From Performance to Presence: Rethinking Leadership in an Age of Crisis

What if the real leadership crisis isn’t about skill or strategy, but formation? In this conversation with Professor Will Foster—founding Chair of Leadership at Keele University—we explore why the future of leadership depends less on what we do and more on who we are becoming. Together we trace the shift from performance to presence, from ego to ecosystem, and from activity to purpose. It’s a call to recover the deep work of leadership in a world obsessed with outcomes—a reminder that presence is the most powerful strategy of all.