by Derek Percival | Aug 24, 2026 | Confidence & Authenticity, Tips
Every leader I respect has told me some version of the same thing at some point: I still don’t always feel like I know what I’m doing. The ones who say it quietly, without shame, are usually the best at what they do. The ones who never say it at all are...
by Derek Percival | Aug 24, 2026 | Energy & Wellbeing, Tips
This is the business case for self-care. For the leaders who don’t respond to the wellbeing argument. Not that it doesn’t matter how you feel. But if what moves you is performance — if you’re motivated by results — then here’s the case made on...
by Derek Percival | Jul 28, 2026 | Energy & Wellbeing, Tips
If there’s one thing I’ve noticed in my leadership programs, it’s this: the most effective leaders aren’t those sprinting from meeting to meeting with calendars packed like a game of Tetris. They’re the ones who intentionally create space...
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 | Jul 21, 2026 | Communication & Listening, Tips
We’ve become so uncomfortable with silence that we’ve lost the ability to use it. In conversations, silence isn’t emptiness. It’s space for the other person to catch up, to go deeper, to say what they were about to talk themselves out of. The...
by Derek Percival | Jul 21, 2026 | Leading People, Tips
The biggest lessons in delegation belong to the one who delegates. Many see delegation as a means to boost efficiency, but its purpose extends far beyond productivity. Done well, delegation transforms three things. The person receiving the responsibility grows—a...
