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Maria James at the British Forces in Business Awards 2026, finalist for Outstanding Achiever of the Year

What Military Leadership Brings to Business When Pressure Rises

Organisations still underestimate the commercial value of military leadership because ...
Maria James with Angeliki Galanopoulou discussing leadership behaviour under pressure on The Adaptive Times podcast

PRESSURE DOESN’T DEFINE LEADERSHIP. IT EXPOSES IT.

In conversation with former Google Marketing and Sales Leader Angeliki ...
Inclusive workplace culture graphic showing one yellow figure standing out among a group

Inclusion Has Commercial Value – but Only When It Shows Up in Culture

Inclusive workplace culture is not defined by policy. You see ...
Maria James with Rebecca Robins and Patrick Dunne discussing five generations at work at the MAD World Leaders’ Summit

Five Generations. One Workforce: How Shared Leadership Builds Trust and Connection

Across my career, from the Army frontline to boardrooms of ...
Maria James with Richard and Joan Branson at the Virgin Mobile India launch

Leadership is Judged in the Moments You Don’t Plan

Visible leadership is often revealed in the moments nobody has ...