This book shows why conversations aren’t just part of leadership. They are leadership.
This book shows why conversations aren’t just part of leadership. They are leadership.
We know from experience that leadership can feel fast, complex and overwhelming. We also know what it’s like to care deeply about doing a good job as a leader, to read the theory, invest time in learning, and still feel like something is missing.
In our own leadership roles, that’s exactly where we found ourselves… and this is the book we wish we’d had at that time.
We want to make leadership feel more human, more practical and more doable.
This book is here to give you more clarity, confidence and simple ways to have the conversations you might have been avoiding or overcomplicating, and to lead in a way that allows others to feel confident, clear and valued.
Whatever your role, if you depend on others to get stuff done, then this book is for you
Beyond Small Talk may just change the way we all lead and contribute at work.
Dr Gail Carson OBE
Researcher and practitioner, University of Oxford
This puts conversation where
it belongs in leadership –
front and centre. A simple,
practical guide that’s
immediately applicable
Ian McDermott
International consultant, bestselling author, founder of International Teaching Seminars
If you want to lead in a way
that grows people rather
than manages them, this
book is worth your time
Ian McDermott
International consultant, bestselling author, founder of International Teaching Seminars
