Purpose & Leadership Denyse Whillier Purpose & Leadership Denyse Whillier

When Leadership Feels Like a Slog - and What to Do About It

When leadership feels like a slog, the usual advice is to audit your calendar, set better boundaries, and prioritise recovery. But if you're a purpose-led founder or leader, you know that's the wrong diagnosis. The exhaustion you feel isn't a time-management problem. It's an alignment problem. This piece explores what that means - and what to do about it."

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Purpose & Leadership, Insights & Perspectives Denyse Whillier Purpose & Leadership, Insights & Perspectives Denyse Whillier

How I Facilitated the People’s Emergency Briefing - on the Weekend the Government Sent a Wildfire Alert to Every UK Phone

On Saturday afternoon, 120 people packed into a Parish Hall on the Sussex coast to watch watch the People's Emergency Briefing, a film about the climate and nature crisis. Just 24 hours earlier, every phone had gone off with the UK government's biggest-ever wildfire alert. This is what happened in that room - and what it taught me about hope-centred leadership in practice.

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