Unfiltered With Brij Thankey

The Pressure Nobody Talks About: Leading a Team When You’re Struggling Yourself

Brij Thankey in a candid conversation about the pressure of leading a team you’re when struggling personally

There is an expectation that leaders are stable. That they absorb difficulty, maintain clarity, and project confidence regardless of what is happening internally. For founders and executives who are leading a team when you’re struggling, this expectation becomes a sustained performance, one with a cost that rarely gets named and almost never gets discussed at […]

Wrong Hire Decision: The Real Cost of Keeping the Wrong Person Too Long

Brij Thankey in a leadership coaching conversation about people decisions and team performance

Most leaders can identify the exact moment they knew a hire was wrong. It is not always a dramatic failure. Sometimes it is a meeting where you noticed you were compensating for someone without thinking about it. Sometimes it is the absence of a conversation you realised you had stopped trying to have. Sometimes it […]