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Expert commentary on leadership, teams, change and organisational behaviour
Andrew Porteous is a leadership and organisational development consultant with over 30 years’ experience, supporting leaders and teams across sectors through psychometrics, coaching, facilitation and practical development programmes.
He is available for expert comment, podcast conversations, article contributions and speaking opportunities on leadership, team effectiveness, organisational behaviour, change, ethical resilience and senior selection.
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Topics Andrew regularly comments on
Expert angles
Ready-to-use editorial angles
Short framing for journalists, editors and producers looking for a distinct point of view on the reality of organisational life.
Angle 01
Why good people stop caring at work
Organisations rarely lose commitment in one dramatic moment. People usually withdraw effort gradually when the gap between what the organisation says and what people experience becomes too large.
Angle 02
The problem with leadership development is not the workshop
Leadership programmes fail when they are disconnected from the real pressures, behaviours and incentives people face back at work.
Angle 03
People do not necessarily resist change. They resist being changed.
The issue is often not change itself, but whether people have been involved, listened to and helped to understand the practical route forward.
Angle 04
Ethical failure rarely begins with bad intent
Poor decisions often emerge through pressure, silence, unclear accountability, weak challenge or behaviour that becomes tolerated because it seems commercially useful.
In development
Andrew’s forthcoming book
Andrew is currently writing a book: a field guide to the strange world of organisations. The book explores leadership, teams, meetings, appraisals, change, email, culture, politics and the gradual withdrawal of discretionary effort.
It gives journalists, podcast hosts and event organisers a clear sense of Andrew’s point of view: practical, observant, candid and grounded in decades of organisational experience.
Bio for media use
Bios you can quote directly
One-line bio
Andrew Porteous is a leadership and organisational development consultant specialising in leadership capability, team development, change, psychometrics, coaching and ethical resilience.
Short bio
Andrew Porteous has spent over 30 years helping leaders, teams and organisations understand what is really happening beneath the surface and translating that insight into practical development. His work combines psychometrics, 360 feedback, facilitation, coaching and tailored leadership and team development programmes.
Longer bio
Andrew Porteous is a leadership, team and organisational development consultant with extensive experience supporting leaders and teams across a wide range of sectors. His work combines well-established, professionally recognised psychometrics, 360 feedback, coaching, facilitation and targeted development programmes. He helps organisations understand what is really happening beneath the surface, improve leadership capability, strengthen team effectiveness, support change and make better senior selection decisions.
Speaking topics
Talks, keynotes and panel contributions
- Behind the curtain: what organisations are really like
- Why good people stop giving their best
- The leadership reality gap
- Why change fails when people feel changed rather than involved
- Ethical resilience: doing the right thing under pressure
- The promotion paradox: why great specialists become struggling managers
- Teams that tell the truth: building trust, challenge and accountability
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Speaker introduction
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