Five Workplace Trends in 2026: How Leadership Is Really Shaping Performance Simon Beesley 15 January 2026 No Comments Workplace culture and leadership in 2026 are being shaped by sustained pressure, rising expectations, and stretched capacity. For many organisations,… Read more
Learned Helplessness at Work: Why Hope Needs to Be Rebuilt Simon Beesley 12 September 2025 No Comments Back in the 1960s, psychologist Martin Seligman carried out a now-famous series of experiments on dogs that revealed something both… Read more
Putting a Man on the Moon: What NASA’s Cleaner Can Teach Us About Motivation (and the Practice of Laddering) Simon Beesley 29 August 2025 No Comments When President Kennedy visited NASA in the 1960s, he stopped to speak to a cleaner. “What do you do here?”… Read more
When the Rules Don’t Apply to Everyone Simon Beesley 15 August 2025 No Comments Tom Brady wrote something in his 199 newsletter last week that really jumped out at me: “Too many times in sports,… Read more
The IKEA Effect: Why We Love What We Build – and Why That Can Be a Problem Simon Beesley 1 August 2025 No Comments I first heard about The IKEA Effect from Damian Hughes on the High Performance podcast. It’s one of those ideas that immediately… Read more
What would the bravest version of you do right now? Simon Beesley 17 July 2025 No Comments That’s the question I’ve been pondering this week. It’s come up a couple of times – first while listening to… Read more
Be A Coffee Bean Simon Beesley 3 July 2025 No Comments Not long ago, I heard a story that stopped me in my tracks. It came from Damon West, a speaker… Read more
From “They” to “We”: What Clarkson’s Farm Tells Us About Organisational Culture Simon Beesley 13 June 2025 No Comments When people say ‘they’ — what are they really saying? “They’ve decided.” “They never listen.” “They don’t understand what it’s… Read more
Now is Exactly the Time to Invest in Middle Managers Simon Beesley 22 May 2025 No Comments When budgets are tight and headlines are dominated by political and operational pressures, it’s tempting to see leadership development as… Read more
How Clear Expectations Transform Teams, Culture, and Results Simon Beesley 28 April 2025 No Comments In any organisation, effort alone is not enough to build great teams. Without clarity, even the most committed teams can… Read more
