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November 2023 · Note

A subtle shift in tone

My role has always been to unearth what is unique and important in other people. If there were ever a time to be more overt about my own philosophy, this is it.

My role has always been to unearth what is unique and important in other people, organisations and businesses.

But if there were ever a time to be more overt about my own philosophy, this is it.

Will it win me work? Perhaps not. Might it even put some people off commissioning me? Possibly.

Those I admire most, Elizabeth Fry, Mary Parker Follett, et al, did not wait to be commissioned. They got on with it. JFDI, as I so often say to other people, encouragingly.

Over the past few months I have become clearer about the impact of my own principles. I refer to this only incidentally in my work, and it's time to go deeper.

Expect a subtle shift in tone. Still values-led, now revealing more of mine.

Erika Clegg, strategic adviser to founder-led and family-owned organisations. Start a conversation.