I’ve written previously about issues with the word “stakeholder”, and its colonial connotations in countries like Canada, where settlers...

I talk about stakeholders a lot because I study how decisions are made and how the people who are affected by or have the power to shape...

Impactful leaders influence those around them. But we have all come across leaders who sought to be influential but lacked humility, and...

It has always seemed strange to me that to become an academic leader, you have to first become a respected expert in your field. This is...

I launched the Health Resilient Researcher training at the beginning of 2021, and I have noticed a recurring theme across disciplines,...

Recently, I had an interview with CNM (College of Naturopathic Medicine) about burnout from stress. I talked about how how stress affects...

Someone asked me today what skills they needed to learn to become an empathic leader. Perhaps they should invest in training to become a...

“What is health coaching for the academy?” Over the course of the last few years there is a growing realisation that work home balance is...

In this second blog on empathic leadership for impact, I want to consider the importance of valuing uncertainty in leadership. Embracing...

What are your leadership goals? Maybe you want to empower teams of people who can change the world. That sounds like a worthy goal for a...

We all miss the real life interaction, the smell of that coffee and the sound of that buzz as you walk into a meeting room. At the same...

Critical research – research that foregrounds the contingency of knowledge, social structures, and relations – is often impassioned by...

Most of us are aware of the power of stories to help us communicate our research, whether we’re writing a keynote speech or a blog, or...

As anyone who has attended my trainings will know, I’m not the world’s biggest fan of the Research Excellence Framework (REF2021). I see...

Do you spend hours creating the perfect place to think, and then get frustrated when the ideas don’t start to flow? There is a reason for...

If you want your research to make an impact, you need a plan. In this video and guide, I will show you how to use the Fast Track Impact...

The power of a good stakeholder analysis is its ability to enable you to prioritise who you engage with first, when you have limited time...

No one will disagree that research is supposed to benefit society, and that research and researchers should be evaluated for their...

Many researchers who want to achieve impact prize their neutrality and independence as one of their greatest assets. Nobody wants to be...

In this blog we discuss reasons why the impact agenda is often negatively perceived by some academics. We do so by drawing on new...