by brandirichardthompson | May 18, 2026 | Crisis Leadership, Executive Coaching & Career
What the UK’s leadership meltdown teaches every executive about knowing when to go On May 11, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom stood at a podium and told his country he was staying. Behind him, figuratively and literally, his own party was walking out....
by brandirichardthompson | May 13, 2026 | Crisis Leadership, Executive Coaching & Career
When the person in crisis is you — and you are still expected to be in charge “I’m leading a team through a significant organizational change. The process has been rocky, and I’ve heard that some team members are questioning my judgment. I still...
by brandirichardthompson | May 11, 2026 | Executive Coaching & Career
When someone stops calling you what you are, do you stop being it? Part 1 of the series: The Weight You Carry That Isn’t Yours She sat across from me on a coaching call and said something I’ve heard more times than I can count. “I don’t call...
by brandirichardthompson | Apr 27, 2026 | Executive Coaching & Career
What the hardest career decision I ever made taught me about integration, ambition, and what we owe ourselves Someone who had known me for years asked me a question I was not prepared for. I had just been offered a significant promotion. The kind of role that would...
by brandirichardthompson | Apr 20, 2026 | Courage & Culture, Executive Coaching & Career
Why the distance between knowing and doing is the only leadership gap that actually matters I was coaching a senior executive — let’s call her Diane — who had known for fourteen months that a direct report was underperforming at a level that was damaging the...
by brandirichardthompson | Apr 13, 2026 | Crisis Leadership, Executive Coaching & Career
What Katrina’s aftermath still teaches us about the leadership failure hiding inside every protocol In August 2005, the United States federal government had a 426-page plan for a catastrophic hurricane striking New Orleans. The plan was called the Southeast...
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