Chris Pearse Coaching

27/08/2025

Stop Being So Empathetic!

How empathy that denies truth becomes toxic and ruinous.

30/04/2024

Check out my latest article on Medium:

Leadership is such a complex, organic abstraction that I’ve steered clear of a formal analysis. However I’ve not been able to avoid…

21/04/2023

10 Reasons To Avoid Executive Coaches Like The Plague

See my Forbes article here:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrispearse/2018/12/22/10-reasons-to-avoid-executive-leadership-coaches-like-the-plague/

21/04/2023

"A MUST read for any CEO or anyone leading teams" - CEO

"A perfect guide to the human side of leadership" - FD

"This is a clear, thoughtful and stimulating book, which will be of real, practical value not only to 'broken CEOs', but to all CEOs and those in positions of senior management." - CEO

Available in Paperback, on Kindle and Audible here:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/BROKEN-CEO-Leader-Always-Wanted/dp/170492832X

21/04/2023

Leadership burnout is a growing problem among CEOs, senior managers and owners.

I've developed a scorecard that identifies the areas of your leadership that contribute to the feeling of being burnt-out:

https://stress-test.scoreapp.com/

Take it now and get a personalised report, a free Audible copy of my book, The Broken CEO, and the opportunity to discuss your scorecard results, 1-on-1.

08/03/2019

https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrispearse/2019/02/20/mental-self-harm-3-ways-we-all-constantly-abuse-ourselves/

The human mind is our most powerful tool, particularly the imagination from which all our achievements spring. But many of us unwittingly use this tool against ourselves, causing untold damage in the process.

08/03/2019

https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrispearse/2019/01/31/3-top-ways-for-entrepreneurs-to-wreck-their-business/

Operational, marketing and financial challenges are the bread and butter of running an enterprise, but often the real issues go deeper. Entrepreneurs need an understanding of their inner dynamics to deal with themselves, not just the business.

08/03/2019

https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrispearse/2019/01/31/5-ways-to-stop-meetings-torturing-your-staff/

Many meetings are the bane of corporate life - not because they are inherently a bad thing, but because they are used without intelligence. Here are 5 ways to make your meetings uplifting and energising.

08/03/2019

https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrispearse/2019/01/28/3-top-tactics-for-leaders-to-beat-summit-syndrome/

Summit Syndrome is the feeling of emptiness that can follow many of our achievements. These 3 strategies will help pre-empt a chronic lack of meaning that can compromise our mental health.

08/03/2019

https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrispearse/2019/01/25/the-top-4-choices-of-emotionally-intelligent-leaders/

Emotional Intelligence is not a function of seniority - those leaders that have it make these 4 conscious choices that others neglect.

08/03/2019

https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrispearse/2019/01/07/why-leadership-recruitment-is-broken-and-how-to-fix-it/

Leadership recruitment is easily seduced by past achievement when attitudinal traits, not discernible through psychometrics are far more significant.

08/03/2019

https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrispearse/2018/12/29/12-resolutions-to-raise-your-leadership-game-in-2019/

12 Resolutions for 2019 to accelerate your evolution as a leader - one for every month of the year. Happy New Year!