H.I.T Leadership

08/09/2026

I remember sitting in a kickoff meeting where the finance director asked the consultant straight up: 'Will this fee show up in our P&L?' That's the real question, isn't it?

The honest answer: only if the work changes how work actually happens. A slide deck doesn't cut it.

After 30 years, the pattern is clear. The wins come from fixing the systemic friction that caps throughput, stopping the cash drain of turnover, and freeing leaders to scale without burning out. And the gains only count if they outlast the consultant's involvement.

Have you ever seen a consulting project that paid for itself long after the consultants left? What made the difference?

Discover how management consulting adds directly to the bottom line. Learn to measure ROI, set KPIs, and build a value-driven engagement in 2026.

21/08/2026

I love learning something new everyday, and today didn’t disappoint. Whilst research the direction of L neuroscience I came across a word - occhiolism.

Occhiolism is the realisation that what we see is only a tiny window into a much bigger picture.

Obviously I’m going to connect this to business.

Because That matters in leadership.

Too many leaders run businesses based only on what they can see from their desk, spreadsheet, board report or management meeting.

Meanwhile, their people see something completely different.

Customers experience something different again.

Good leadership means accepting that you don’t have the whole picture.

You need to get out there. Ask questions. Listen to your people. Speak to customers. Challenge the numbers. Find out what is really happening when nobody senior is watching.

Without clear leadership, businesses don’t normally collapse overnight.

They drift.

Standards slip. Good people leave. Customers notice. Problems become accepted as normal. Money quietly disappears.

Leadership gives people direction, purpose and clarity.

Your view might only be one small window.

Make sure you’re looking through more than one before making decisions.

20/08/2026

I am genuinely grateful to BPP University for giving me the opportunity to apply for Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
Thank you to Advance HE for the guidance throughout the process and to my BPP colleagues who gave their time to observe my teaching and offer honest feedback.

Receiving Fellowship means a great deal to me. Teaching has never been about standing at the front of a room. It is about helping people think, grow and apply what they learn with confidence and in a psychological safe space.

This recognition also strengthens the work we do at H.I.T Leadership. It shows that our business training is built on recognised teaching practice, reflective learning and a clear focus on real outcomes.

I still have plenty to learn, don't we all, and I am thankful to everyone who has helped me reach this point.

10/08/2026

Silence can be expensive.

A concern goes unspoken. A mistake grows. A customer problem reaches the board.

Psychological safety gives people room to challenge with respect. Accountability stays firmly in place.

I help leaders build that kind of culture.

Watch the video. Then ask yourself: what are people afraid to say in your meetings?

05/08/2026

Good people can look careless when the system drains their attention.

Clashing priorities. Constant interruptions. Unclear decisions.

I help businesses find the real cause before they spend money treating the wrong problem.

Watch the video. Then try the free HIT Leadership Profit Leak Scanner.

Find the leak before it becomes normal.

25/07/2026

I had a great conversation with a chap, outside the my local village shop last week. It was about the European convention of human rights and why women who think they want to leave it are scoring an own goal.

I put this video together to help people understand what it actually means to women if we leave the ECHR.

14/07/2026

Companies keep treating DEI training as a compliance cost.

I spent years watching the same thing in professional services firms. The training gets booked, the boxes get ticked, and six months later turnover in one department is still double the rest of the business.

Then someone asks why productivity is flat.

Here’s what the data kept showing me.

People who don’t feel safe spend a chunk of their working day managing threats. Rehearsing how to phrase things. Deciding what not to say in meetings.

That’s cognitive load. It comes straight out of the same budget the brain uses for decisions and creative work.

So when DEI training is done properly, the return isn’t warm feelings. It’s recovered capacity.

Does it always work? It depends. Depends on whether leaders model it afterwards, whether the culture punishes honesty, and whether it’s a one-off webinar or an actual shift in how people are treated.

A tick-box session changes nothing. I’ve delivered enough sessions to say that with some confidence.

But when belonging goes up, absenteeism tends to fall, retention improves, and decision quality gets sharper under pressure. The commercial case and the human case are the same case.

The short version is stressed, excluded people can’t give you their best thinking. Included people can. That’s the whole productivity argument, and it’s a measurable one.

04/07/2026

I’m lucky enough to be connected to various people doing wonderful work in the world.

One of those people is Maria Dolores who is the creator and voice behind The Human Constitution.

On a WhatsApp group that was formed to discuss human dignity, rights, responsibilities, and the future we are shaping together, Maria asked a question about what helps a community flourish dignity, mutual respect, and genuine curiosity?

During a break from lecturing amazing international students at BPP I answered the question (see video below).

The message also applies to how we create great teams.

Watch the video and let me know what you think.

02/07/2026

Fast decisions feel productive. They often create expensive problems.

Before your next big decision, pause for 60 seconds and ask yourself:

• What do I know?
• What am I assuming?
• What haven’t I asked?

That short pause can prevent months of rework, damaged trust, and poor outcomes.

The best leaders aren’t the fastest to react. They’re the best at thinking clearly.

Want to build a more productive business without losing great people? Message HIT Leadership.