominance of platforms, and now, the sweeping impact of automation and AI. But in 2024 and beyond, we’re facing a different kind of disruption—one that’s not just technological or creative, but existential.
IS HR FAILING US? OR ARE WE FAILING HR?
HR is under fire. And not always fairly.
In too many organisations, HR has become a scapegoat for everything thats broken in workplace culture.
The Rising Value of Executive Coaching in the Age of AI and Automation
In an era marked by rapid technological advancement and increasing reliance on AI, the value of leadership and executive coaching has never been more pronounced. At True North Executive Coaching & Leadership, we believe that while AI can handle processes and data, it’s the human side of leadership that will define successful organisations.