By Christopher ED Graham FCIPD, ACTP There is a moment in most executive careers when people realise that leadership is not primarily a test of intelligence. Nor is it entirely a test of technical expertise, strategic frameworks, operational scale, or how confidently somebody can say the words “digital transformation” while pointing at a slide containing several upward arrows. Eventually, leadership becomes something far more uncomfortable. It becomes a test of temperament. T

Christopher ED Graham FCIPD, ACTP - CGC Executive Search/Coaching Every Thought Makes a Chemical No one leads in a vacuum. In Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself , Dr. Joe Dispenza opens with a premise that is both simple and profound: every time you have a thought, there is a biochemical reaction in the brain. You make a chemical. The brain then releases specific signals to the body, and those signals shape how a person feels, perceives, and behaves not just in the momen