What if you don’t need to see the whole path to lead well? In this post, I reflect on cycling through darkness, leadership without certainty, and coaching through ambiguity.

What do you do when the storm hits?

This post reflects on one of the hardest moments in my career – when redundancy loomed, confidence faltered, and leadership felt lonely. What got me through wasn’t certainty or strategy. It was people. Support. Sweat. And the quiet strength of running through the storm.

A photo of me smiling on a Yorkshire road doesn’t tell the whole story. This post explores the invisible emotional toll of leadership - and what happens when we mask it. Trust, safety, and empathy aren’t soft skills - they’re everything.