
Leadership development programs: what works and how to choose one
What the research says works in leadership development, how to design, choose and measure a program for your leadership team, and where leaders’ sleep, energy and stress fit.
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What the research says works in leadership development, how to design, choose and measure a program for your leadership team, and where leaders’ sleep, energy and stress fit.

Most goals are set in January and restarted in April. This is the 90-day method I use to make a goal hold, with what to do when a goal goes off track and 10 goal setting tips.

What performance coaching is, how it differs from executive and life coaching, what 37 randomised trials say about coaching, and the 4-mode loop I use to run it.

What lifestyle coaching is, what a lifestyle coach does and what the research says it changes. Plus how it compares with a personal trainer or a therapist, and the 6 pillars I coach.

Balance for a founder is a designed week: a set time when work stops, recovery on purpose and a plan made before Monday. The system a coach installs, and the research on switching off.

Success defined in terms you can check: 10 components written as instructions, the research behind them, and the 4-mode loop that puts them into your week.

Purpose only turns into impact when it reaches your calendar. How to define it in one sentence, set one 90-day outcome, install one Monthly Lever per cycle and plan it into a 30-minute Weekly Compass.

A clear vision changes what goes into your calendar this week. 7 tips to write one, why it matters, and how a quarterly intensive and one Monthly Lever per 28-day cycle turn it into action.

The 10 productivity tips that have held up since I first wrote this list in 2021: the 95/5 rule, the Calendar of Kings, focused blocks, email at set times and a shutdown routine, with the reason each one works.