https://www.upworking.com/insights Leadership insights from Clive Punter on strategy, clarity, growth and value creation for CEOs, founders and senior leaders. en-gb Sat, 13 Jun 2026 10:10:36 GMT Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.upworking.com/insights/arsenals-22-year-wait https://www.upworking.com/insights/arsenals-22-year-wait Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@upworking.com (Clive Punter) Arsenal's Premier League title after 22 years isn't just a football story - it's a leadership one. Belief before proof, culture as a daily standard, and the psychology to cross the line when it matters most. https://www.upworking.com/insights/competence-vs-genius https://www.upworking.com/insights/competence-vs-genius Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@upworking.com (Clive Punter) Most people aren't switched off - they're just not fully switched on to where their real genius lives. Competence is what you're capable of; genius is what you're wired for. The gap between the two is where most people spend most of their working lives. https://www.upworking.com/insights/responsibility-without-authority https://www.upworking.com/insights/responsibility-without-authority Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@upworking.com (Clive Punter) Someone is given a big mandate - a title, a goal - but quietly, without anyone quite saying it out loud, they're not given the tools, the access or the decision-making power to actually deliver it. Responsibility without authority is one of the most corrosive dynamics in modern leadership, and almost nobody names it. https://www.upworking.com/insights/todays-job-market-clarity-on-value https://www.upworking.com/insights/todays-job-market-clarity-on-value Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@upworking.com (Clive Punter) Career transitions have always required resilience. Today, in a market defined by competition, AI, tighter hiring criteria and a focus on immediate impact, candidates are no longer evaluated purely on experience but on the clarity of the value they can create next. https://www.upworking.com/insights/how-do-you-make-decisions-with-ai https://www.upworking.com/insights/how-do-you-make-decisions-with-ai Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@upworking.com (Clive Punter) We are all getting smarter, faster. With AI at our fingertips, we all now have better data, better analysis, better recommendations than ever before. And yet the quality of your decisions isn't improving at the same rate. https://www.upworking.com/insights/one-year-on-leaving-corporate-life https://www.upworking.com/insights/one-year-on-leaving-corporate-life Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@upworking.com (Clive Punter) There's a moment, somewhere around month five or six of leaving a 40-year corporate career, when the silence stops feeling like freedom and starts feeling like a question. Who am I? https://www.upworking.com/insights/leaders-using-ai-right-places https://www.upworking.com/insights/leaders-using-ai-right-places Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@upworking.com (Clive Punter) Every leadership conversation right now seems to start with the same question: How should we use AI? But the most successful leaders know it comes down to three things - Vision, Execution and Judgement. https://www.upworking.com/insights/power-of-three-leadership https://www.upworking.com/insights/power-of-three-leadership Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@upworking.com (Clive Punter) There's a simple pattern behind the most powerful ideas in leadership - they all come in threes. Three priorities. Three messages. Three actions. Not ten. Not seven. Three. https://www.upworking.com/insights/bought-vs-sold https://www.upworking.com/insights/bought-vs-sold Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@upworking.com (Clive Punter) Brands spend more than $1 trillion on advertising every year. A question that has always intrigued me - how much product or service is bought vs sold? Understanding the answer to this single question can accelerate growth. https://www.upworking.com/insights/value-creation-leadership https://www.upworking.com/insights/value-creation-leadership Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@upworking.com (Clive Punter) The real shift came when I stopped thinking about what I was doing and started asking what I was there to create. That single reorientation changed everything. https://www.upworking.com/insights/clients-killing-your-business https://www.upworking.com/insights/clients-killing-your-business Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@upworking.com (Clive Punter) After coaching and advising executive leaders I've discovered something counterintuitive: the clients who pay your bills might be killing your business. Here's the framework that's transforming how smart leaders choose their clients. https://www.upworking.com/insights/hiring-like-talent-casting https://www.upworking.com/insights/hiring-like-talent-casting Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@upworking.com (Clive Punter) The best hiring leaders don't "screen" candidates. They cast them. Casting is different from selection - it's about finding mutual fit where both you and the candidate leave the conversation wanting to work together. https://www.upworking.com/insights/people-growth-advantage https://www.upworking.com/insights/people-growth-advantage Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@upworking.com (Clive Punter) The fastest-growing businesses all have one thing in common: they take people growth as seriously as revenue growth. Great leaders understand a simple truth - businesses grow when people grow. https://www.upworking.com/insights/start-with-potential https://www.upworking.com/insights/start-with-potential Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT hello@upworking.com (Clive Punter) We've built companies on the back of performance - revenue, results and ROI. But in the rush to optimise output, we've forgotten the real driver of sustainable growth: human potential. https://www.upworking.com/insights/three-shifts-leaders-2026 https://www.upworking.com/insights/three-shifts-leaders-2026 Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT hello@upworking.com (Clive Punter) LinkedIn's Jobs on the Rise 2026 list isn't really about jobs. It's about a fundamental shift in how businesses create value - and how leaders must evolve to stay ahead.