Guided by our belief that good people know people, this is where we share insights from people we enjoy listening to. In their own words, these articles reflect the ideas, experiences, and perspectives we value from good people – and want you to hear too.
Because the truth is, no one steps into a role exactly as it was left. Someone else will come in with a different instinct, a different rhythm. They’ll get some things wrong. They’ll do some things better. And that’s the point. A handover isn’t about preserving your way of working in perfect condition. It’s about giving someone a strong enough starting place and the freedom to find their own footing.
A conversation keeps resurfacing, not because it is new, but because it is repeated with a confidence that feels increasingly detached from how work actually functions inside organisations.
An EA’s influence is rarely declarative. It is rarely loud. It is composed instead of small calibrations. The conversation framed just right before it becomes conflict, the priority gently reordered before it becomes crisis, the information placed precisely where it will land and take root.
Over the past decade, Mel and Charlotte from Halcyon have become a kind of professional constant and the kind you do not question because their version of “good people know good people” keeps proving itself true. They work the way I try to live – human, honest, hard-working, and importantly, happy about it. They have been by my side at every pivotal stage of my career from sabbaticals to new roles to maternity leave.
