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Making Strategic Decisions: Choosing the Right Path with Clarity and Purpose
A big part of leading strategically is making good decisions. Big ones, little ones and the ones that keep you tossing and turning at night. But not all decisions are created equal, and if you’re stretched between urgent fires and strategic opportunities, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and unsure.

Sophie Graves
Apr 14


The Courage to Create Strategic Clarity
It takes enormous courage to share your vision for the future with your people, and to persist over time until you achieve traction and impact.

Sophie Graves
Mar 3


Culture off track?
What should you do if your culture is off track, or worse, derailing?

Sophie Graves
Feb 3


Empower Your Team: Delegation by Design
One of the best ways to achieve more accountability from your team is to consider what might be getting in the way (allergies), and some strategies to delegate differently (antidotes).

Sophie Graves
Jan 15


The art of motivation
My kids have recently discovered indoor rock climbing and they’re hooked. Every time they go they get noticeably better – they can scale...

Sophie Graves
Mar 18, 2024


He didn’t fall, he’s strategizing
After failing to overcome a tricky path a few times, I suggested that Ollie needed to try a different approach and plan a strategy for...

Sophie Graves
Mar 18, 2024


Remove the thorns
Strategic leaders often focus on the big issues – the strategy, the results, the impact…as they should. But sometimes it’s not the big...

Sophie Graves
Mar 13, 2024


Culture Club
Your organisation has a culture, and so will each of your teams. But what exactly is it? Can we actually wrap our arms around it? At it's...

Sophie Graves
Mar 5, 2024


Leadership is complex
Leadership is complex. So much so, that sometimes the foundations that enable great leadership to improve performance and impact get...

Sophie Graves
Feb 27, 2024


Creating a 'Self-Strategy'
I'm sure you gave some thought to your hopes and plans for 2024 only a month or so ago. As the year ramps up, now is a good time to...

Sophie Graves
Feb 27, 2024


Capacity Creation in 2024
Feel like there’s never enough time? Don’t wait for a new, magical version of you to arrive next year that will be so disciplined,...

Sophie Graves
Feb 20, 2024


6 ways to communicate with influence and impact
Have you ever wished that you could bring more of your best self to meetings, presentations and key conversations? 6P’s FOR PRESENCE Even...

Sophie Graves
Feb 20, 2024


Accountability missing in action?
Most leaders I talk to yearn for more accountability from their teams. They would prefer to be an empowering leader, giving people their...

Sophie Graves
Feb 20, 2024


Introducing the 'Strategic Skills' newsletter!
Welcome to the 'Strategic Skills' Series. Each edition will unpack one strategic leadership trait at a time, designed to harness and...

Sophie Graves
Feb 20, 2024


Recovery between sprints powers up your success
Ambitious people often feel guilty about resting. But the reality is that it powers up your productivity and creativity. So rather than...

Sophie Graves
Jan 23, 2024


Feel like there’s never enough time?
Don’t wait for a magical version of you to arrive next year that will be so disciplined, assertive and organised that you have more time....

Sophie Graves
Jan 14, 2024


Reflecting on 2023
Baubles, bubbles, beers and business are all colliding and there's a frazzled fatigue in the air... Before you pack up your pencils, gift...

Sophie Graves
Jan 14, 2024


It's a hike, not a hill
At this time of the year, you may be feeling frustrated that your reward for effort hasn't paid off fast enough. Especially now, when you...

Sophie Graves
Dec 18, 2023


Want to be seen, heard and respected at work?
I'm constantly asked by very smart, senior people about how to be more confident or assertive with senior stakeholders or clients. So...

Sophie Graves
Dec 18, 2023


You are in the driver's seat
It often feels like work is steering you, but it's crucial to remember that you are in the driver's seat. You have the control – over...

Sophie Graves
Dec 11, 2023
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