My Workforce Predictions for 2026.
Here are my 2026 Top 5 Workforce Predictions.
Some will be obvious, some might help you think about the coming year with some clarity and fresh ideas.
Why Training Managers to Be Career Coaches Isn’t Working.
If you’re a leader trying to solve disengagement, churn, and employee stagnation by “teaching managers to coach” - guess what. It's the wrong solution to the right problem.
Call the people brigade - there’s a fire at work.
In this post, I’m advocating for your Managers. The ones that truly hold in their hands, the trust, loyalty and growth of your #1 asset - your people. And here’s why they urgently need your help.
Overwhelm. Let’s talk about it.
As a Founder - I’m feeling it. Hard to admit, but good to talk about.
I’ve been running on fumes for about 2 years - my work lifestyle is now unrecognisable, even to me. So surrendering to the chaos, I hired Sheryl.
I met with her the first time yesterday. And that’s when I realised it.
When Volatility reveals our Vulnerability - Connection is the cure.
Two months. Two Startup Weeks. Two Hemispheres - Colorado and Auckland. And two very different ecosystems, both pulsing with the same restless energy: Change.
Moments that Matter.
Through studying Biomimicry combined with my years of experience working with employees, I’ve uncovered the 5 “Moments that Matter” most in the employee journey.
Discovering the danger of novelty
Spending time in a foreign country again, later in life - a little older, and hopefully a little wiser - I learned something different.
The first time I went abroad - I was younger and I was on a journey of finding ‘me’. I moved to find a life, to discover who I was and to find a new home (in England). I was all about consuming everything - soaking it all up, wide-eyed and eager. No filter 😊
Beyond the Noise – Why the Future of Workforce Innovation, Lies in Simplicity.
Over the past decade, the conversation about “the future of work” has become deafening. Every week, another tool promises to revolutionise learning, engagement, or performance. And still, we are flatlining on employee happiness. If not going backwards.
During my recent 10 weeks in Colorado, meeting with more than 40 founders, CEOs, investors, and workforce leaders - a revealing narrative emerged as to why.
Together we are stronger. Let our emotions roar.
I was privileged last week to be invited as a guest speaker to an event hosted in Denver, Colorado - by the Denver Economic Development Office + The World Trade Center.
The topic was “Leading through Uncertainty” and I chose to use the contents of my recent book “Emotional Leadership - How to Lead in the Age of Ai” as the backbone for my presentation.
Making work a place people love to be.
When companies are places you love to be, there is something magic going on - people are highly creative, they work hard, they play hard, and they learn fast. And they produce more.
The one way pivot. Think first.
I always knew I wanted to be a CEO. But never a Founder. I've lasted 10 years, and only now - finally - do I understand the difference.
Stop Keeping Talent in the Basement - Unlock the Learning Penthouse.
Disengagement - put simply - is the equivalent of having payroll passengers. You’re basically paying people, to show up and sleep-walk through the day.
Emotions Are Not Noise. They’re Intelligence in Disguise.
For decades, we purposefully engineered emotions out of the workplace, and then were surprised people were quitting.
But in the Age of Ai - its now critically important that we are humane at work. This could be the best unintended consequence.
The dance of polarity.
For me, I’ve always found reducing anxiety is about choices. The way forward, is to decide, and take action. So I was considering some of my choices right now. And if they are the right ones, and if they are sustainable?