The Compass
Reflections, strategies, and real leadership insights to help you navigate change, challenge, and growth.
Leadership Is About Decency. About Bringing People Together.
We throw the word “leadership” around a lot these days. But let’s be clear: leadership is not about dividing people into camps. It’s not about scapegoating. And it’s certainly not about stoking anger so that chaos looks like strength.
Real leadership is about decency. It’s about building bridges, not burning them. It’s about holding people to a higher standard, not dragging them into the mud.
And in a moment when politics has become a performance of insults, conspiracies, and tribal loyalty tests, we need to remember what leadership is and what it isn’t.
Rewarding Toxic Behaviour: The Silent Killer of Workplace Culture
It’s one of the most destructive dynamics in workplaces across the globe: toxic behaviour being rewarded and even celebrated. Whether it’s a high-performing sales director in North America who steamrolls their team but hits targets, a manager in Europe who leads with ego but still gets promoted, or an executive in Asia who drains the culture but brings in revenue; the pattern is disturbingly similar.
But every time we excuse it, we endorse it. Every time we reward it, we replicate it. And every time we stay silent, we make it harder for the good people to stay.