Thinking and reflection
Perspectives on Leadership and Life
Honest writing on what it means to lead well — the clarity, the self-doubt, the energy, and the quiet strength that makes it all possible.
You can expand your impact without expanding your exhaustion
Leadership coach Johanna Urquhart on why lasting leadership needs three things: the strategy to do the job, the identity to hold it, and the vitality to sustain it. ...more
Leadership ,Confidence and Self-Doubt
August 21, 2026•5 min read
Don't outsource the part that makes you a leader
Johanna Urquhart explores what happens when leaders start outsourcing their thinking to AI, and why real leadership mastery still rests on three things AI can never replace: strategy, identity and cap... ...more
Leadership
August 07, 2026•5 min read
The Compassion We Save for Everyone ElseNew Blog Post
Johanna Urquhart on why capable women in leadership give endless compassion to everyone around them, and almost none to themselves, and what changes when that stops. ...more
Health & Wellbeing ,Leadership
August 07, 2026•5 min read
Why the year can begin twice
Leadership coach Johanna Urquhart explains why late summer offers leaders a second, honest starting point in the year, and how to make good use of it. ...more
Health & Wellbeing ,Leadership
July 31, 2026•5 min read
The part of leading that nobody prepares you for
Most people are promoted because they were good at their job, not because anyone taught them to lead it. Johanna Urquhart on the patterns that quietly take over under pressure. ...more
Leadership
July 24, 2026•5 min read
The grand finale: why your mind braces for disaster
Johanna Urquhart, founder of Resta Forte, explains why leaders brace for the worst just as things calm down, and two practical ways back to clear thinking. ...more
Leadership ,Confidence and Self-Doubt
July 17, 2026•5 min read
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