by Kate Mercer | May 1, 2026 | Leadership
There’s a moment many leaders reach – often quietly, and usually with some frustration – where they realise something has changed. They’re still the Managing Director, still the founder, still the most experienced person in the room. And yet people don’t...
by Kate Mercer | May 1, 2026 | Organisation Culture
Every organisation has a reward system. Even if you haven’t consciously designed one, you still have one. It shows up in what gets paid, what gets praised, and what gets ignored. And it’s one of the most powerful – and often most misunderstood – drivers of...
by Kate Mercer | Apr 14, 2026 | Organisation Culture
I was recently working with a business where, on paper at least, the succession had already happened. The founder had stepped back, and her son was now Managing Director. Capable, committed, ready to lead. And yet… he still didn’t really have a free hand to lead the...
by Kate Mercer | Mar 30, 2026 | Organisation Culture
Everyone is talking about ‘resilience’ right now. Resilient people. Resilient organisations. Resilient leaders. And yet when pressure hits – a market shift, a key client loss, a restructure – most organisations teeter. And they don’t recover because they...
by Kate Mercer | Mar 23, 2026 | Organisation Culture
Most leaders I work with are under enormous pressure to deliver results: Revenue targets. Margins. Cash flow. Productive new recruits. Client expectations. It’s understandable that the day-to-day focus becomes the numbers; after all, without those, nothing else...
