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Beyond the Individual: The Case for Leadership Ecosystems
The evidence for peer networks, coaching and leadership ecosystems When I first encountered peer advisory groups and coaching, I remember thinking that the idea seemed almost too simple. Bring a small group of leaders together. Create enough trust for them to talk honestly about what they are facing. Give them space to test decisions, challenge one another's assumptions, share what they have learned and hold each other accountable. Of course that should be valuable. What I h
Ashley Herndon
7 days ago9 min read


46% of the Workforce. 8% of the Top Job – The capability is there. The infrastructure to advance it isn’t.
Women make up 46% of Europe's workforce. They hold 8% of CEO seats at its largest companies.¹ That gap — not Europe's rank among world regions — is the number worth sitting with in the World Economic Forum's 2026 Global Gender Gap Report. The report does put Europe first among world regions this year, at 75.7% of its gender gap closed.² But a regional ranking measures Europe against the rest of the world, not against where it needs to be. And a region-wide average flattens a
Ashley Herndon
Sep 217 min read
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