by Suzie Leyden | Aug 5, 2026 | News
Building our robust debate muscle is something I find most leadership teams, and people, including me, could do with a few workouts focusing on. In some teams, the muscle is barely lifted, with many unsaid ideas and perspectives, and high levels of artificial harmony...
by Suzie Leyden | Jul 3, 2026 | News
When my dad passed away a few weeks ago, a knock came at my front door. The daughter of my 96-year-old neighbour was holding a bowl of what looked like cereal in her hands. I couldn’t imagine how nourishing I would find it. How wrong I was. My neighbour Sotiria...
by Suzie Leyden | May 6, 2026 | News
I had a group of leaders at the recent Ferocious Warmth Women in Education Leaders Day as what I call the top-shelf learning level – as co-creators. Through storytelling, curiosity, sharing, partner coaching and the wisdom of their lived experience, this group...
by Suzie Leyden | Jan 11, 2026 | News
I caught up with a friend who had resigned at the end of last year. She felt she just couldn’t show up the way she wanted to anymore. In her circumstances, they were driving somewhere, but everyone was running out of gas. After we delved deeper into why she left...
by Suzie Leyden | Nov 4, 2025 | News
Another tour learning… Team self-regulation? Psychological safety? Values-driven? How do you authentically do all this in action? Here’s something I saw at a government school in Doncaster, UK that many professional teams could learn from. If a group of...
by Suzie Leyden | Oct 9, 2025 | News
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”Margaret Mead Recently in Romania, I experienced a school where a powerful sense of purpose infused every part of the community....
