The Leadership at Home Framework
A leadership lens for sustainable performance.
Leadership performance is not shaped by skills alone.
It is shaped by how leaders manage pressure, regulate emotions, and recover across the whole of their lives.
The Leadership at Home Framework provides leaders with a clear, practical lens to strengthen the conditions that sustain performance over time.
It does not add more leadership tasks.
It strengthens how leaders lead what already exists.
Why this Framework matters
Positive psychology and wellbeing science show us that sustained performance depends on:
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emotional regulation
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recovery and restoration
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quality relationships
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supportive environments
These conditions are formed or eroded primarily outside the workplace.
The Leadership at Home Framework applies this evidence to leadership development, focusing on the environment that most influences leadership capacity: home.
Why the Framework does
The Leadership at Home Framework supports leaders to:
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manage pressure more effectively
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maintain judgment under strain
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reduce emotional spillover between work and home
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sustain leadership capacity over time
It becomes a decision-making and self-regulation lens, not a checklist or program.
The Leadership at Home Framework
The framework develops three core, interconnected leadership capabilities.
Leading Self
Leaders strengthen awareness of how pressure, fatigue, and emotional load affect their thinking and behaviour.
This capability focuses on:
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emotional regulation
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energy management
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recovery outside work
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intentional transitions between work and home
When leaders lead themselves well, decision quality improves.
Leading Relationships
Leadership is expressed through relationships at work and at home.
This capability supports leaders to:
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communicate clearly under pressure
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remain present and responsive
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manage tension without escalation
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repair relationships when strain occurs
Stronger relationships reduce emotional load and support sustained performance.
Leading the Home Environment
Leaders shape environments, whether they intend to or not.
This capability helps leaders intentionally lead the routines, boundaries, and expectations at home that influence:
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recovery
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emotional steadiness
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focus and capacity
A well-led home environment supports leaders to return to work clearer and more regulated.
How the Framework is used
The Leadership at Home Framework is:
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evidence-based
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practical and professional
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adaptable across leadership contexts
It can be introduced through pilots, embedded through programs, or integrated into leadership development pathways.
The framework remains constant.
The depth of engagement adapts to organisational needs.
A framework designed for real leadership
Leadership does not occur in isolation.
It is shaped in everyday moments - how leaders recover, how they manage pressure, and how they show up across the environments they lead.
The Leadership at Home Framework reflects how leadership actually works and supports leaders to perform with clarity, consistency, and sustainability.