Introducing Leadership Cubed – A Smarter, Science-Backed Approach to Leadership Assessment

What’s wrong with leadership assessment? In this short series of articles we assert that organisations are assessing and developing leaders the wrong way. We invest massively in leadership development, yet a gap exists between our expectations of leaders and what they deliver – and part of this gap is due to poor measurement. We overemphasise […]

The Situation Matters: Why Leadership Can’t Be Assessed in Isolation

The Leadership Fallacy Leadership is often treated as a timeless, universal quality. We celebrate bold, engaging CEOs and assume their past successes will translate into future victories – regardless of the context. Yet, the real-world failure of many high-profile executives reveals a fundamental truth: leadership cannot be assessed in isolation. Even highly regarded leaders can […]

Beyond Personality Assessment: Why Leadership is More Than Just Traits

Personality questionnaires have long been used in leadership assessment—but they only tell part of the story. They measure tendencies, not outcomes, and can’t show how someone actually performs in real-world leadership situations.