by Derek Percival | Sep 29, 2026 | Mindset & Beliefs, Tips
This is one of the distinctions I return to most often in coaching. Not because it’s complicated. Because it’s simple in a way that takes a long time to actually live. Most leaders I work with are, at some level, trying to control both — the effort and the...
by Derek Percival | Sep 22, 2026 | Mindset & Beliefs, Tips
I spend a lot of time on trails. And I’ve taken a lot of leaders on them over the years. There’s a moment on every hard trail where someone asks when it gets easier. Usually somewhere in the middle, when the initial energy has gone, and the end isn’t...
by Derek Percival | Sep 22, 2026 | Mindset & Beliefs, Tips
I was working with a senior leader who had been fighting a decision his organisation had made for nearly ‘eight’ months. He wasn’t fighting it externally, but internally he was exhausted. Every conversation kept circling back to why the decision had...
by Derek Percival | Sep 16, 2026 | Mindset & Beliefs, Tips
There’s a particular kind of leader who fights everything. Every change, every challenge, every piece of feedback that doesn’t align with how they see things. From the outside, it looks like conviction. Like backbone. Like someone who knows their own mind...
by Derek Percival | Jul 28, 2026 | Mindset & Beliefs, Tips
I’ve sat in rooms with some of the most capable leaders I’ve ever met, and watched them talk themselves out of their own potential in real time. Not because they lacked skill. Because they lacked a more important thing — the ability to question the story...
by Derek Percival | Jun 30, 2026 | Mindset & Beliefs, Tips
Sometimes the wisest thing we can do is let our imperfections show, rather than editing ourselves to fit someone else’s idea of who we should be. Borrowed beliefs and careful self-editing leave their mark over time. Deeply ingrained, yes. Permanent, no! Learning...
