What Emotional Distance is Costing Your Team

What Emotional Distance is Costing Your Team

For decades, leaders have been told that professionalism means keeping emotions at bay. Stay composed. Stay detached. Never let personal feelings enter the workplace. The assumption is that distance creates respect and authority. But our research tells a different...
Podcast: How Vulnerability Unlocks True Growth

Podcast: How Vulnerability Unlocks True Growth

In this episode of The Secret Life of Great Leaders, host Michael Bunting sits down with Michaela Wortley, EY’s Head of Internal Coaching and Teaming, to explore the hidden side of leadership growth. Drawing on Michaela’s 25 years inside one of the world’s largest...
Curiosity Is the Discipline of Mature Leaders

Curiosity Is the Discipline of Mature Leaders

On the surface, curiosity sounds simple. Ask questions, stay open, keep learning. But when you take it seriously, it becomes one of the hardest practices in leadership. Because genuine curiosity doesn’t just explore new ideas; it eventually turns inward. It makes us...