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Leadership Is a Relationship
Every leader wants performance, loyalty, respect, and results, yet few stop to ask the most important question: What kind of relationship do I actually have with my people? Leadership is not a transaction. It is a relationship built on the same foundations that hold together families and friendships — trust, respect, and consistency. Without these, the results eventually erode. Teams don’t leave organisations, they disconnect from leaders who stop showing up with genuine comm

Robert de Loryn
Nov 17, 20252 min read
Conversations Build Culture
Every culture is built one conversation at a time. The tone, trust, and tempo of an organisation’s communication determine whether people speak up or stay silent, collaborate or comply, engage or withdraw. Leaders often underestimate this truth. Communication isn’t a soft skill, it’s a strategic asset. Every meeting, corridor chat, and message shapes the narrative of what’s valued and what isn’t. When conversations are healthy, cultures thrive. When they’re avoided or control

Robert de Loryn
Nov 17, 20252 min read
Givers and the Takers
Every organisation has them, the givers and the takers. You can spot them quickly when a leader begins to drift. Leadership drift happens quietly. It’s when leaders step down from leading and start doing. They fill the gaps, take on others’ responsibilities, and convince themselves it’s “just helping out.” Over time, what starts as support becomes substitution, and the leader’s role blurs into the team’s work. That’s when the givers and takers emerge. Takers are the ones who

Robert de Loryn
Nov 17, 20252 min read
Lead Like a Master Chef
Leadership is not baking. You cannot follow a fixed recipe and expect a consistent rise every time. Baking is precise. One cup of flour, one teaspoon of baking powder, a set oven temperature, and the outcome is predictable. Leadership is cooking. Cooking requires judgement. Taste, adjust, season, adapt. What works beautifully for one dish can overwhelm another. Heat changes flavours, ingredients evolve, and the person behind the stove makes all the difference. The same princi

Robert de Loryn
Nov 2, 20252 min read
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